Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[direwolf]

It’s hilarious how the clowns at SN and other Oiler jock sniffers in the media keep calling it a Stanley Cup hangover, while conveniently leaving out the fact that they didn’t actually win anything, and that their 2 best players were complete no-shows in game 7.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Didn't Roethlisberger always hype up his injuries so he could play warrior and come back early?

Given some of the oddity we've seen from Edmonton in the last 20 years it wouldn't surprise me at all.

It's the Star Trek method. I think this bit of dialogue came from Star Trek III:

Kirk: Scotty, do you always overestimate your repair times by a factor of four?

Scott: Aye, Captain! How else could I keep my reputation as a miracle-worker?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

It's the Star Trek method. I think this bit of dialogue came from Star Trek III:

Kirk: Scotty, do you always overestimate your repair times by a factor of four?

Scott: Aye, Captain! How else could I keep my reputation as a miracle-worker?

Yes! Star Trek! Miracle Worker! Damn you Scotty you glorious bastard!

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by direwolf

It’s hilarious how the clowns at SN and other Oiler jock sniffers in the media keep calling it a Stanley Cup hangover, while conveniently leaving out the fact that they didn’t actually win anything, and that their 2 best players were complete no-shows in game 7.

Or the fact the other team that won the Cup is playing at a .750 clip so far.

[IamNotKenKing]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

I think we need to really look at Kucherov as the best offensive player we have seen. He’s 31 and and still producing at a 140 point pace.

Thought this was worth a shallow dive, so I checked the cumulative stats from 2014-15 (Kucherov's first full season) to today.

McDoesn'tbackcheck is first with 992 in 656 games.
Kuch is second with 878 in 687 games.
Broke my heart a little to see Johnny is 10th, with 742 in 762.
(Removing this year bumps Johnny to 9th.)

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Or the fact the other team that won the Cup is playing at a .750 clip so far.

They're not the oldest team in the league. That's just not fair.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing

Thought this was worth a shallow dive, so I checked the cumulative stats from 2014-15 (Kucherov's first full season) to today.

McDoesn'tbackcheck is first with 992 in 656 games.
Kuch is second with 878 in 687 games.
Broke my heart a little to see Johnny is 10th, with 742 in 762.
(Removing this year bumps Johnny to 9th.)

I believe he had 130 points in 18/19. We never saw anything like that before.

He could have been a Flame as well

[CaptainCrunch]

With the way that the hated Canucks are playing and the way that the Oilers are playing. I fully expect the Canucks to score a td with a two point conversion. the Oilers will likely score a single off of a wobbly punt through the back of the end zone.

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by direwolf

It’s hilarious how the clowns at SN and other Oiler jock sniffers in the media keep calling it a Stanley Cup hangover, while conveniently leaving out the fact that they didn’t actually win anything, and that their 2 best players were complete no-shows in game 7.

And the fact that the team that actually beat them for the Stanley Cup seems to be suffering no such kind of hangover.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by Rejean31

And the fact that the team that actually beat them for the Stanley Cup seems to be suffering no such kind of hangover.

More accurately, it's the Clarence Campbell Trophy Hangover.....

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Rejean31

And the fact that the team that actually beat them for the Stanley Cup seems to be suffering no such kind of hangover.

We will also ignore that the team that will not be named has made it to the cup finals in back to back years in addition to their strong start again this year.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Many people are sayin’ the Oilers are No Good.

[drewtastic]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Many people are sayin’ the Oilers are No Good.

I’ve heard this as well…

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Not sure what else Cale Makar needs to do for people to start realizing who the best player in the world is.

I was wide eyed when I saw he put up 14 points in the first 5 games or whatever all while the avs were struggling, next D was Rasmus 6 or 7 points behind him.

That's a super elite d-man willing his team to the right result.

[Sofa GM]

Where they are in the standings currently is what they are, outside of two players that is a bad hockey team. If they make the playoffs they are likely overachieving.

[Tkachukwagon]

You love to see it

https://twitter.com/user/status/1854945312823296230

[Paulie Walnuts]

Emberson is pointless. Sneaky good pickup, sleeper player of the year.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Not sure what else Cale Makar needs to do for people to start realizing who the best player in the world is.

It’s actually hilarious. Every single broadcast McDavid is proclaimed to be the best in the world. If we are being honest, is he even top 3?

- Makar
- MacKinnon
- Kucherov
- Kaprizov

I don’t think McDavid is ahead of any of those players. Mavi has massive deficiencies in his game and outside of the odd highlight goal he does not eclipse anyone in the list above.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Emberson is pointless. Sneaky good pickup, sleeper player of the year.

But he makes Nurse so much better………….

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Emberson is pointless. Sneaky good pickup, sleeper player of the year.

And he's terrible.