Zack Stortini just told the story it how he was up in the NHL for a week or so when the team played the Credit Card game and his picked. Bill was more than he had in his bank account. Ales Hemsky quietly tells the distraught rookie not to worry. Picks up the bill and told no one.
McDavid - Career highs
Draisaitl - Career highs
Nuge - Career highs
Chiasson - Career highs
Kassian - Career highs
Nurse - Career highs
Oilers - Out of the playoffs
To
@EdmontonOilers
and
@NHLFlames
You are a disgrace to this province if you cannot commit to supporting the people whose labor you would happily exploit inside your publicly funded arenas at least through to the end of the scheduled NHL regular season.
In case you were on the fence, here is a Hall of Famer saying the GAME isn’t fun anymore because players aren’t allowed to be misogynist douchebags off the ice.
The behavior is systemic. It is part of hockey culture so much so that this guy can’t separate it from the game itself
Sportsnet should throw some of that Don Cherry money at Ray Ferraro. I’ll take regular segments of whatever the hell he wants to talk about on national broadcasts please.
I live in a city with a progressive mayor. I am represented by an NDP MLA provincially. And, now, for the first time in my adult life I am represented federally by an NDP MP. I am an Albertan.
Hyman is so insanely likeable. He’s good, he’s fast, he works hard, he’s smart & thoughtful, he’s nice, he’s ambitious, he’s respectful to his wife, he writes children’s books. Like come on.
Lots of people asking about Knoblauch’s big balls challenging that offside, but it seems obvious to me that when your PK is 46 for its last 47 you can make a margin call like that.
Maurice says he wouldn’t have made that call. Well yeah, he doesn’t trust his team
I don’t think this gets said enough, but I’d like to thank the Buffalo Sabres for selecting Sam Reinhart 2nd overall in 2014, leaving the Oilers Leon Draisaitl at 3.
Every year the Oilers don’t “go for it” with 97 in his prime is a mistake. Sell your soul. Build the most expensive analytics team in the NHL. Give up every 1st round pick from now until he’s retired. I don’t care how. Just throw everything at it in every year. This man is magic
Every time the Oilers lose Klefbom they suffer greatly and I think “Finally people will realize how good Oscar is now!” and every time I’m wrong.
Klefbom is criminally underrated even here in Edmonton.
From March 3rd (return from injury) to today, RNH is 33rd in league scoring with 41 points in 41 games.
More points than:
Draisaitl
Kopitar
Gaudreau
Scheifele
So piss off with your bullshit take about him not being a top line player
The Oilers lost their best defenseman (at the time) at the peak of his career and it felt like nobody even talked about it. Klefbom was just gone one day 😭😭😭
Look. You fire Tippett. You fire Keith Gretzky. You hire the most forward thinking weirdo you can get to manage your cap. You plug $1M a year into analytics with a full seat at the table. Then you build a bottom 6 that isn’t trash & get a coach from this century
Since firing Tippett the Oilers are tied for the most wins in the NHL and average over 4 goals per game, fueled by 5v5 play instead of special teams. Now all we need is a miracle run of goaltending in the playoffs.
The Oilers have:
-Been rebuilding since 2009
-Drafted 1st 4 times
-Traded a league MVP to fix the blueline
-Hired an established coach with a history of making the playoffs
-Hired a Cup winning GM
-Are spending to the Cap
Yes. They should be winning by now
I have no doubt in my mind that Matthew Tkachuk intended to land both his knees into the back/head of Campbell because I’ve never seen anyone else land on a goalie like that and then he delayed getting off. Yes. He obviously fucking meant to do it. This isn’t even controversial
Scheer says there is no Canadian who believes they will be better off with a Carbon Tax
I’m Canadian. I am better off with the Carbon Tax. My kids are better off with a Carbon Tax.
The Oilers are apparently making Hockey decisions by consensus.
Just as a reminder, that’s a group consisting of failed GM Chia, failed GM MacT, failed GM Scott Howson, and failed GM Kevin Lowe.
We are fucked.
Puljujarvi, my man, they turfed the coach, the GM, and the linemate dragging you down like a boat anchor. Your hips have been treated and the team needs wingers. Maybe send Ken some flowers and a ham to see if he’ll take you back
Jesse Puljujarvi had the audacity to be one of the team’s best forecheckers and defensive forwards while also having a .969 PDO. For these crimes he was given away to a significantly better team ran by people who are objectively better at their jobs than Edmonton.
Brandon Manning broke McDavid’s collar bone and is dropping racial slurs in the AHL. All he needs to do is come out in favor of conversion therapy and he can run as a UCP candidate in Calgary.
*Rittich gets embarrassed by the Oilers and chased out of the game but might be forced back in*
Cassie Campbell: Rittich has been in this game so he has an advantage
Before Leon was drafted, MacT talked in a season ticket holder event about how Draisaitl was going to be the next Kopitar.
Kopitar wishes he was as good as Draisaitl. An absolute steal of a 3rd overall pick.
Edmonton is making a coaching change. Jay Woodcroft being relieved of his duties. Thought last nights win would buy some time, but that’s not the case.
Adam Henrique is a 3rd liner…on the Oilers. Because nobody in the NHL has that center depth. If they wanted, he could be their 4th line center.
McDavid
Drai
Nuge
Henrique
He’s a legit player and in the top 100 scoring forwards. I firmly believe he’s a great add
I’m still in a state of disbelief over the Flames deciding this past summer that what their team was missing was all the worst parts of an Oilers team that was 8 shades of awful.
Since firing Tippett and getting a real coach, the Oilers are 3rd in the NHL in points and 4th in points percentage.
Go all in, Ken. Go for it *this* year.
.
@RachelNotley
was kicked out of the legislature for refusing to apologize for saying Gov’t House Leader Jason Nixon was misleading the House over legislation introduced that would fire the Election Commissioner in the middle of his investigation into the UCP leadership race.
The idea that Jay Woodcroft and NOT Ken Holland/Nicholson are on the hot seat is verifiably absurd.
Goaltending sunk the Oilers in the playoffs and the GM made no change at all to the tandem in net.
The team was so cap strapped they couldn’t afford ROOKIES on opening night
Knoblauch said the Oilers weren’t giving Leon the quality of linemate that players of his caliber get around the league. Now it looks like he’s flanked by Arvidsson and Skinner.
I think Coach’s Corner should be replaced with a 10 minute segment explaining to the country what racism is and why maybe it isn’t good. Recurring all season. Every week until you dumb fucks get it.
It costs roughly $23,000 per stay to treat Covid. There are 147 unvaccinated people in the hospital. That’s $3,381,000. With the vaccine roughly costing $40 per dose in Canada that would have been $5,880.
So if they could pay the difference of $3,375,120 that would be great
Jesse Puljujarvi would be one of the youngest players on the AHL team today if he was playing in Bakersfield. Instead of developing him they opted to drown him over 3 years then give up. This team, man.
The only thing more pathetic than the UCP making a big deal about 70k after they gave away $4.7B, lost $1.6B in the cushions, lost another $2.1B to the market, and blew $7.5B on a dead pipeline are the people who’ll vote for them again because they have “conservative” in the name
I’ve never met Joey Moss but to those who knew him despite never being introduced he was a symbol of hope, kindness, effort, & inclusivity. He was a reminder that people with challenges deserve opportunity & fairness. We were lucky to have been inspired by him.
#RIPJoey
“How are they missing the playoffs???”
-Hall for Larsson
-Eberle for Strome
-Lucic
-Russell
-Caggiula plays top 6
-Unused Space
-Garbage backup
-Buying out Pouliot
-No replacement for Sekera
-Jim Johnson’s PK
-Jay Woodcroft’s PP
-Talbot doesn’t sleep anymore
-Klef has 1 shoulder
Imagine having wasted the final ELC years of McDavid and Nurse, the final year of Maroon on a sweetheart deal, blowing trades of your top 2 wingers in consecutive years, failing to address the blueline adequately after 3 years, and keeping your job as GM.
Can you imagine it?
So
@EdmontonOilers
please explain why Daryl Katz continues to gouge fans? Oilers+, over charging for jerseys at the team store, food prices. Funny how once the product is successful they want money money money.
Edmonton: Hey NHL, come here and enjoy our beautiful city in the summer! I bet you’ll be amazed at how different it feels than in January.
2020: *immediately starts to snow in Edmonton*
When San Jose saw the window to win was open they acquired Karlsson and Kane.
When Edmonton saw the window to win was open they traded away Eberle and signed Russell long term.
Spot the difference.
I think it’s disrespectful of Leon Draisaitl to be 4 goals away from Matthews while having more points. Doesn’t Leon understand how much better of a season Matthews is having? Show some class, Leon.