Edmonton is No Good VI: Chia•den•freu•de

[drewtastic]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

Pssst...hey, Oilers:

Awesome!

Plus, I heard she was working with Barney Gumble on a Spanish version of “E=NG”.

[Reggie Dunlop]

[Reggie Dunlop]

This thread never fails to entertain.

[direwolf]

Oilers in a complete free fall now, lol. It's beautiful to watch.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Oilers fan posting from an alternative universe

"We have a few good defensemen but no great defensemen. Klefbom and Larsson play on every NHL team, Nurse probably as well. Bouchard in the pipeline, Jones showing his worth already, RNH is a damn good 3rd best forward on most teams, a good GM can get this turned around pretty quickly."

Is Ryan Nugent Hopkins much better than an average second line centre?

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Is Ryan Nugent Hopkins much better than an average second line centre?

Larsson and Nurse have been absolute trash, Nurse has been terrible and brain dead since the start of the season.


RNH is a decent 3rd line center with an above average offensive game and a decent defensive game. But he's still softer then pudding. I don't know if I'd want him on my third line, I also don't think he's much of a line driver. He's probably over paid by a bit.


Sekera has been pretty much gone for two years, He's 32 years old and suffered major leg injuries, if Oiler fans think he's going to come back and be able to step into top 3 minutes and have him be effective they're fooling themselves. The only significant injury that they've had is Klefbom, but their lack of organizational depth has exaggerated his loss.

[Love]

Let's be serious. RNH is a very strong two-way 2C and an upgrade on Backlund. I would love him here in Calgary to center Tkachuk.

[Snuffleupagus]

Of course the big the talking point is McLottery's tip goal at the end

-Scores sick goal and can’t even celebrate

-The whole season has devolved into a Mcpoint watch once again

-Caleb's 1st NHL goal and McD's sweet tip at the end were fun to watch

-At least McDavid picked up a couple more points. Hanging around in the scoring race

-Nice goal by 97

One fan got it right.

**** you, Chiarelli. **** you, Lowe. **** you, MacTavish. **** you, Howson. **** you, Wayne. Nicholson can suck it. **** all of you incompetent boobs.

God I hate this team and I hate hockey.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Love

Let's be serious. RNH is a very strong two-way 2C and an upgrade on Backlund. I would love him here in Calgary to center Tkachuk.

No.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Love

Let's be serious. RNH is a very strong two-way 2C and an upgrade on Backlund. I would love him here in Calgary to center Tkachuk.

No he's not, Backlund's defensive game is on a whole other level above RNH

[Jacks]

oiler fans complaining that their 2 best defensemen are out. This is true but it doesn't occur to any of them that Klefbom is a 3-4 on any decent team and Russell is a 6-7 who you don't worry about waiving if you need to send him down.

[bubbsy]

Ryan nothing happens?

The one who makes $6M a year, was a 1st overall pick, that we are debating is a marginal 2nd line c vs good 3rd line C?

Mmm... Ya.

[81MC]

Originally Posted by Love

Let's be serious. RNH is a very strong two-way 2C and an upgrade on Backlund. I would love him here in Calgary to center Tkachuk.

Not a snowballs chance in hell.

[the2bears]

Originally Posted by Love

Let's be serious. RNH is a very strong two-way 2C and an upgrade on Backlund. I would love him here in Calgary to center Tkachuk.

It's been shown, though, that you're a very poor judge of centers.

And even if you were a tiny bit close to being right... never lose site of this thread's purpose.

[SportsJunky]

Originally Posted by Love

Let's be serious. RNH is a very strong two-way 2C and an upgrade on Backlund. I would love him here in Calgary to center Tkachuk.

I thought for sure you'd say The Tenderness is an upgrade on Monahan.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Connor McDavid in LA Kings silks by next season. Book it.

Deja Vu all over again.

[browna]

Originally Posted by Hey Connor, It's Mess

https://www.rogersplace.com/introduc...-nicks-burger/

Never a bad time to revisit the "Bobby Nick's Burger."

Spoiler!

Also replied to for additional exposure.
Out of all that two pages of drivel ("we've increased point of sale ratio, meaning there are more spots you can buy this"), the fact that they highlight the line "It's a premium product but anyone can buy it" is laugh out loud funny. Never mind the far too easy comparison to the tier 1 and tier 2 fan connection from that infamous presser, but do they even listen to their own marketing speak? What premium food product can't everyone buy, that this is thus superior to?

The burger costs $14, $20 with fries.

The most amount of work Nicholson has done though in a long time.

[getbak]

9-10-1 after 20 games was enough to get McLellan fired.

They are now 9-7-2 after 18 under Hitchcock, with Winnipeg coming up on Monday. 9-9-2 after 20 is a very real possibility.


0-4-0 on their current 5 game home stand. Can they get the goose egg on Monday to ring in the New Year?

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Love

Let's be serious. RNH is a very strong two-way 2C and an upgrade on Backlund. I would love him here in Calgary to center Tkachuk.

RNH is a poor man’s Backlund... oh, wait, he’s paid more than Backlund.

[HerbalMagic]

Originally Posted by Jacks

oiler fans complaining that their 2 best defensemen are out. This is true but it doesn't occur to any of them that Klefbom is a 3-4 on any decent team and Russell is a 6-7 who you don't worry about waiving if you need to send him down.

Like the argument I got in with an Oilers fan on Twitter. He kept trying to tell me Chiasson was a huge loss for them...they have zero clue what good hockey is anymore.