11-28-2018, 07:51 AM
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#3501
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Originally Posted by Regorium
Economic benefits were overstated to get an arena deal done? How could that be?!
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To be fair you have to question the people involved in the decision making when the master plan to pay back an $80 million loan is street parking revenues surrounding the arena.
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11-28-2018, 07:57 AM
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#3502
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
To be fair you have to question the people involved in the decision making when the master plan to pay back an $80 million loan is street parking revenues surrounding the arena.
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They were on their way out.
Katz timed it perfectly. The council rubber-stamped a crappy deal and dropped the mic.
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11-28-2018, 08:11 AM
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#3503
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I would rather have the Flames move than give in to the owners demands like Edmonton did to the Oilers. Katz is a piece of #### greedy ####. After he got all that taxpayer money he turned around and bought a 100 million$ mansion in LA.
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11-28-2018, 11:12 AM
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#3504
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The C-spot
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Front page of NHL.com today:
https://www.nhl.com/news/ken-hitchco...on/c-302385460
"Hitchcock's culture change paying early dividends for Oilers - McDavid, others endorse more defensive system of coach which has translated into victories".
They're 2-2, which includes a 5-2 spanking from the worst team in the league.
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11-28-2018, 11:16 AM
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#3505
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Five-hole
Front page of NHL.com today:
https://www.nhl.com/news/ken-hitchco...on/c-302385460
"Hitchcock's culture change paying early dividends for Oilers - McDavid, others endorse more defensive system of coach which has translated into victories".
They're 2-2, which includes a 5-2 spanking from the worst team in the league. |
As usual, the league going out of their way to try and pump the Oilers' tires, even when they're awful. Can't have any negative press about their golden boy McLotteryball.
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11-28-2018, 11:25 AM
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#3506
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Five-hole
Front page of NHL.com today:
https://www.nhl.com/news/ken-hitchco...on/c-302385460
"Hitchcock's culture change paying early dividends for Oilers - McDavid, others endorse more defensive system of coach which has translated into victories".
They're 2-2, which includes a 5-2 spanking from the worst team in the league. |
You clearly haven't seen the explosive video, with damning evidence that the Oilers did not lose that game, merely the refs won it.
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11-28-2018, 11:49 AM
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#3507
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Lifetime Suspension
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Gene Principe showed a hilarious graphic last night pumping up RNH.
He has the same amount of assists as Johnny and Kucherov, all 2011 draft. That puts him in elite company.
No mention of games played though.
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11-28-2018, 11:54 AM
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#3508
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The C-spot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
Gene Principe showed a hilarious graphic last night pumping up RNH.
He has the same amount of assists as Johnny and Kucherov, all 2011 draft. That puts him in elite company.
No mention of games played though.
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Pssssh. Only a mere 150 more games played than Johnny.
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11-28-2018, 11:58 AM
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#3509
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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They have scored 6 regulation time goals in four games since Hitch took over, and half of those were in the game played the night he was hired where he didn't join the team until shortly before game time.
How long is McDavid going to put up with that when his shot at another Art Ross is in jeopardy? I guess as long as he's the one getting the points on the few goals they score, he'll be okay.
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11-28-2018, 11:58 AM
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#3510
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First Line Centre
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What the hell is the Identity line anyways? A group of slow players that were being walked all game? That's certainly the identity that the Oilers want to bring to the table.
And Poolparty, did he ever look awful against Dallas. He was pushed off the puck so many times, and his line got hemmed in so many times you could see Hitchcock fuming a few times (one of the main reasons why McLellan got fired is because he was not playing him).
One line team with no signs of ever changing. Even Hitchcock knows that the only chance of a win is to have both Draisatl and McDavid together and hope the other lines don't screw up too bad while they are off the ice.
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11-28-2018, 12:01 PM
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#3511
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Five-hole
Pssssh. Only a mere 150 more games played than Johnny.
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Nuge only had a 91 assist head start though
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11-28-2018, 12:04 PM
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#3512
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by looooob
Nuge only had a 91 assist head start though
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Yeah....2 full seasons and drafted #1 overall. I'm sure theres more more but who cares?
Oh? Edmonton fans care? Thats a shame.
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11-28-2018, 12:12 PM
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#3513
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Johnny is only 20 points back of RNH right now for their career totals (RNH had 132 before Gaudreau played his first NHL game).
If they both play 82 games at their current scoring pace, by the end of the season, the gap will be less than 10.
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11-28-2018, 12:29 PM
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#3514
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The C-spot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Five-hole
Front page of NHL.com today:
https://www.nhl.com/news/ken-hitchco...on/c-302385460
"Hitchcock's culture change paying early dividends for Oilers - McDavid, others endorse more defensive system of coach which has translated into victories".
They're 2-2, which includes a 5-2 spanking from the worst team in the league. |
I'm just realizing that "McDavid, others" is about as perfect a description of the Oilers as I can imagine.
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11-28-2018, 12:31 PM
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#3515
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
Johnny is only 20 points back of RNH right now for their career totals (RNH had 132 before Gaudreau played his first NHL game).
If they both play 82 games at their current scoring pace, by the end of the season, the gap will be less than 10.
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That is not likely to happen. Nugent-Hopkins may have played at near a point/game clip in the early part of the season, but he has never eclipsed 56-points, and has not crested 50 in four years. He has 6 points in his last ten games. Gaudreau will pass him in career production before the end of the year.
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11-28-2018, 12:38 PM
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#3516
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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I for one am a huge fan of the angle Oiler fans are taking that the league is out to get them. I have been perpetuating it with every fan I get the chance to talk with.
It make for good salt. If I could bottle it I would call it "Orange Conspiracy Salt", It has a distinct flavour from the "why are we so bad" salt, or the "our coach sucks" salt, its got some je ne sais quoi... must be the false hope.
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11-28-2018, 12:42 PM
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#3517
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hyperbole Chamber
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
Gene Principe showed a hilarious graphic last night pumping up RNH.
He has the same amount of assists as Johnny and Kucherov, all 2011 draft. That puts him in elite company.
No mention of games played though.
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"RNH with 210 career assists puts him in elite company with the likes of Wayne Gretzky 1963, Ron Francis 1249 and Mark Messier 1193."
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11-28-2018, 12:50 PM
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#3518
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebot
What the hell is the Identity line anyways? A group of slow players that were being walked all game? That's certainly the identity that the Oilers want to bring to the table.
And Poolparty, did he ever look awful against Dallas. He was pushed off the puck so many times, and his line got hemmed in so many times you could see Hitchcock fuming a few times (one of the main reasons why McLellan got fired is because he was not playing him).
One line team with no signs of ever changing. Even Hitchcock knows that the only chance of a win is to have both Draisatl and McDavid together and hope the other lines don't screw up too bad while they are off the ice.
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But but the Troglodytes in the broadcast booth thought that Poolparty was awesome with his skating with his head up, and his form when he shot the puck three feet wide of the net and his cross overs that were almost McDavidesque.
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11-28-2018, 01:00 PM
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#3519
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Aug 2005
Exp: 
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Edmonton has 6 regulation wins in 24 games so far this season. Fewest in the Pacific division
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11-28-2018, 01:35 PM
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#3520
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: the dark side of Sesame Street
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
I for one am a huge fan of the angle Oiler fans are taking that the league is out to get them. I have been perpetuating it with every fan I get the chance to talk with.
It make for good salt. If I could bottle it I would call it "Orange Conspiracy Salt", It has a distinct flavour from the "why are we so bad" salt, or the "our coach sucks" salt, its got some je ne sais quoi... must be the false hope.
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Inspiration hit and I had to hammer this out:
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