12-19-2013, 09:41 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Calgary
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Didn't they conduct a player poll in the Hockey News a few years ago where they asked where the least desirable city to play in would be- and the top two were Edmonton and Buffalo? If so, poor Linus...
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12-19-2013, 09:45 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Weak-ass excuses, and not what's happening.
If the Oilers really wanted to make a bold move, they have plenty of assets to trade and the vast majority of players in the NHL do not have NMCs.
The simple fact of the matter is that there have been numerous comments and rumours surface from discussions with other teams (if they're discussing, then trades are possible) but the repeated refrain is that the Oilers vastly overvalue their assets.
It isn't that players have NMCs. It isn't that the Oilers - and other teams - don't want to make moves. It's that Oilers management have swallowed more of their own hype than even the media have. They refuse to pay the necessary price to get that bold move done.
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This is pretty much the reason right there as many hockey people around the league have commented on 960 radio that the Oilers are expecting for far too much for their players. I think when MacT walked in he was under the assumption that teams would be tripping over themselves trying to get in line to trade for their assets. Like the Bruins would phone up and offer Lucic, a 1st round pick, and a prospect for Yakupov. That's just not happening and it's the reason MacT has backtracked because he's probably feels that he needs to hit a home run and teams aren't biting.
The Oilers and their fans seem to be of the believe that if a player is picked 1st overall that on it's own adds value to a player when the only real value that is placed on the player is how good teams think they are. The Oilers were kind of unfortunate in that picking three straight years in a row didn't net a single player of the caliber of Stamkos, Crosby, Ovechkin, Tavares. They ended up with players a tier below and in the case of Yakupov for sure a few tiers below.
Last edited by Erick Estrada; 12-19-2013 at 09:50 PM.
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12-19-2013, 09:53 PM
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#23
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: At a garage sale
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Originally Posted by bubbsy
Mactavish when hired :
since then he's brought in:
larssen/2016 7th round pick for horcoff
perron for paajarvi/2nd round pick
4th round pick for mike brown
horak/broissot for smid/roy
6th round pick for omark
oilers management is just awesome. Please never change!
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Ya....but you should see what they almost did.
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12-19-2013, 09:59 PM
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#24
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Norm!
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First Boitano comes out then Omark gets moved in a huge deal
Two signs of the end of days.
Repent you sinners.
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12-19-2013, 10:00 PM
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#25
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Is Edmonton planning the parade route?
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12-19-2013, 10:07 PM
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#26
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Sweden
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Finally! Omark ends up in a club that I don't hate with a passion. He's been working harder than ever this season in the AHL and seems to have gotten a pretty decent attitude adjustment. I hope he finally makes it.
If he doesn't stick now either the doors are always wide open for Linus back home in Luleå.
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12-19-2013, 10:22 PM
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#27
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
Is Edmonton planning the parade route?
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Nope, only the lottery party at BP.
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12-19-2013, 10:37 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
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Good.
Makes the Barons an even weaker team.
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12-20-2013, 12:27 AM
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#29
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Franchise Player
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Does this mean the rebuild has started up in Edmonton?
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12-20-2013, 05:39 AM
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#30
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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As long as the sabres get better, I'm happy with any trade they make
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12-20-2013, 06:29 AM
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#31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
S mething special.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlatLandFlamesFan
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I don't think theres a difference between the two.
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Originally Posted by Poe969
As long as the sabres get better, I'm happy with any trade they make
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Do they though with this move?
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12-20-2013, 10:35 AM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
That 6th round pick probably has a better chance of being an everyday NHL player than Omark does.
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Not now that the Oilers are doing the picking.
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12-20-2013, 10:38 AM
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#33
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Already getting called up...
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Buffalo Sabres @BuffaloSabres
#Sabres Interim Coach Ted Nolan says the team will meet Linus Omark in Boston. "He'll play tomorrow night."
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12-20-2013, 10:48 AM
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#34
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
Already getting called up...
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double good for flames fans
former oiler "blue chip" prospect yields a nothing return, and the sabres may use said prospect to earn more points.
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12-20-2013, 11:03 AM
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#35
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by handgroen
double good for flames fans
former oiler "blue chip" prospect yields a nothing return, and the sabres may use said prospect to earn more points.
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They'll use him. Whether he contributes to a point increase is a crapshoot at best.
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12-20-2013, 11:05 AM
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#36
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Neither here nor there
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He may not put up points for them, but he will increase their pointless spin-o-rama per game average.
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12-20-2013, 11:07 AM
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#37
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At least he will provide "Exciting Last Place Hockey"!
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12-20-2013, 11:54 AM
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#38
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fonz
Didn't realize how old he was. Guy is 1.5 months away from 27 years old.
What the hell was all the hype about?
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He once scored a shootout goal. It was on youtube and everything.
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12-20-2013, 12:06 PM
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#39
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
He once scored a shootout goal. It was on youtube and everything.
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The Hockey News = Oilers' director of scouting
YouTube = Oilers' head scout
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12-20-2013, 01:14 PM
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#40
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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They are lucky they got anything for him considering that we went unclaimed on wiavers earlier this season.
A lot of Oilers fans still seem to think he'll break out at some point though.
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