03-27-2017, 03:48 PM
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#4521
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Norm!
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Terry Jones has been mailing it in for years now, he was never a good sports reporter, and now he basically writes suck up pieces.
I'm assuming he gets paid in donuts and fried chicken though.
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03-27-2017, 06:39 PM
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#4522
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Yeah Terry Jones like Spector has been waiting a long time to get his digs in with the Calgary organizations. Congratulations Terry you got a shiny new arena and a Regina a shiny new football stadium. Unfortunately at the end of the day Edmonton is still Edmonton and Regina is still Regina and those facilities is where any envy ends. Calgary still has the better sports organizations and is the better city.
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03-27-2017, 07:09 PM
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#4523
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Section 217
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Apparently the Oilers already have billboards all across the city promoting the 2017 playoffs and have already started selling 2017 Playoff t-shirts!! Haven't even clinched yet. Edmonton is No Good!!
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03-27-2017, 07:40 PM
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#4524
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Franchise Player
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What do the billboards say exactly?
"Watch the first ever oilers playoff game broadcast in high definition! Exciting!"
"While you're watching, check out the first ever "tweets" about an oilers playoff game! Never happened before! Exciting!"
"You can read those tweets on your iPhone, which didn't even exist the last time the oilers were in the playoffs! Exciting!"
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03-27-2017, 10:40 PM
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#4525
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
What do the billboards say exactly?
"Watch the first ever oilers playoff game broadcast in high definition! Exciting!"
"While you're watching, check out the first ever "tweets" about an oilers playoff game! Never happened before! Exciting!"
"You can read those tweets on your iPhone, which didn't even exist the last time the oilers were in the playoffs! Exciting!"
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Pretty much, only with more spelling mistakes! Excrementing!
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THIS is why people make fun of Edmonton. When will this stupid city figure it out? They continue to kick their own ass every day, it's impossible not to make fun of them.
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03-28-2017, 12:42 AM
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#4526
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 55...Can you see us now?
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"we built a new rink so that you could have better WiFi."
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03-28-2017, 04:15 AM
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#4527
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First Line Centre
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Calgary
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Soon it will be time for Edmontonians to dig up their lucky playoff sweatpants from the closet.
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03-28-2017, 11:06 AM
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#4528
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: F*** me. We're so f***ing good, you check the f***ing standings? Lets f***ing go! F***ing practice!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hey Connor, It's Mess
Soon it will be time for Edmontonians to dig up their lucky playoff sweatpants from the closet.
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Don't forget the shoe polish to complete the uniform.
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03-28-2017, 11:11 AM
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#4529
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Edmonton, AB (unfortunately)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Don't forget the shoe polish to complete the uniform.
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Plus the UGLY new orange "pylon" jerseys... Freaking downtown looks like a parking lot with all the walking pylons on game day.
C
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03-28-2017, 12:13 PM
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#4530
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: winnipeg
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CNeufeld
Plus the UGLY new orange "pylon" jerseys... Freaking downtown looks like a parking lot with all the walking pylons on game day.
C
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kind of like their defensemen.....
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03-28-2017, 01:00 PM
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#4531
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Edmonton, AB (unfortunately)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Burner
kind of like their defensemen.....
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That's probably why they went with those jerseys... Camouflage, to lull the opposition into thinking they're doing drills at practice.
C
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03-28-2017, 01:00 PM
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#4532
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Don't forget the shoe polish to complete the uniform.
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What do they need shoe polish for? Let them drink antifreeze.
/marie-antoinette
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03-28-2017, 03:55 PM
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#4533
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Originally Posted by oilyfan
I get it. Flames fans feel aggrieved that the Oilers have received, and continue to receive recognition beyond what they "deserve". I am not sure why they expect oiler fans to lay down and worship the superior flames though.
i want to enjoy myself when watching a hockey game, and finally I can. Do I give a crap that we lucked into McDavid? Nope, it's a reason it's called a lottery, I am going to revel in our fortune.
Any way carrying on...
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Last time I checked the draft was part of hockey so why should we apologize for it? It's not like we spout off that you got J Hockey by fluke. You drafted him and he turned out. Good for you. Most of you guys are pretty reasonable but some of you sound like the jilted girlfriend. Who cares if we 'deserve' to finally enjoy a season. Good luck in the playoffs, hope we meet.
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03-28-2017, 03:59 PM
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#4534
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The C-spot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boniman
Last time I checked the draft was part of hockey so why should we apologize for it? It's not like we spout off that you got J Hockey by fluke. You drafted him and he turned out. Good for you. Most of you guys are pretty reasonable but some of you sound like the jilted girlfriend. Who cares if we 'deserve' to finally enjoy a season. Good luck in the playoffs, hope we meet.
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Ha, how perfectly Oilerish not to understand the difference between doing homework and taking a chance based on scouting and being handed a draft pick because of lottery balls. Sad.
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03-28-2017, 04:13 PM
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#4535
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Kelowna
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
What do the billboards say exactly?
"Watch the first ever oilers playoff game broadcast in high definition! Exciting!"
"While you're watching, check out the first ever "tweets" about an oilers playoff game! Never happened before! Exciting!"
"You can read those tweets on your iPhone, which didn't even exist the last time the oilers were in the playoffs! Exciting!"
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Quoted for pure awesomeness. I laughed my ass off when I read this!
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03-28-2017, 04:18 PM
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#4536
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Edmonton is No Good Episode 4: New Rink, Same Stink
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Originally Posted by Boniman
...Good luck in the playoffs, hope we meet.
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You are in for a treat. The playoffs are now broadcasted in HIGH DEFINITION, and you can stream the games live on your freaking computer!
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03-28-2017, 04:19 PM
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#4537
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
You are in for a treat. The playoffs are now broadcasted in HIGH DEFINITION, and you can stream the games on your freaking computer!
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Thats only for the Tier 1 fans though, right?
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03-28-2017, 04:42 PM
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#4538
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Lifetime Suspension
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Johnny G wasn't entirely by fluke, guys within the org that scouted him saw the raw skill, talked to his coach, actually kept their scouting of him secret all the while so as to not raise attention to him and pushed for the pick at the draft.
I mean generally the draft is a crapshoot but good scouting is a real thing when you look at organizations like Detroit and what they managed to do over so many years keeping themselves relevant without high picks. That takes an eye for talent.
Oilers had to do very little scouting in terms of the players that went into putting them where they're at now. They just had to walk up to the podium and make the 'consensus' pick that was granted to them four times.
Flames won zero lotteries. They had to play the crapshoot of non-lottery picks and they've gotten as far as the Oilers have with an arguably more complete team (with less top-end).
But the media will tell you the opposite, and give the Flames little credit or hype for what they've managed to do in a fraction of the time frame the Oilers had with all the benefits they received. Oilers fans that stuck with a frustrating organization deserve some payoff eventually after all they went through and sticking with them but the way the respective clubs are represented in the media is embarrassing at times.
That's why it's annoying. Flames are the guys that worked hard, stayed up, did their homework, didn't gloat, and prayed for the unlikely guys they picked to catch lightning. Oilers are the guy that won the lottery multiple times, and cashed in finally a few times later. But their management did almost everything you can do to ruin players and the team outside of that without trying to, and so there isn't that much that is worth commending. They lucked out, more than not.
Step into Flames fans' shoes for a second and maybe try to figure it out.
Last edited by djsFlames; 03-28-2017 at 04:45 PM.
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03-28-2017, 04:46 PM
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#4539
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Parkdale
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The Flames are clearly better than the Oilers at everything. Imagine if they won the McDavid lottery. Instant Cup favorites.
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03-28-2017, 04:51 PM
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#4540
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Grew up in Calgary now living in USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Duffalufagus
The Flames are clearly better than the Oilers at everything. Imagine if they won the McDavid lottery. Instant Cup favorites.
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McDavid would probably be on our 2nd, or 3rd line earning his way. BT often says he tells the guys he brings in to be themselves as they are not expected to come in and do it all themselves.
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