[News] Philip Larson leaves Oilers for KHL

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

We have 5 pages dedicated to this thread. HF Oilers doesn't even have a thread.

CP is quite enamoured with the Oilers, if you haven't noticed.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by aedge

I predict Taylor hall is on season ten of oil change.

Skating through the neutral zone with his head down will take him out of the TV series long before season 10.

Unless he's with head office, of course.

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

"Interesting comments to say the least. It seems to me that a strong argument can be made for the Flames having among the best prospects in net.

Goalies: Lalande, Krahn, Keetley, Spratt (he eats no fat), McElhinney, Dynamite."

-JiriHridina



You claimed they were among the best bunch of goalie prospects in the NHL and every single one busted.

Fan bases are all the same. Every fan base has those that are optimistic and those who aren't.

You obviously fall into the optimistic category. Its funny that you take offence to the optimistic fans of another fan base when you fall into that category yourself.

Wow you went way back for that! Well done. I've been wrong a lot

[Resolute 14]

Ahh yes, standard Oilers fan procedure. Can't defend your embarrassing joke of a team? Deflect the topic!

[Yrebmi]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

CP is quite enamoured with the Oilers, if you haven't noticed.

Everyone likes a good joke.

[puckedoff]

Is Edmonton the best developmental league for the KHL?

[puckluck2]

Originally Posted by theoforever

Oilers suck for Yak.
Oilers suck bad for Ekblad.

What rhymes with McDavid?

Oilers will suck for McDavid, you can put that in an affidavit.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by FAN

You do know that Taylor Hall put up 80 points this season right? Landeskog is better than RNH right now but the Oilers do need a center and can't of too early to tell the 2012 draft. I think Yakupov had the sophomore jinx and will be better (maybe not a guy you can win with but better).

I just don't buy this at all, he wasn't great in his rookie year until April rolled around, there was no pressure, and the team had pretty much tuned out any kind of coaching with Krueger and just did their own thing.

For a first round draft pick the kid is an amazingly incomplete hockey player, sometimes players dominate juniors based on physical ability alone, then they get to the NHL and can't figure the game out, that could very well be Yak.

He'll carve out an NHL career if he decides too, but at the end of the day he'll be that infuriating player that gains the label dummy most of the time, and talented for the rest.

I wouldn't count on him as being any kind of stable sensation if I was an Oilers fan.

[jeffman]

Originally Posted by theoforever

Oilers suck for Yak.
Oilers suck bad for Ekblad.

What rhymes with McDavid?

Sacrifice honor for Conor

[theoforever]

Originally Posted by jeffman

Sacrifice honor for Conor

Brilliant.

[theoforever]

Originally Posted by puckluck2

Oilers will suck for McDavid, you can put that in an affidavit.

I believe that 100%. Oiler rebuild needs a rebuild.
I have no doubt that Lord of the Rings has already given the order to MacT.
Keeping Eakins as coach helps as well.
I expect Oilers will be happy with top 3 finish.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by jeffman

Sacrifice honor for Conor

Is brilliant, but they have no honour.

I believe it was the fall for Hall, not tryin' for Ryan, and the fail for Nail, iirc

[Bandwagon In Flames]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

"Interesting comments to say the least. It seems to me that a strong argument can be made for the Flames having among the best prospects in net.

Goalies: Lalande, Krahn, Keetley, Spratt (he eats no fat), McElhinney, Dynamite."

-JiriHridina



You claimed they were among the best bunch of goalie prospects in the NHL and every single one busted.

Fan bases are all the same. Every fan base has those that are optimistic and those who aren't.

You obviously fall into the optimistic category. Its funny that you take offence to the optimistic fans of another fan base when you fall into that category yourself.

To start off, I must admit that you show more dedication and determination than your team ever has in the last 8 years. That or you've a complete lack of work or social life mixed with a vicious hate for the Flames.

To bring some relevance, I wouldn't call McElhinney a complete bust. The guys still in the NHL and played quite a few games last season.

I'd like to stay current and on topic of laughing at the Oilers goalie situation. Bryzgalov, already gone and you traded Smid to sign him. Broissoit is already on the decline now that he's playing for an Oilers organization. Scriven's has shown great flashes, but when the pressure is on this guy seems to chok (looking at the WHC as latest example). Luckily he's a member of the Oilers and the only pressure he's under is to lose games and solidify the McDavid pick.

[Robbob]

To add my 2 cents regarding the flames goalie list. Only Krahn was a first rounder and injuries derailed him. The rest were late picks and were developed. Some made it some didn't. I think history has shown that the Flames have been able to develop goalies (Ortio, Brossoit, McElhinney) from late picks. So much that the Oilers traded an legit NHL player (Smid) for a player still early in his development stage (Brossoit). Time will tell if the Oilers have undone the foundation the flames started.

I think it is a pretty big red flag seeing all these guys jump ship. They obviously do not believe it is a environment where they can develop. My sense is that everyone knows the golden boys get a pass and there is no accountability to play a 200 foot game. With that environment it is doomed to fail before the first team meeting before camp.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Is brilliant, but they have no honour.

I believe it was the fall for Hall, not tryin' for Ryan, and the fail for Nail, iirc

Then, "No honour, for Conor".

[Kaine]

I had a nightmare that the Oilers were good, thankfully tho this is not the case as the Oilers are no good.

[Ruttiger]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Derek Smith = 29 years old UFA, 94 career NHL games.

Philip Larsen = 24 years old RFA, 125 career NHL games.


I think Larsen hits them a little harder.

My guess is 50/50 at best whether they'd have brought him back next year. He's an NHL/AHL tweener. Nothing to see here really.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Esoteric

Won't Darnell Nurse be playing with the Oilers next year?

He's not ready yet, and rushing him to the NHL will spoil his development. So probably, yeah.

[Viking Whale]

I wonder if we'll even see unsigned draft picks of the Oilers hold out in order to get their rights traded or re-enter the draft. Is Nurse signed yet? He would be the prime candidate for something like that.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Ruttiger

My guess is 50/50 at best whether they'd have brought him back next year. He's an NHL/AHL tweener. Nothing to see here really.

90% of your organization can be described in this fashion - including the coaching staff and management.

You still need bodies, and it is not all that likely you land many that are better than what you lost.