Comedy gold out of Edmonton

[pixburgher66]

Just want to take a moment to say thanks for Perron.

 

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Should the Edmonton Oilers win the draft lottery for the fourth time in six seasons, it could be of another team's benefit.

General manager Craig MacTavish revealed Tuesday that he's willing to deal a to-be-determined 18-year-old prospect selected in June's draft in order to acquire a player further along in the process, the team announced via Twitter.

lol

 

[pixburgher66]

Should the Edmonton Oilers win the draft lottery for the fourth time in six seasons, it could be of another team's benefit.

General manager Craig MacTavish revealed Tuesday that he's willing to deal a to-be-determined 18-year-old prospect selected in June's draft in order to acquire a player further along in the process, the team announced via Twitter.

lol

Suddenly Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel's hopes are up...just a smidge.

 

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Oilers fan receives $172 fine and is banned from Rexall Place for 6 months for tossing his jersey onto the ice.

Lifelong Edmonton Oilers fan surprised by fine and reaction to tossing team's je

 

[jstewismybastardson]

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[Cobiemonster]

Haha what a maroon

 

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Katz and the Oilers are a perfect match - A greasy, sleazy owner for a greasy, sleazy franchise.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

So Hamilton is the NHL's Los Angeles now. Can't wait until the Flames do the same thing when the city says "uhhh, we ain't got no oil money no more so we can't build you an arena".

 

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So Hamilton is the NHL's Los Angeles now. Can't wait until the Flames do the same thing when the city says "uhhh, we ain't got no oil money no more so we can't build you an arena".

If and when they do the same thing, bring on the criticism. Until then, I think it's uncalled for to paint Flames ownership in the same light as Katz, who essentially held Edmonton hostage with a trip down to Seattle and this entire Hamilton situation in order to get a sweetheart deal for his new arena.

 

[mattola]

I haz a sadz that a bold move of Mike Richards being claimed by Edmonton has not been done

 

[mattola]

If and when they do the same thing, bring on the criticism. Until then, I think it's uncalled for to paint Flames ownership in the same light as Katz, who essentially held Edmonton hostage with a trip down to Seattle and this entire Hamilton situation in order to get a sweetheart deal for his new arena.

honestly can you blame him? if he can get it done why wouldnt he? its business the city benefits from the team as does the team from the city. this doesnt really bother me that much

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

honestly can you blame him? if he can get it done why wouldnt he? its business the city benefits from the team as does the team from the city. this doesnt really bother me that much

No, the city (ie: the taxpayer) does not benefit from a hockey arena as much as the team does. In fact, they usually don't benefit at all, unless you call repaying a loan for 30 years and winding up paying 8 times the original amount a "benefit".

 

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Yeah, BBB is right, there's been several studies that really question how much economic benefit a new arena actually brings to a city.

 

[mattola]

No, the city (ie: the taxpayer) does not benefit from a hockey arena as much as the team does. In fact, they usually don't benefit at all, unless you call repaying a loan for 30 years and winding up paying 8 times the original amount a "benefit".

fair enough, I get that part. I guess Im more saying he saw the chance to exploit the city and as a businessman took advantage of it. it is what all big business does and will always do. I just dont blame him for doing it. calgary will do the same, especially with burke in charge (how much is a payphone now?)

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

fair enough, I get that part. I guess Im more saying he saw the chance to exploit the city and as a businessman took advantage of it. it is what all big business does and will always do. I just dont blame him for doing it. calgary will do the same, especially with burke in charge (how much is a payphone now?)

Yeah I don't blame them for trying, I blame dumb governments for bending over and taking it with their pants on. Ask me if early-90s Toronto needed to build a $600 million (1989 dollars) baseball stadium for Labatt or if they were better served building another subway line downtown, I'll take the latter - 25 years later and the stadium is a dump that literally keeps good baseball players from wanting to play here and we're still trying to figure out how to pay for another subway line downtown that costs about 10x as much to build as it did a quarter-century ago.

 

[forty_three]

If and when they do the same thing, bring on the criticism. Until then, I think it's uncalled for to paint Flames ownership in the same light as Katz, who essentially held Edmonton hostage with a trip down to Seattle and this entire Hamilton situation in order to get a sweetheart deal for his new arena.

That sounds familiar, where have I heard that before?

Oh yeah.

And I imagine that the financial impact of a "new" arena is far greater than the impact of a replacement arena.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

If and when they do the same thing, bring on the criticism. Until then, I think it's uncalled for to paint Flames ownership in the same light as Katz, who essentially held Edmonton hostage with a trip down to Seattle and this entire Hamilton situation in order to get a sweetheart deal for his new arena.

To be fair, I paint all ownership with the same brush. Calgary's just next up on the arena list is all, unless you count Melnyk who I'm sure will be doing things just as deviously as Katz did.

 

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[Bloody Brian Burke]

To be fair, I paint all ownership with the same brush. Calgary's just next up on the arena list is all, unless you count Melnyk who I'm sure will be doing things just as deviously as Katz did.

Wasn't sure whether to post this in Expansion thread or here, but:

A Brand New Lie To Get The Bucks Their Stadium

Just fucking crooked.

 

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Leaked aerial view of the new Rogers Place arena in Edmonton: