11-06-2018, 07:02 AM
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#2041
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
My golf pro is a diehard Oilers fan. This past weekend I was helping him with a 5 club end of season sale and made a suggestion that we should do a bet on who finishes higher in the standings, Flames or Oilers. Further to that I said the loser should have to wear the other teams jersey and tell everyone what a great team they are (sometime during the golf season).
Despite much pressure and badgering he wouldn't agree.
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Arent you concerned that taking lessons from an Oil fan will cause you to shank your shots all the time?
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11-06-2018, 07:05 AM
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#2042
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First Line Centre
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But in golf the fewer the points the better. Perfect for the Oilers.
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11-06-2018, 07:11 AM
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#2043
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Sucks but I can see Quenneville being hired by the Oilers at some point this season.
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11-06-2018, 07:13 AM
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#2044
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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An Oilers loss always makes Mondays feel better.
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11-06-2018, 07:18 AM
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#2045
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Sucks but I can see Quenneville being hired by the Oilers at some point this season.
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You’d think Quennville would be smarter then get himself wrapped up in that situation? From a hockey perspective it makes sense for the oilers but a busted cap team, no prospects, no trade options, and a history of puppet coaches. Pretty rough situation. LA seems like a likely destination. Possibly the flyers.
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11-06-2018, 07:23 AM
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#2046
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by カナダ人です
I always thought a Lucic for Loui Eriksson trade could make sense. Both players on horrible contracts, performing even worse. Maybe a change of scenery helps both players?
What team loses less (no one wins) in that trade of two horribad contracts/players?  |
Milan Lucic gets to go home. Loui Erickson is the clear loser.
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11-06-2018, 07:25 AM
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#2047
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
Milan Lucic gets to go home. Loui Erickson is the clear loser.
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It would be like the Cammalleri for Jokinen traded last year just on steroids. Two teams who don't get any better as a result.
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11-06-2018, 07:30 AM
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#2048
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheese
Arent you concerned that taking lessons from an Oil fan will cause you to shank your shots all the time?
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On the contrary, I would think that all the best golf pros are Oilers fans.
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11-06-2018, 07:32 AM
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#2049
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Sucks but I can see Quenneville being hired by the Oilers at some point this season.
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No.
Not even coaching guru Joel Quenneville can save the Oilers.
No one can.
No one.
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11-06-2018, 07:41 AM
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#2050
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Samonadreau
Best thing about the Lucic contract is it's unbuyout-able. That is officially a word now thanks to Looch and his savy agent.
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That's why Lucic's contract is my favorite contract in the league. Can't find the article, but I remember reading one where they broke it down and it literally is buyout proof. Didn't even know you could negotiate one like that, let alone convince the GM of a multi-million dollar NHL franchise that it's in the company's best interest to sign it.
The Oilers really and truly are stuck with him.
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11-06-2018, 08:07 AM
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#2051
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crapshoot
His incredible demise is pretty strange though, isn't it? I mean, he's not even that old. Sure, he's 30, but it's not like there is usually a cliff that steep to fall off at 30. If he were 35 it might make sense, but how does a guy fall that far that fast at that age? Also he has been put in plenty situations to succeed without any positive results at all. Of course he's slow and all, but speed never had any part in his success, so how on earth does an NHL player just lose his entire skillset like that?
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The Oilers signed him at the worst possible time.
You could see three things were happening in the NHL.
1) More young players were entering on entry level contracts to give teams more balance under the salary cap
2) This youth and the recent tend towards young skill meant the game was speeding up dramatically season to season.
3) Concussion fears and political correctness were pretty much pushing fighting out of hockey.
As a result Lucic lost his entire game in 24 months.
The Oilers went out and bought a betamax instead of a VCR.
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11-06-2018, 08:10 AM
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#2052
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iloveicedhockey
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Every once in a while you get a guy that just finds it a new location. The other 19 out of 20 times it's short lived.
Bank on the latter.
To give Staples some credit at least he starts the article suggesting it's unlikely to continue.
Remember when Shean Donovan filled the nets in Calgary?
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11-06-2018, 08:13 AM
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#2053
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
No.
Not even coaching guru Joel Quenneville can save the Oilers.
No one can.
No one.
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Probably true. Part of me thinks that most top coaches don't find the Oilers boys club management a good thing but the idea of being able to coach McDavid has to be somewhat attractive. He's probably going to have a lot of options.
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11-06-2018, 08:27 AM
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#2054
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheese
Arent you concerned that taking lessons from an Oil fan will cause you to shank your shots all the time?
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But think of how much extra practice on the golf course Oiler fans have...
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11-06-2018, 08:39 AM
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#2055
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Bit of a worry that after this next CBA, another round of Compliance Buyouts are offered to each club, and Lucic is bought out without cap penalty.
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I've been thinking the same thing. That contract is so bad, and so completely buy-out proof that a CBA 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card is pretty much their only hope.
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11-06-2018, 08:55 AM
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#2056
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I've been thinking the same thing. That contract is so bad, and so completely buy-out proof that a CBA 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card is pretty much their only hope.
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I still think he will go on LTIR for complications due to his Scheuermann's disease - whether it's legit or not.
He is not going to want to stay in that festering hell-hole, the team will not want him around or his cap hit, I think it's only a matter of time...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
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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11-06-2018, 09:03 AM
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#2057
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Probably true. Part of me thinks that most top coaches don't find the Oilers boys club management a good thing but the idea of being able to coach McDavid has to be somewhat attractive. He's probably going to have a lot of options.
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Gradnson: "Grandpa, remember when you won the Jack Adams?"
Quenneville: "You know, I don't recall"
Grandson: "How about when you won those 3 Stanley Cups Grandpa?"
Quenneville: "Oh Grandson, those things come and go"
Grandson: "Well then Grandpa, what was the best part about coaching in the NHL"
Quenneville: "Those few years I missed the playoffs with McDavid, that was a real dream come true, you should have seen all the crossovers those years."
The guy just lost his job because the team he was coaching is built poorly, and very unbalanced. Much like the Oilers. I feel like the last team he'd run to is one that is in the same cap trouble, with some of the worst management in the league, and over a decade of absolute failure.
He's coached numerous Hall of Famers in his career, I doubt he makes his decision based on a single player.
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11-06-2018, 09:18 AM
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#2058
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Staples says it's time to sit him ...
Time for Lucic to Sit Out a Game
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Tonight it should be Milan Lucic’s turn to sit in the press box.
Lucic needs to simplify his game. He’s trying to do too much with the puck and giving it away too much. The play has constantly died on his stick, especially the last few games.
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But it’s evident Lucic is no longer a top line player on the power play or off of it. Instead, he’s got to find a new role as a player and he’s got to learn to accept that role and to thrive in it.
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11-06-2018, 09:24 AM
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#2059
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hyperbole Chamber
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bingo
The Oilers went out and bought a betamax instead of a VCR.
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“But even though that Betamax is useless today it sure reminds us of the good times we used to have!”
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11-06-2018, 09:34 AM
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#2060
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Franchise Player
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So.... remember 2 weeks ago before the Oilers-Pens game, they asked Mclellan about playing against Crosby and Malkin? He scoffed and said they should be talking about 97 and 29 instead...
TSN is still showing the Crosby OT goal every night since then.
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