What does it mean? At the most basic level, the Weakerthans may have to change some lyrics. I'm not a Jets fan, but a bunch of them are my friends. Having lost the Expos, I can somewhat relate to the absolute despair that comes with losing your team.
Here's hoping the Jets win the day, and Arizona gets NFL football next fall to make them forget (again) the Coyotes.
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The Edmonton Oilers recalled Chris Vande Velde, Ryan O'Marra and Alexandre Giroux fronm OKC after their game last night. Story is here. O'Marra and Giroux have been here before, and it marks the NHL debut for Vande Velde. The 24-year old Vande Velde has been inconsistent this season (67gp, 12-4-16 -17) but is a center with a history of winning faceoffs.
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The Oilers are -59 overall this season and have 23 wins. Last season the team was -70 and won 27 games. The 74-75 Washington Capitals were -265 and won 8 games, so there's room to grow.
must lose game
ReplyDeleteI doubt you have to worry on that count hunter
ReplyDeletenice little article on Reddox in the EJ today
The only "must" loses are against Colorado. Drop them, and 30th is in the bag.
ReplyDeleteHard to be an Oiler fan these days. You never know if the light at the end of a tunnel is an on-coming train or not.
BTW - I like the old Jets road jersey's (circ 1990's). If Bettman the arrogant had worked this hard to keep the team in the 'Peg the first go around this would not be happening now.
Yeah I saw Colorado up 2-0 last night and thought maybe we could cheer for a win or 2. But they were playing Vancouver ... shoulda know better
ReplyDeleteThis is somewhat like a knife to the guts of OKC's chances at the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to see Teemu and CVV get their first cups of coffee, but I sure hope the Oilers can sign some Euro pros or other FAs to shore up the Barons in their stretch drive.
trations: t-rations, or the traitorous rationing on talent the Oilers are subjecting the Barons to
Those Nordiques practically wrote the book on tanking, back in the day.
ReplyDeleteLooks like someone dug up the old "How to Get another Sakic/Lindros for Dummies" manual.
Seriously, OIlers could easily screw this up and end up in 28th place, then someone else wins the lottery and suddenly they're taking the last of the big four.
I know, I'm paranoid - comes with the territory.
To go a little further I really miss the Expos this time of year and I'd be so happy if they returned to Montreal.
ReplyDeleteSo I can only imagine how glad some folks will be if the Jets find their way back and I'll be very happy for them.
I hope everyone remembers that Harski has been a slow starter and needs a bit of time to adjust to new challenges.
ReplyDeleteI am excited for VDV's debut, having watched him for years at UND. I really thought he would be made a winger at the pro-level, but I am happy his face-off skills have apparently stuck with him.
ReplyDeleteWord on the street is that any team going back to Winnipeg will be known as the Manitoba Bears. Has anyone else heard this?
The Dreger Report...
ReplyDelete3) Edmonton Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini plans on staying in the East a while longer to intensify preparations for the draft.
Tambellini wouldn't discuss the specifics of his tour, but admitted he's going to spend a lot of time scouting top prospects in the coming days.
With the Oilers sitting 30th overall in the NHL standings with 55 points (four back of Ottawa with 12 games remaining) Edmonton is once again poised to enter the draft lottery with a strong chance of winning first pick overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
Tambellini is well-schooled on the play of Red Deer Rebels star Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, but he needs to invest more time in watching Kitchener Rangers forward Gabriel Landeskog and Drummondville's Sean Couturier.
Depending on the extent of Tambellini's scouting mission, he could also be scouting Niagara defenceman Dougie Hamilton as well as Ice Dogs forward Ryan Strome and Saint John's Jonathan Huberdeau.
Tambellini noted it's a very important time of year for his organization and he wants to be well informed and comfortable with the ranking of each prospect well before the draft.
You know it's bad when the auto generated oiler email subject line is the following:
ReplyDeleteGame Preview ? Oilers vs Coyotes at 7pm on Sportsnet West
The question mark is a nice tell.
I don't know LT. That last paragraph in your entry kind of implies that their is room to fall rather then room to grow. :)
ReplyDeleteI've always been a huge Oilers fan and had nothing but disdain for the Jets. However, living in Manitoba and not having live NHL hockey for the last 15 years really sucks.
ReplyDeleteAs time goes on I can appreciate the Jets and if they return I'll have to cheer for the home team unless the Oilers are in town. There was some pretty amazing talent that passed through this town once upon a time and they probably deserved better but their timing was awful.
The situation in Winnipeg is completely different than when they left in 1996. I'm not going to defend Bettman but the circumstances of the time didn't leave him many options.
Winnipeg Enterprises was killing the Jets. There was no help coming from government and Shenkarow saw were salaries were going and got out while he could.
The City of Glendale is doing everygthing Jets fans wished Winnipeg city council would have done back in the day. That's the only reason they're still in Phoenix. In fact the Coyotes would have relocated last summer if not for the CoG voting to approve to cover $25 million dollars in losses for this year.
The press conference was set up at the MTS Centre and they were 15 mins away from getting the team back before Glendale caved.
I can't wait to get the Jets back. Hopefully this is it.
cuoje = A dislexic goalie who used to play for the Oilers
kkyle,
ReplyDeleteI've heard that the old Winnipeg Falcons moniker was being considered.
Tencers updated lines (take them with small grain of salt)...
ReplyDeleteLines tonight: Jones-Cogliano-Eberle, Omark-Fraser-Paajarvi, Giroux-O'Marra-Reddox and MacIntyre-Vande Velde-Hartikainen
Good lord. I'm not sure I can recall a worse Oiler line up, and there have been some bad ones over the last 20 years.
ReplyDeleteMVP starts, per Gregor.
ReplyDeleteSB: Yeah, that's how I read it too. But then again, would it really be that far of a stretch to introduce this team as the Edmonton Seals? Or the 2011 equivalent of the late 70s Redwings? God knows we've been developing talent for everyone but ourselves the last decade+. I'm hoping for the best here, but this season keeps getting worse. Does anyone really think it will be better next year? Year after?
ReplyDeletePardam - when this being damn terrible is just par for the course...
I wonder if Teemu would sign in Winipeg for one year wearing the great number 13 one last time? How awesome would that be.
ReplyDeleteGood post and I'm happy, like Wolfie, to cheer for the hometown team as long as I'm here and the Oilers are not. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteLowetide: aren't you too old to be cool enough to know your Weakerthans? That reference, while awesome, surprised me :)
Looking at this abomination of a lineup, is there a single player there who is above replacement level for the forwards based on current ability and not on potential development?
ReplyDeleteI mean... even Eb's hasn't been great since there is no one to shelter him.
Can anyone find a sh*ttier Oilers lineup than this one?
grierl: As in "Don't worry guys, Grier'll..." before you realize that we traded him away - 10 years ago this summer.
Hahaha.. great tie in with the Caps..
ReplyDeleteIt Could Be Worse..
(Do your thing toonces)
"Jones-Cogliano-Eberle, Omark-Fraser-Paajarvi, Giroux-O'Marra-Reddox and MacIntyre-Vande Velde-Hartikainen"
ReplyDeleteSo:
Waivers-Lips-Rookie
AHL-Washup-Rookie
AHL-AHL-AHL
Knuckles-AHL-AHL
I might have to skip St. Pat's tonight to watch this disgrace...
Every time I see McIntyre on the starting lineup my head hurts. WTF is he doing in the NHL while Stortini is in the AHL?
ReplyDeleteWhat does SMac do on the bench that's in any way even remotely better than what Stortini brings to a game? Oh yeah, we won't have any injuries in the lineup to the skilled players while the 'Nuclear Deterrent' is here.
It'd be awesome if Teemu were to lace them up one more time for the Jets. I'd be even better if Khabi were to as well =).
mundbo: when you've been working on the SQL a bit too hard
That line-up is one for the ages.
ReplyDeleteIt's not far off to say that anybody in that lineup would be a healthy scratch with Vancouver, Boston, or Philly right now.
On D Gilbert would be the only one to make any of those rosters.
G - MVP might not make the Manitoba Moose.
How about this:
ReplyDeleteCurrent Oilers team goes to play in Phoenix's as their new AHL team (see TSN story). Khabby can join them since he likes boozing there.
Edmonton gets the current Coyotes team.
MB Moose and OKC combine to play in the NHL out of Winnipeg.
Bloggy: I think it's fair at this point to promote Omark to rookie.
ReplyDeleteSK Oil: In seriousness, I think any good team would make room for Eberle. But your post involved terrifyingly little hyperbole.
Sitting in the Air Canada lounge about to get on a plane to Beijing.
ReplyDeletePDO texts me that bet365 has PHX -0.5 at -110. (PHX has to win in regulation)
I have bet on sports for a long time and that's as close to free money as I've seen.
Called the bank, and put the house on this one.
Poor Hartikainen has to play with Smac. Welcome to the NHL kid.
Did I miss something or is Andrew Cogliano our most experienced Forward tonight?
ReplyDeleteIt was asked in the previous thread by someone but nobody elaborated on it.
ReplyDeleteShould we be worried re: Lander not being signed yet?
Also, as per PDO:
ReplyDeleteOiler's 4 forward lines have a total of 1097 NHL games played.
Shane Doan has 1108.
Hahaha!
Bloggy,
ReplyDeleteIt's worse than that:
Plug-Soft Comp. Player-Soft Rookie
AHL Rookie-Average AHL'er-Teenager
AHL Star-AHL Plug-NHL Plug
Beer League-AHL Rookie-AHL Rookie
League worst D
Drunkov the AHL Goalie
The only players who are significantly better than AHL star, i.e. brief NHL callups on good teams, are:
Eberle, Gilbert, Smid, Cogliano
Marchand gets two games for a hit that looks eerily similar to the one that has knocked Sidney Crosby out for a large chunk of the season.. Wow.
ReplyDeleteDanny,
ReplyDeleteIf we get into early June and Lander is not signed yet, you worry.
In mid-March you don't. Someone commented last week that Lander was going to tryout for SWE in the WC's and that's his focus right now.
Once you get past that, you get him signed.
Rich:
ReplyDeleteThe deadline to sign Lander is June 1, AFAIK, otherwise he'd re-enter the draft.
I agree that it's too early to really worry or wonder about that now, it could well be that Lander and/or the team doesn't want to negotiate now, for whatever reason, until the WC is over in mid May, which should give them more than enough time to get something done.
Rich:
ReplyDeleteAFAIK, the deadline to get Lander signed is June 1, otherwise he'd re-enter the draft.
I'm with you that it's too early to really worry or wonder about it, both sides could just be waiting until the WC are over before they get down to negotiating the deal, and that would leave them more than enough time to get something done.
If Lander isn't signed what are his options? Re-enter the draft and still be capped under the ELC limit with his new team?
ReplyDeleteIs there a UFA loophole anywhere to be played?
Just wondering if he has any motivation not to sign other than trying to negotiate closer to the rookie max via a good WC's?
Macintyre owns and is going to destroy biz nasty and his tweets tonight
ReplyDeleteIs there any doubt that the powerplay will somehow be clicking tonight?
ReplyDeletediericya - that thing Matsui said he had.
LT...the weakerthans...really. With all the classic rock crap that's usually bantered about, you dial up the weakerthans? Nice go. You're the king. I hate Winnipeg, too. I lived there for 4 years...aged 12 years in the process. I HATE Winnipeg!
ReplyDeleteEver been to the Bella Vista Cafe...the only good I could see!?
I...HATE...WINNIPEG
(go Jets)
Thought the readers here would like this link about the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference as it included a panel on the use of advanced analytics in Hockey.
ReplyDeletevia Scott Cullen's blog on tsn.ca
Woodguy, I'm curious, how much money did you put down on the 'yotes winning by 2 goals or more?
ReplyDeleteUni,
ReplyDeleteI put 2 units on 2 goals or more at +170
I have a lot more at 1 goal at -110.
For the betting ignorant: What is a "unit"?
ReplyDeleteI can't understand how the Yotes are only -110 in regulation.
ReplyDeleteon the surface it looks like when a really good NBA team is on the road and is favoured by -5.5 because then there's a good chance the dog will cover.
so, this seems like free money and there hardly ever is when it comes to gambling.
but I just can't see how the oilers can push this game to OT
I believe it's an arbitrary value of what he uses for bets.
ReplyDeletePersonally my unit would be $10, I have no idea what WG's is, maybe he'll clarify =).
Also if he did bet the house, if you subscribe to the infinite universes infinite probability stuff, there's at least one universe in which the Oilers trounce the 'yotes tonight, and SMac even gets his first NHL hattrick in one.
speeds: Thanks for noting the correct date on re-entering. For some reason I thought it was June 15th on Lander - but June 1st it is.
ReplyDeletedanny: iirc Lander could go back into the draft - which is how we got Stoll in the 2002 draft (Calgary took him, couldn't sign him and we got him the 2nd time around).
Not sure if there is/not a UFA loop since he's been in the SEL versus WHL.
He could also go to the KHL and play w/Nilsson.
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ReplyDeleteOh, a unit would typically be what you bet on a game. So if you typically bet $100 on a game, your unit is $100.
ReplyDeleteSo WG has basically said he bet twice as much as he normally does on a PHX win by 2 goals for a chance at winning 3.4 units (2*1.7) and substantially more on their winning by 1 goal in regulation I think at (x*0.9).
Myself, I don't have the cashflow to bet, so if and when I ever do, a tenner is all I'm in for.
in a game with good and bad goaltending performances, and 10-15 special teams situations, anything can happen on any given night.
ReplyDeleteprobability wise... WG's house is safe.
Uni - thank you for that! I had wondered about "units" for a while, as well as what the +xxx -xxx numbers meant.
ReplyDeleteDennis
ReplyDeleteAs devastating as the franchise moving to Washington was I think I shed more tears reading this Wiki entry and recalling what could have been. This and Blue Monday of course. What makes us cheer for the teams we do?
"In 1994, the Expos team — and Larry Walker — appeared to be rising to its potential. Led by rising young stars Pedro MartÃnez, Moisés Alou, Cliff Floyd, Mike Lansing and Jeff Fassero, Montreal was off to a 74-40 start, leading the National League Eastern Division. They had scored 585 runs (5.13 per game) and allowed 454 runs (3.98 per game) through 114 games by Friday, August 12.[4]
Walker, with 86 RBI, was well on his way to his first 100-RBI year; Ken Hill was on pace to win 23 games while Pedro Martinez was on pace to strike out more than 200 batters. Moisés Alou was hitting .339 and on pace to collect more than 200 hits for the first time in his career. Marquis Grissom was on pace to score 137 runs. Two other Expos, namely Alou and Walker, were also on pace to score more than 100 runs. The team was also drawing well at home: through 52 home games in 1994, 1,276,250 fans had attended Expos games, for an average of 24,543 per game. At that pace, the Expos would have had a good chance of drawing two million fans for the first time since 1983.[5] The season, however, was stopped due to the 1994 players' strike. The World Series, for which the Expos appeared to be destined, was never played and Montreal lost many of its players during the next season due to free agency and salary constraints and the team never recovered. The 1994 Montreal Expos team that could have been remains one of baseball's hot discussion points"
Anybody else following Ryan Whitney on twitter? He's a revelation, not sure I mean this in a good way. More unroelin.
ReplyDeleteKind of surprised when people outside of a city care if that team moves and stop cheering for them. When you live in a city, the sports teams become part of a city's character, and the loss of the team affects the community. On the other hand, if you were, say, a Nordiques fan from Saskatoon, I'm not sure why you would care that much when the team relocated to Colorado. The players are still the same. Do you guys believe the city of Montreal conferred some special attribute to the Expos that they now lack in Washington? I'm not trying to sound rude, I'm genuinely curious.
ReplyDeletePrinceton taking Kentucky to the wire. Worth watching the end of this
ReplyDeleteC'mon Ivy League!
D'oh.
ReplyDeleteThe Wahington Whatevers are not the Montreal Expos.
ReplyDeleteLe Grand Orange never wore the jersey of the Whatevers.
Rick Effin Monday never hit the g-d ball over the effin fence in no c-s stadium in Washington DC.
Was Gene Mauch ever even in Washington?
It ain't the same.
comak - big city PI, gets the girl, gets the bad guy, gets the pirogi
"Kind of surprised when people outside of a city care if that team moves and stop cheering for them."
ReplyDeleteJust to clarify
The Expos were Canada's team.
I have no idea if the Blue Jays are
cuz I don't really follow the game anymore.
I have to go spray the plants, they're covered with syseds.
The '94 Yanks were right there with '94 Expos.
ReplyDeleteThat it was never played was a shame; but acting like the Expos were robbed of a guaranteed Series title is rich.
Grim: i followed them in '05 when they were in the race for the longest time and I remember the bleachers shaking at the old stadium when they'd rally but it was never the same.
ReplyDeleteBy the time the '06 season rolled around the Oilers were on a massive tear and when that was over the Nats were sinking fast and I didn't really care.
Initally, when it looked for real like they had a good home, I was all about them moving because they'd have new ownership and more money and I'd finally be able to watch all their games on the Extra Innings package. But maybe the first strike was Jim Bowden as the GM because I'd read his comments and it just turned me off regard the direction the club was going in.
I wish that today I could get back to following them because I miss baseball terribly but it's just never felt the same.
and the times when I start to read more and more Jays coverage, then I'll turn on the TV and hear Buck Martinez and all the whole hate will appear in an instant.
You can never say what would have happened come October but I remember the Expos were starting to pull away from the Braves at the time of the strike and that they had a really soft sked down the stretch.
ReplyDelete@Ed
ReplyDeleteI sure like Winnipeg Falcons a lot better than Manitoba Bears. Anyone else hear about a possible name, if not the Jets?
ardsts- Painters from Saskatchewan
I would go with:
ReplyDelete"The Winnipeg Bettman Fuckers" (My favorite)
"The Winnipeg At-least-we're-fiscally-solvent-Riders" (The NHL needs more teams named "Riders")
"The Winnipeg Supplicants"
"The Winnipeg Retreads"
"The Winnipeg Jazz" (Makes more sense than Utah.)
what did whitney say?
ReplyDeleteI've hated Gary Carter forever, called a crappy game. The pitcher had gotten away with a fastball for a very loud foul and Carter set up in the middle of the plate again and the whole garage viewing audience went "We're screwed".
ReplyDeleteThe Bettman Fuckers would have the greatest logo of all time.
ReplyDeleteIf swearing is out, they could go with the same logo, and call themselves the "Bettman-Riders." They could say it's in honor of Bettman and the logo is a picture of Gary Bettman giving Shane Doan a "piggy back" ride back to the city of Winnipeg. And he has that look on his face to show how hard it was to bring Winnipeg's team back. And Doan's stick is where it is to symbolize jamming a hockey stick up Bettman's butt.
Winnipeg Frozendicks
ReplyDeleteWinnipeg Prairie Pimples
Winnipeg General Strikers
Winnipeg Metro Croatia (my personal favorite all-time Canadian sports team name)
How about:
ReplyDeleteThe (Winni)Peg Puckers (Awesome names like this don't just come along every day)
The Winnipeg Icemen (anyone who's lived there knows what I mean)
The Manitoba Flood (Got both the waether reference and the Halo reference to play with)
My 5-Star selection:
The Red River Riels (history and irreverence - think of the following in Quebec!)
Manitoba Garter Snakes:
ReplyDelete"There is a large population of garter snakes near Narcisse; the dens there are home to the largest concentration of snakes in the world"
The Manitoba Lakers or Accordians:
"Unanimous support in the legislature was needed to bypass public consultation. Manitoba politician Elijah Harper, a Cree, opposed because he did not believe First Nations had been adequately involved in the Accord's process"
The Manitoba Wild Pairs:
"The 1960s pop supergroup The Guess Who was the first Canadian band to have a No. 1 hit in the United States"
"The resulting album was called A Wild Pair, and featured The Guess Who on one side and The Staccatos on the other."
The Winnipeg Bundys?
ReplyDeleteWait, what the heck are we talking about here?
Ribs: What else is there to talk about? The Oilers? meh.
ReplyDeleteI think I convinced my sister that the Oklahoma Barons will be playing tonight in place of the Oilers due to their injuries.
ReplyDeleteThe Winnepeg Wind Plains
ReplyDeleteThe Winnepeg Bus Station (a lot of Canadians could associate with this...likely not for good)
It should be the Jets though. Likely won't as they will be looking to capitalize on everyone spending cash on the new logo stuff.
*nouri* - step 6 in the shizophrenic ananymous program.
oh dear, I mispelled winnipeg...
ReplyDeletesorry winnipegians
*derne* - french hillbilly expression for damn
Winnipeg Royal Ice Ballet.
ReplyDeleteShowerhead...
Unit refers to the size of the bet. When WG says -.5 at 105 and he's betting one unit, he means PHO must win by a half goal in reg and he has bet 100 (the unit) and paid 105... That might mean $1.05 or 10.50 or $105.00. The 5 is the juice/cost on the wager.
When he bets 2 units, he's doubling the bet and the juice, typically $210 to win $200, but any multiple will work. It's an indication of his confidence of the wager without revealing personal private info like the depth of his gambling problem or personal finances, lol.
How long on the Canucks before Ebs is a third bumper cushion on the piss-cutter pinball table? Healthy scratch, my pistol.
ReplyDeleteI don't rate Eberle as the kind of player who fails to respond to circumstance.
I could ask some rabid Knuckleheads to assess this, but none of them could bear to watch the Oilers long enough to pass judgment. Only the sadomasochists would return the survey. Would be an interesting but not terribly reliable perspective.
My brother tells me the Canucks worked their way down to #14 on their defensive depth chart when their infirmary swallowed the piglet. Any player who can reliably bang the puck up the glass after Malhotra wins the D-zone draw would have seen regular shifts.
I really hate the man-games lost to injury statistic. Way more interesting to compute ice-minutes lost to injury. Every player has a reliable norm from the shift charts, if anyone bothered to script the arithmetic.
You could even factor out infirmary inflation in a player's ice time on a fairly reliable basis.
Players are quick to concede that ice-minutes are the coach's primary currency and I've heard that every player knows their ice time down to the second, even if they can't do the stanchion split (except for Smid for whom bodily peril breaks out at 100% wherever gravity and solid matter are found in conjunction).
Ice minutes should be the default denominator for statistics of woe, if you're taking the gloves off on analytics.
Fuck you Maudite, that happened in Portage La Prairie, not Winnipeg ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's Winnipegger, actually.
Interestingly enough, some of those team names suggested (General Strike, Flood) are the names of the touring level (read: really fucking good) ultimate frisbee teams coming from WPG.
I think if it's the Coyotes coming back it'll be the Jets all the way. However if it's Atlanta (or another sun-belt team, you know they're gonna die sooner or later) the Phoenix franchise could nix the "Jets" usage from us. In that case, I'd love the Winnipeg Falcons.
basying: babysitting, what tonight'll feel like for Cogs.
I have that same Selanne jersey at home! Well not that exact one but you know what I mean.
ReplyDeleteBlogger SK Oiler Fan said...
ReplyDeleteHow about this:
Current Oilers team goes to play in Phoenix's as their new AHL team (see TSN story). Khabby can join them since he likes boozing there.
Edmonton gets the current Coyotes team.
MB Moose and OKC combine to play in the NHL out of Winnipeg.
Bactingu..Gilbert Brule's latest malady.
This is how bad the Oilers are: I have a spare ticket to the game tonight and I cannot find a single person willing to go. Boourns.
ReplyDeleteCullen's post is surprisingly good. I'm an analytics guy in real life. Data mining with R. If only there was a prebuilt R package for NHL shift charts I might take the gloves off myself.
ReplyDelete... there's something to be said for identifying value in typically underrated players like Jan Hejda and Mike Weaver on the defensive metric
No shit biscuit, Sherlock. While Batman was off on African big-game safari, useful house-elves were accepting jerseys of their very own.
The stupidest thing about the +/- is that it doesn't include a penalty or bonus for ending your shift gaining a PP advantage or a PK trip to the dog house. Conversion rate maybe averages out to 20% but the total effect is larger accounting for bench dynamics.
I'd probably score ending a shift on a 2 min PK disadvantage at -0.3 goal equivalence. Except with less than 2 min left in the game (aka happy hour).
Magnus promised me a free bag of umlauts for putting this forward.
I don't think refs call penalties so much to even out, but to break the monotony (or improve the optics) of calling ten penalties in a row against the same team.
There are a few penalties of the rough variety where you almost need to award a bonus, but it's difficult to assess, since both parties are incented toward denial, and Bettman vetoed with extreme predujice "after I nearly broke his neck, the game was a cakewalk" from the book of blue-collar cliches.
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ReplyDeleteWhy in sweet fuck do we have 91 playing point on the PP? It's not as if there are too many forwards that deserve his spot...
ReplyDeleteAn afternoon game in the middle of the week....in the evening. Neat.
ReplyDelete"Finds a way to get through"? Really Kevin?
ReplyDeleteRe-Khab's legs were open farther than a Russian Prima-ballerina trying to avoid being sent to the gulag.
it's the smallest of sample sizes but I thought 56 didn't look out of place; I didn't think his skating looked out of the way and when he hits he seems like he leans into and finishes them.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to trading him.
Also, why is it that 85 has all his chances on his backhand? I've noticed that for the last little while.
I had the Yotes with one EV chance..which they scored on.
Does anyone have a working link?
ReplyDeleteQuestion for my fellow old timey guys? Is tonight's lineup the worst the Oilers have ever iced? I think it may be.
ReplyDeleteGaddamned ninja Whitney.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fromsportcom.com/v-2/0/158/v-215811.html
ReplyDeletegood quality picture
I haven't been watching the cast but this one appears to work...
ReplyDeleteLink
Well at least the Laughs are done: 4-0 cats.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Burke will tell everyone that it's all part of the plan and he'd do the Kessel trade again.
I look forward to trading him.
ReplyDeleteThis is not going to get old. Too funny.
Quite a few empty seats, yet the sellout streak lives on.
ReplyDeletemagnus dvorak with a little bit of snipe there.
ReplyDeletedid havlac and nedved get the assists?
Renney should get tossed after that call.
ReplyDeleteWorst of the year, besides Peckham's shot through the camera hole.
If I wasn't cheering for Phoenix to win, I would be livid with the penalty call on Omark.
ReplyDeleteJust putrid.
ha ha I knew SK Oil fan would be the one to mention that call.
ReplyDeleteBut I agree. I don't normally give two shits about the officials and what they're about but that Omark call was absolutely terrible and completely sunk the Oilers when they had been putting on the pressure.
WTF was with that call. Brutal.
ReplyDeleteI wish the NHL would tell refs that if they feel compelled to make a shitty call then make sure it goes against the visitors because we don't need people in the seats feeling they got screwed over.
ReplyDeleteWhen you can read Renney's lips on TV you know it's a bad call. We might have half the team injured, but the bad calls against the Oil remain.
ReplyDeleteOmark helped get that call, just getting the disc to the net. Imagine.
ReplyDeleteI really think Linus screwed himself over in this league for a while with that first spin-o-rama. He never seems to get the calls and this is just more proof.
ReplyDeletePerhaps he pissed off more people than just Malone.
I was never a Bryzgalov fan but after watching him a few times in the last week he is a very solid goalie. He has improved leaps and bounds from his Anaheim days.
ReplyDeleteI hope Dubnyk is taking notes because they have similar size and style although Ilya seems a little thicker.
The Yotes/Jets are kind of hooped that they haven't got him locked up yet. If they lose him they'll struggle a little next year.
layadbit = what happened to me this afternoon surprisingly!
How bad is the officiating when you get 1000 PPs and you still have some absolute headscratchers. At least 3 game changing calls either missed or botched. That's beer league officiating.
ReplyDeleteOmark does go down pretty easy a lot of the time. He's going to get those calls every once in a while. We had better learn to live with it.
ReplyDeleteHow bad is it when Foster is still the worst player on this team.
ReplyDeleteI thought Foster did pretty well considering the circumstances. He played over 20 minutes and came out with an even +/-.
ReplyDeleteBryzgalov is a heck of a goaler. just solid tonight.
ReplyDeleteOh and Yandle should have been assessed a gross misconduct for that BS he pulled on Cogliano. A Penalty shot is all nice and all but that should have been a major penalty at least. Swinging your stick in the vicinity of a guy's head. That's brutal
ReplyDeleteGame wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, although Phoenix didn't bring much.
ReplyDeleteHartkainen, MPS, Cogs, Linus showed flashes, but Phoenix is not a physical team.
Smarmy - You're not suggesting I complain about the officials often are you?
I blame KLowe - must have pissed the refs off sometime during his 6 cup career.
Just saw a different angle on the Linus dive - not as bad a call as it looked from the original camera view.
ReplyDeletePeckham's shot through the camera hole remains as the worst call of the year.
The Peckham call was worse but the d-man got his stick in between Omark's legs that's pretty much an automatic call on the tripper not the trippee.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mc79hockey.com/?p=3608
ReplyDeleteYa that Yandle play should almost be a suspension. One handed chop directed at a players head - lucky that cogs got his shoulder up. WTF was Yandle doing there. No play on the puck whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteThe Red River Riels (history and irreverence - think of the following in Quebec!)
ReplyDeleteThat team would suck, though every dog in Quebec bark its name.
I could care less about Foster's numbers tonight. I can't stand watching him fumble every thing that goes near him. He's brutal on the pp in every way. I'm pretty sure he's the number one reason why the pp has been so brutal.
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Manitoba Rebellion
ReplyDeleteNWT Breakaways
Yah, agree on Yandle. Using your stick in a whip like fashion should be suspension worthy. If he hits him in the head its Mcsorley/Brasheer II.
ReplyDeleteI believe Yandle was upset at something else that happened on the ice before the slash as he was shown wincing in pain on the bench after the penalty shot. More proof there was malicious intent.
My only impression of last nights game is that Teemu is already better than JFJ
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly on Hartski better than JFJ and decent in the face off circle
ReplyDeleteI might be better then jfj.
ReplyDeleteIf only we could transfer JFJ's size to Omark...sigh.
ReplyDeleteFor a musical theme from the 'Peg, I thought of BTO, but "Winnipeg Overdrive" leaves my stomach a little *quelasmi*.
ReplyDeleteThey have had Bombers & Jets, how about a nod to the greatest Canadian fighter that never lived, the Avro Arrow?
(I know they built it in Ontario)
I don't mind Winnipeg Arrows.
Or would that cause some PC backlash with the First Nations?
Winnipeg Wanderers.
ReplyDeleteAs the end of June is just around the corner (cough) I was checking the draft. The Oilers have, on top of all their own picks:
LA's 1st
CAL 3rd
PIT 4th
Any I am missing?
As for JFJ, youneverknow. He shares a very similar career path to Brian Boyle, and Boyle has exploded this year. If JFJ could ever stay healthy...
On thing that might explode regarding JFJ is his spine.
ReplyDeleteTerry Murray on hockey central talking about Penner being a little heavier than he should be. Wants him to get a little leaner before he can get his minutes up and reach his potential. Just thought it was interesting to hear this unique perspective from his new coach ;).
ReplyDeleteI found a nice youtube vid of Yandle's dangerous play on Cogs.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR0HBEnDqf8
Like Cogs hasn't seen a dentist enough this year.
I'm voting for Winnipeg Man-Eating Mosquito's....
ReplyDeleteWinnipeg Supply is my favorite suggestion so far. (Non Winnipegers probably don't get that.) I'm actually warming up to the Falcons - it's a nice little historical nod.
ReplyDeleteThe name the Jets is kind of like the Hockey Night in Canada theme. Objectively they're pretty mediocre but because of the tradition anything else seems unnatural.
Here's hoping we see Gabe Dancin' for the big leagues soon.
I was at the game where Gabe turned it up.
ReplyDeleteIt was during the first intermission, was getting a really good reception from the crowd (I think it was a Blackhawks game)
Lo and behold when he returned to do his thing during the second he was wearing a brand new Jets sweater.
I also remember another time when 2 really hot chicks got up and danced with him They were all over him and poor Gabe was awestruck and not a little excited.
Maybe Burke will sign Cogs to an offer sheet and we'll get some more picks that way.
ReplyDeleteI think all the dental work shows tremendous truculance.
Aw, man...The Esks traded Trismo to the Riders. I guess LT's wife can enjoy his play now.
ReplyDeleteFrom Terry Jones of The Sun:
ReplyDeleteAnd there’s growing evidence that both Colorado and Edmonton have six-foot-three defenceman Adam Larrson and six-foot Gabriel Landeskog ranked 1-2, but both lust for Larrson most to fit specific team needs.
Aw, man. It looks like the Riders swindled Trismo away from the Esks. At least LT's wife can enjoy his play now.
ReplyDeleteColin McDonald with the hat trick, 5-0 OKC in the 2nd period.
ReplyDeleteFricking Riders addressing need.
Carolina won in OT btw. Cole scored late to tie it and Pitkanen won it in OT
Manitoba Bears is a cool name.
ReplyDeleteIt's too cool for them to use, since it's just too cool.
JDD with 40 saves on 41 shots.
ReplyDeleteMcDonald with 31 goals and 45 pts. If he can play some defense and bring some grit, he might be worth signing to an NHL contract again.