10-15-2023, 06:44 PM
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#7681
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Decisions like Nurses extension and throwing Campbell starter money are providing that buffer of stupidity that will keep the Oilers from getting over the top with mcdrai in their primes.
If they used all that money wisely and/or actually negotiated those extensions, they might actually have the team to go all the way.
But thankfully that's not the reality we live in and Edmonton is No Good and knows exactly how to #### up the perfect storm of walking backwards into two top 5 forwards.
They are absolutely going to squander a full decade of these guys and plunge back into suck for the foreseeable future.
Have to shout out Chiarelli for doing god's work.
Last edited by TrentCrimmIndependent; 10-15-2023 at 06:46 PM.
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10-15-2023, 07:02 PM
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#7682
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Paradise
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Decisions like Nurses extension and throwing Campbell starter money are providing that buffer of stupidity that will keep the Oilers from getting over the top with mcdrai in their primes.
If they used all that money wisely and/or actually negotiated those extensions, they might actually have the team to go all the way.
But thankfully that's not the reality we live in and Edmonton is No Good and knows exactly how to #### up the perfect storm of walking backwards into two top 5 forwards.
They are absolutely going to squander a full decade of these guys and plunge back into suck for the foreseeable future.
Have to shout out Chiarelli for doing god's work.
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Campbell was Holland. But Point stands E=NG for sure.
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10-15-2023, 07:05 PM
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#7683
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Toronto
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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
Yes, I also think the Draisaitl goal shouldn't have counted because I think he pushed the goalies pad in the net.
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He also got a phantom assist on Mcdavids goal where McDavid literally was digging it out from a pile of Canucks who were laying on the ice, it looked like a Canuck kicked it free towards McD and he put it in the open net. Goal should have been unassisted. That's unassisted in every other building in the NHL.
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10-15-2023, 07:06 PM
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#7684
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Scoring Winger
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I'm not sure how to make the pic bigger...
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10-15-2023, 07:13 PM
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#7685
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: On the Bandwagon
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10-15-2023, 07:16 PM
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#7686
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Badmotorfinger
I enjoyed this honest assessment by Staples on the play by Nurse leading to the 2-on-0 goal by the Canucks yesterday:
"They (Edm) have just tied the game and he (Nurse) charges up there like he is a pee-wee idiot. That is the most idiotic play I've ever seen him make. For a veteran player, that is completely unacceptable. That is shameful and he should have been benched....That was, like, the worst decision I've seen in years in hockey."
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He's so desperate to try to score haha, tapping his stick and completely abandons any semblance of defense. What position does he play again?
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10-15-2023, 07:22 PM
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#7687
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Franchise Player
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That's what happens when you make it all about points and individual stats
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10-15-2023, 07:27 PM
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#7688
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First Line Centre
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Bouchard has a permanent look like there's a speeding fist about an inch from his face.
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10-15-2023, 07:32 PM
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#7689
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Redrum
Bouchard has a permanent look like there's a speeding fist about an inch from his face.
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Hey thats Eberles older brother you're talking about.
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10-15-2023, 07:34 PM
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Norm!
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Thinking that Nurse is anything but a middle pairing defenseman because of his low IQ errr hockey IQ, but his easy negotiation to get a 9+ million dollar a year contract makes me smile in the dark times.
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10-15-2023, 07:35 PM
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#7691
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Franchise Player
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They broke down the new defensive system the Oilers are apparently playing this year.
To me it looked similar to everything they have run in the past look utterly confused and try to get up ice to get points.
It will be awesome when Woodchip is sacked midseason and never heard of again. They got bailed out by a historical PP and a hot streak by a crappy goalie.
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10-15-2023, 07:44 PM
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#7692
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Thinking that Nurse is anything but a middle pairing defenseman because of his low IQ errr hockey IQ, but his easy negotiation to get a 9+ million dollar a year contract makes me smile in the dark times.
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The contracts runs to 2030.
2030!
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10-15-2023, 07:48 PM
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#7693
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by chemgear
He's so desperate to try to score haha, tapping his stick and completely abandons any semblance of defense. What position does he play again?
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I just went back to watch that highlight. That was terrible defense. Talk about not knowing when and when not to jump into the play if you are a defenseman.
Skinner's reaction after the first Vancouver goal was hilarious as well. Looks like Mike Smith might have rubbed off on him a little.
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10-15-2023, 07:49 PM
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#7694
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Samonadreau
Campbell was Holland. But Point stands E=NG for sure.
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Yes. It was a general statement on the stupidity of many moves they've made in the McDavid era. Chiarelli helped set the stage and Holland has carried the torch outside of Ekholm which is the only slam dunk trade that's helped their cause in any meaningful way.
Reinhart, Koskinen & Hall --> Strome --> Spooner really got the snowball rolling. Then Nurse, Lucic --> Neal and Campbell were the blows that ensured that they'd have a worse roster than they could've had, and wouldn't be able to fill out depth positions with anything more than league minimum journeymen.
They managed to hire the two perfect idiots in succession to squander the McDrai era.
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10-15-2023, 10:27 PM
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by Samonadreau
Campbell was Holland. But Point stands E=NG for sure.
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Both Campbell's and Nurse's contracts were negotiated and signed by that sooper-genius, Ken Holland.
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10-15-2023, 10:32 PM
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#7696
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
They managed to hire the two perfect idiots in succession to squander the McDrai era.
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Holland is a smart guy. At some point he said to himself, ‘I gotta get another GM gig with a long contract and a big salary BEFORE people figure out that I was basically Jimmy Devellano's sock puppet all those years!’
Applying those smarts to actual hockey decisions is a totally different question.
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10-15-2023, 10:42 PM
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#7697
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The Pas, MB
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10-15-2023, 10:45 PM
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#7698
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Central Alberta
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Originally Posted by Tkachukwagon
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Surprised that they didn't penalize him for daring to touch one of the wonder twins.
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10-15-2023, 10:49 PM
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#7699
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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The best part is that I dont think Nurse takes a single stride after his own blueline.
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10-15-2023, 11:35 PM
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#7700
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First Line Centre
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