Why do these idiots feel the need to have a bloody press conference every time they make a doofus for doofus nothing trade? Are they angling for a "NHL Press Conference Leaders" banner or something?
Cheap to free is what you have to look for because these Doofus for Doofus trades arent appreciably moving the needle.
Ah, but they are... Steadily in the wrong direction. Like watching the needle on the gas gauge clear E, and just go further into negative territory. Chiadenfreude indeed. I'm thoroughly enjoying this.
Ah, but they are... Steadily in the wrong direction. Like watching the needle on the gas gauge clear E, and just go further into negative territory. Chiadenfreude indeed. I'm thoroughly enjoying this.
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Well, when they're playing 25+ minutes a night they've got to get off the ice sometime.
I dont know what Hitch thinks he can teach those old dogs though. If they havent learned how to hockey by now its unlikely that his teachings will be the 'magic touch.'
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Lol, yeah I'm sure that's gonna sit well with the rest of those players. Good job, Hitch.
In fairness, if the rest of the players dont see that those 3 are pretty much 95% of the team then theres no helping them.
Hitch even said in one of his press conferences that his strategy was to clog the ice, get stellar goaltending, players can make 0 mistakes and Connor scores.
Thats his strategy to win and pretty much the Oilers' only hope. And they all know it.
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You have to give Weitz credit. He's a die hard Oilers fan but is one of the few Oilers CP posters who you can actually have a discussion with and can call it like it is.
Haha at Chiarelli. You built a team that has 3 good players on it and they were 2 1st overalls and a 3rd so it's not like you made any shrewd moves to acquire them. Let that sink in. 1, 2, 3 and stop done. This isn't basketball where you only need 2 or 3 stars or baseball where 2 or 3 good pitchers can win you a playoff series. This is hockey. You have 6 players on the ice with a roster of 20 that all needs to contribute together. Sure you can load up the top line and play them for 25 minutes and you'll have an advantage for the first shift of OT but good luck trying to get into the playoffs that way.
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Chiarelli has been everything we could have hoped for. I tho k he made 4 very coritical errors that lead to the situation they are in. There are more than 4 errors but these are the worst imo in order:
1. Trades the 16th pick (who could have been Barzal, Connor, Chabot, Boeser, Kinect) and the 33rd pick (who could have been Aho, Carlo, Andersson, Dunn) for Griffin Reinhart. This move right here was truly his worst. They might not of picked those players but imagine if they had Chabot and Aho? In addition to McDavid that draft would set them up for a decade.
2. The second worst move was Hall for Larsson. 1 for 1 simply a shocking trade at the time. Hall is a superstar and Larsson is simply a bland second pair D.
3. The third biggest mistake was the Lucic contract. The deal was ugly from the get go bit people thought he would probably be good for 3 years of that deal but the Oil got one year that was acceptable the second was a disappointment and it only is getting worse. The bonus structure and C make the deal unmovable.
4. The last critical error was drafting Jesse Puljujarvi with the 4th pick in 2016. Tough to blame him for taking the clear cut top choice at the time but this bust has set the Oilers back as they desperately could use a top 6 winger.
Eberle for Strome for Spooner was bad.
4x4 for Russell with a NMC was brutal. Sekera 5.5x6 would have proven to be a terrible deal but the injuries cloud that take a little bit.
Paying McDavid and Draisaitl top $ to buy maximum ufa years was smart imo but it left little room for error and this team is full of bad contracts. Bad drafting has highlighted this further. Just to think of what Chiarelli inherited and what he did with it was just awesome from a flames fans perspective.
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