11-17-2016, 12:55 PM
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#1441
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Norm!
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Eberle has been horrible this season. I think he was hoping he was on the same trade train as Hall now that he's not a golden boy in Edmonton thanks to McDavid
You can start to feel the desperation rolling off Oiler fans as their team start to sink. It tastes like Cinnamon.
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11-17-2016, 01:12 PM
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#1442
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
The wallet had cash, personal documents, prescription medication, as well as a debit and credit card inside.
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Costanza Wallet!
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11-17-2016, 01:16 PM
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#1443
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clarkey
Costanza Wallet!
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I was going to say...who keeps prescription medication in their wallet? Like pills and such? Odd.
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11-17-2016, 01:51 PM
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#1445
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by shadowlord
"McLellan doesn’t like how much the Oilers rely on McDavid".
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He should bring that up with the head coach.
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11-17-2016, 01:53 PM
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#1446
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowlord
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He should probably get some other players that dont suck then. That would be a good start.
The Oilers relying on their #1 wunderkind has sort of been their Modus Operandi for about a decade.
Say...wasnt that something he was brought in to fix? Is whining about it his only solution?
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11-17-2016, 02:00 PM
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#1447
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
He should probably get some other players that dont suck then. That would be a good start.
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You know what would help them out? If they had one of the best scoring wingers in the league. The type of guy who scores at nearly a point per game pace, even if you put him on a line with much less talented players like Travis Zajac or waiver fodder like P.A. Parenteau. That type of player would really help. Too bad those players almost never get traded.
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11-17-2016, 02:01 PM
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#1448
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
You know what would help them out? If they had one of the best scoring wingers in the league. The type of guy who scores at nearly a point per game pace, even if you put him on a line with much less talented players like Travis Zajac or waiver fodder like P.A. Parenteau. That type of player would really help. Too bad those players almost never get traded.
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Yeah...those kinds of players are impossible to come by, you usually have to draft them.
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11-17-2016, 02:08 PM
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#1449
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Originally Posted by shadowlord
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Didn't Babcock say thanks to McLennan for over playing McDavid against the Leafs?
McLennan is playing McDavid way too much. Constantly double shifting him and keeping him on the pp for the full two minutes.
He needs to look into the mirror.
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11-17-2016, 02:10 PM
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#1450
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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- Milan Lucic, who signed a monster deal during the off-season, has one goal in his last nine contests.
I for one don't have a problem with that.
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11-17-2016, 02:33 PM
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#1451
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
- Milan Lucic, who signed a monster deal during the off-season, has one goal in his last nine contests.
I for one don't have a problem with that.
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Seven years! Seven long years!
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11-17-2016, 02:36 PM
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#1452
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Our Jessica Fletcher
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He was supposed to at least earn his pay for the first 3 or 4 years of that contract, before being a burden for the remaining 3 or 4.
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11-17-2016, 02:40 PM
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#1453
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowlord
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It's funny too because if you are on that team and not named McDavid it probably grinds your gears.
All off-season: It's all about McDavid
Home Opener: Let's show 10 minutes of clips alternating between McDavid and Gretzky, there have been no other players in Oilers history (Mess was just third wheel).
Every Win: OMG! McDavid is awesome and only reason we won.
Every Loss: OMG! McDavid is awesome, the rest of the team is why we lost.
Probably has to get pretty old knowing that no matter how good (or bad) you play the only story the next day is going to be McDavid.
Last edited by SuperMatt18; 11-17-2016 at 02:43 PM.
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11-17-2016, 02:41 PM
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#1454
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Our Jessica Fletcher
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From Oil land (regarding "Looch"):
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He's doing absolutely nothing that he was brought in to do. Talked a big game all summer though.
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He's the opposite of everything he talked about....a ****ing fraud.
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Nearing Eakins levels of talking the talk and not walking the walk.
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11-17-2016, 02:58 PM
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#1455
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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McDavid
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11-17-2016, 02:59 PM
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#1456
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fonz
He gets to earn his pay for the first 3 or 4 games of that contract, before being a burden for the remaining 570 or 571.
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Fixed that for you. I was going to include playoff games as well, but you know... Oilers.
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11-17-2016, 03:03 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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With all the double shifting he gets, you have to imagine McDavid's point totals are slightly inflated, too. You know compared to the other forwards that are getting the typical 14-17 minutes of ice time.
Where's that poster that said 1.5 PPG was sustainable for McDavid? He's now a hair over PPG while being gifted more ice time than any other forward, and falling down to earth a lot faster than last season.
Also a shame that guys like Pitlick who I thought was looking impressive for a guy that came out of the rough of Edmonton's system get overlooked cause it's a McDavid circle jerk every night. Eventually the special treatment has to rub a few guys the wrong way, particularly when things aren't going well.
It's also awkwardly ironic when McLellan says they're relying on McDavid too much while he double shifts him on a nightly basis. If you want all your lines to feel accountable to produce then roll four lines and don't give special treatment. Maybe reducing McD's ice time will make him work harder for it too?
But don't listen to me. Just keep doing what you're doing, Oilers. I'm just speaking nonsense.
Last edited by djsFlames; 11-17-2016 at 03:11 PM.
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11-17-2016, 03:16 PM
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#1458
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Our Jessica Fletcher
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djsFlames
With all the double shifting he gets, you have to imagine McDavid's point totals are slightly inflated, too. You know compared to the other forwards that are getting the typical 14-17 minutes of ice time.
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His ice-time isn't really out of line with other elite forwards.
http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?aggr...meOnIcePerGame
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11-17-2016, 03:18 PM
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#1459
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Elbows Up!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
You know what would help them out? If they had one of the best scoring wingers in the league. The type of guy who scores at nearly a point per game pace, even if you put him on a line with much less talented players like Travis Zajac or waiver fodder like P.A. Parenteau. That type of player would really help. Too bad those players almost never get traded.
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But if you were to think about getting a player like that, you probably could offer up a 3/4 dman to get it done. just theoretically, because they almost never come on market.
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11-17-2016, 03:20 PM
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#1460
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Lifetime Suspension
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Huh. Turns out he's about where you'd expect.
I dunno what people were saying then. By the sounds of it, he was being grossly overplayed.
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