Comedy gold out of Edmonton

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Oilers might make the playoffs in four years.

 

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Upon further review, maybe Ron isn't that far off:

- Gifted teenager who will be competing for the Calder this season
- Addition to the roster of a young, big defenceman who can eat minutes and score points
- Ongoing development of young, skilled forwards who played on the top line last year and performed well after the regular season ended
- Big, young power forward who saw limited action last year but will likely be a starter in the top 9 this year

I think it's possible that Ron has the right province, but the wrong city

 

[Cobiemonster]

Upon further review, maybe Ron isn't that far off:

- Gifted teenager who will be competing for the Calder this season
- Addition to the roster of a young, big defenceman who can eat minutes and score points
- Ongoing development of young, skilled forwards who played on the top line last year and performed well after the regular season ended
- Big, young power forward who saw limited action last year but will likely be a starter in the top 9 this year

I think it's possible that Ron has the right province, but the wrong city

Henrik Talbot was also a shrewd move

/hee hee hee

 

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Bob Stauffer @Bob_Stauffer
Wouldn't be surprised to see Oscar Klefbom getting signed to a long-term extension in the Jonas Brodin/Adam Larsson range by training camp

Caman, he deserves a 6x6 contract like the other wunderkids.

 

[mattola]

Oilers might make the playoffs in four years.

I want this to fail so hard

 

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You can never have enough old Oilers...

Ryan Smyth ready to return to the rink in a new role

 

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It's a very long article, so let me sum it up for you - It's not a matter of if the Oilers will win the Cup, it's how many Cups the Oilers will win. Holy doodle, can I have some of what this dude is smoking?

To sum up: the Oilers are playing in a weakening division, have some of the most talented forwards ever assembled on a single team (at least in the cap era), will take advantage of the new over-time rules, have added a potential star goalie and top-line defenseman and have two of the best young defensmen in the NHL. Also, they added Connor McDavid.

The question shouldn’t be “will they make the Playoffs next seasons,” because that is a certainty. The question is “how long before they win the Cup?” I don’t think it will be next season, but if the over/under is three seasons from now, I’ll take the under.


Where Will the Oilers Finish in 2015-16? The Hockey Writers

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

You think they'd learn. You really would think that they would look at what they've written in the past decade and have some restraint.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

If Darrell Nurse is a top 4 d-man on this team next season, they're probably in trouble.

Draisaitl/Yakupov is "star talent"?

Sekera is a top-line d-man now? Is that why he got a whopping...uh...0 minutes on LA's top pairing?

"After the big six, the team has Pouliot, Purcell, Hendricks, Letestu, Klinkhammer and Korpikoski – all of whom are likely to provide – at worst – an even matchup with the depth forwards of most other teams."

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

"The consensus in the hockey world seems to be that McDavid is better at his age than Crosby was. Crosby scored 100 points on Penguins team with way less talent than these Oilers have when he was a rookie."

Just a friendly reminder that Mario Lemieux played for the Pens in Crosby's rookie season. So did Mark Recchi, John LeClair and Gonch.

 

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It's like they had a staff meeting at the Hockey Writers and the boss asked for the most outrageous article in order to generate web hits. And here we are (lol)

 

[forty_three]

have added a potential star goalie

That phrase always cracks me up.

Byron Dafoe
Andrew Raycroft
Martin Gerber
Brian Boucher
Maxime Ouellet
Roman Cecmanek
Marc Denis
Jean-Marc Pelletier
Patrick Lalime
Pascal LeClaire
Jim Craig
Rick Tabaracci

Should I go on? Every one of them was the "added potential star goalie" at one point.

By contrast, Brodeur was "unproven, and destined to back up Terreri". Osgood was "a product of his system". Bobrovsky was "potentially strong but won't adjust to the NA game", Lundquist was "Smooth, but raw" and Roy was a "gangly kid without much in the way of long term prospects".



No wonder we're crazy.



No disrespect to Talbot, he's got a lot of tools. But unless they help and develop him he's going to fade away. I mean, look what they did to Dubnyk.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

It's like they had a staff meeting at the Hockey Writers and the boss asked for the most outrageous article in order to generate web hits. And here we are (lol)

Damnit. I hate being gamed by the system.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

No disrespect to Talbot, he's got a lot of tools. But unless they help and develop him he's going to fade away. I mean, look what they did to Dubnyk.

I wonder if Oilers fans even mention his name. Or was it all his fault in their eyes because he's too much of a pussy or something...

 

[forty_three]

I wonder if Oilers fans even mention his name. Or was it all his fault in their eyes because he's too much of a pussy or something...

He had "poor practice habits", at least according to what Trotz said after he landed in Nashville.

But of course the Oil fans would never acknowledge it's the way he was taught there.

 

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I want a Houston Oilers NHL t-shirt...

LOOK: NHL shop selling 'Houston' Oilers shirts for the team in Edmonton - CBSSports.com

 

[mooger_35]

It's a very long article, so let me sum it up for you - It's not a matter of if the Oilers will win the Cup, it's how many Cups the Oilers will win. Holy doodle, can I have some of what this dude is smoking?

To sum up: the Oilers are playing in a weakening division, have some of the most talented forwards ever assembled on a single team (at least in the cap era), will take advantage of the new over-time rules, have added a potential star goalie and top-line defenseman and have two of the best young defensmen in the NHL. Also, they added Connor McDavid.

The question shouldn’t be “will they make the Playoffs next seasons,” because that is a certainty. The question is “how long before they win the Cup?” I don’t think it will be next season, but if the over/under is three seasons from now, I’ll take the under.


Where Will the Oilers Finish in 2015-16? The Hockey Writers

410!

 

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Good for you Taylor, good for you...

 

[Slimpikins]

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

[DragonfromTO]

Good for you Taylor, good for you...

I think that's a euphemism