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

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by crapshoot

Looks like the tweet showing McDavid out and about has been taken down. The Oilers way obviously to go after the guy who put the spotlight on the issue instead of ripping into McDavid. Disgusting, like everything else related to the Oilers.

I’m a bit confused with this, did he skip their skills competition? If so, that’s unbelievably weak.

[CaptainCrunch]

Yup, he was a last minute scratch due to the flu.


Of course the Oilers and the Edmonton media flooded to his defense, apparently once again he's been fighting the flu for weeks.


I mean it looks shaky when its his birthday last night.


But again, skipping an event like this where there are probably a bunch of kids that were looking forward to it sounds sad.

[crapshoot]

Yes, he was absent from the skills comp due to "illness", and was then caught by a photographer while out driving with his girlfriend. Magnificent work.

[N-E-B]

That’s weak. If you’re feeling good enough to be out driving you’re feeling good enough to go stand on the ice in a dinky skills competition.

[djsFlames]

I'm sure there's at least three guys around the organization that regularly camp out in his bushes on off nights with fried chicken hearing how they talk about him.

The lady probably wanted a date day, now don't tell me you wouldn't take that over an Oiler business day. And fans that couldn't afford to see games saved that money for better things than that dancing clown séance's excuse for a "skill" competition.

/savage mode

[CaptainCrunch]

So they didn't announce it before hand or on the PA system, they briefly flashed it on the scoreboard (according to an idiot friend that lives in Edmonton and took his kids to this thing).


So you get your kids excited, get them in the car, buy them a souvenir or two, probably spend about $40 bucks on food and then find out that not only is he not there. But that its not really a skills competition, because for the most part the Oilers don't have skills.


Oh year, I'm pissed, especially if he's out and about.



Like I said, the Oilers announced that he's been fighting the flu for a couple of weeks and still playing at a high level, so they're clearly not worried about him infecting anyone.


I would be asking for a fricken refund.

[btimbit]

Yup I'd be asking for a refund too. Go to a skills comp and the only one with any skill doesn't show up? F that

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

I'm sure there's at least three guys around the organization that regularly camp out in his bushes on off nights with fried chicken hearing how they talk about him.

The lady probably wanted a date day, now don't tell me you wouldn't take that over an Oiler business day. And fans that couldn't afford to see games saved that money for better things than that dancing clown séance's excuse for a "skill" competition.

/savage mode

He'll have lots of time for "Date Days" at the end of the regular season.

I know some people who can't afford to go to Flames games, but they take their kids to the skills competition no matter how lame it is because its a fun way for them to see their hockey heroes, and its pretty much the only way that they can afford to see the players live.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

He'll have lots of time for "Date Days" at the end of the regular season.

I know some people who can't afford to go to Flames games, but they take their kids to the skills competition no matter how lame it is because its a fun way for them to see their hockey heroes, and its pretty much the only way that they can afford to see the players live.

For the kids, that's a fair point. They all deserve to enjoy a glimpse of their hero, as unfortunate as they are to be brought up into..that.

[corporatejay]

How do.you dig.up a deleted tweet.

[Hey Connor, It's Mess]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

How do.you dig.up a deleted tweet.

Travel back in time and screenshot it

[Torture]

Link works for me, I must have a cached version or something.

https://imgur.com/a/2IpRTab

[Reggie Dunlop]

To be fair, McDavid was just starting to get over his bout with freckles, so the "flu" was a double-whammy.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

So they didn't announce it before hand or on the PA system, they briefly flashed it on the scoreboard (according to an idiot friend that lives in Edmonton and took his kids to this thing).

I hope your friend isn't on CP?

[jg13]

Okay their GDT for their game today against Buffalo made me laugh

[FireGilbert]

Wow that is no good like really no good. I thought McDavid had smarts but he has no clue how to pull off a fake sickie.

First of all, don't do it on your birthday. Like that is one of the most suspicious days of all. It goes the day after the Super Bowl, the day before a long weekend, and then your birthday. You need to do it on an uneventful Tuesday or Wednesday.

Second, don't do it on skills competition day. We all have those things at work that just need to be done. The big deadline or presentation that no matter how much you are over your job you just need to be there. For McDavid that thing was the skills comp. Miss a practice or a game against Florida, no big deal. Letting down the kids though, not cool.

Finally, and most important of all, do not get caught! For the average worker this means do not go anywhere near work or to any event where you may end up on camera. For McDavid, the king of Mulletville, this means don't go out at all. Stay inside, rent a movie, and get some Thai delivered. Not hard. It's not like there is anything fun to do in Losertown anyways.

Pick up your game McDavid. You may have the crossovers down pat but when it comes to getting away with a fake sick day you have a lot of learning to do.

[Poe969]

I can't wait to hear the excuses lol

[schteve_d]

Oiler fans have a history of turning on players and running them out of town. Could this be the beginning of the end for McLotteryball in Edmonton?

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by icarus

I hope your friend isn't on CP?

Nope, and he knows I call him an idiot for being an Oilers fan . . . he knows too well.

[JackIsBack]

Originally Posted by schteve_d

Oiler fans have a history of turning on players and running them out of town. Could this be the beginning of the end for McLotteryball in Edmonton?

Just read the Edmonton HF Forums.... and they are wrong there. They think we are taking issues with the fact that McDavid is somehow "bad" because he missed the skills competition. They rightfully point out some issues with the evidence and the origins of the photograph (like when it was taken, no proof on the actual day). Some posters here are commenting on that, true, but so many here have pointed out (direct or indirectly)... this "bad" McDavid is not the real issue, the more pressing issue is why did McDavid do this (if true), what is the underlining issues with him, because I think we all know here and there - that this is just not like him - so something is up and something has changed.


I think McDavid is just not engaged anymore - he has lost hope, and if you're right, he is in fact going to lose some fan support because of it. He is starting to want out of Edmonton, and by doing things like this, it will just make it easier for him to do so. Remember, it's not his fault that the lottery balls screwed him and that Edmonton drafted him, it is his fault that he signed for so long though - but that was just 1error. He is also just 22, that's not very old, and he is going to make mistakes like we all did back when we were that age.


This is the start of the end of McDavid in Edmonton... he is celebrity, would you want to be a celebrity in Edmonton if you thought your talents were being wasted and you had no chance of winning? Would you not rather be a celebrity in a more vibrant city like Las Vegas, Nashville, or Los Angeles if you couldn't win... I mean, if he was winning, it would make Edmonton more palatable - but he's quickly coming to his own realization that he'll never win in Edmonton and that the Oilers are just NO GOOD.



I don't think even just one year ago, or even at the start of this season for that matter, that Conner would have ever even thought about missing the skills competition... something has changed with him, and it's ALL bad for Edmonton fans.