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 Adam
Messages: 7392
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Flames can't catch the Oilers now.
Only the Canucks left among teams that could keep us out of the post-season, but it would require them running the table without us even picking up a loser point in our remaining games.
Next game is against Vancouver, so we can secure the spot with authority.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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| Adam wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:43 |
Flames can't catch the Oilers now.
Only the Canucks left among teams that could keep us out of the post-season, but it would require them running the table without us even picking up a loser point in our remaining games.
Next game is against Vancouver, so we can secure the spot with authority.
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Loved seeing those sad sack Flames heading off to the ice.
Geez, Habs could catch the Jets by the looks of it. The East might not get that super series they want.
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Adam
Messages: 7392
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| K.McC#24 wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:48 |
| Adam wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:43 |
Flames can't catch the Oilers now.
Only the Canucks left among teams that could keep us out of the post-season, but it would require them running the table without us even picking up a loser point in our remaining games.
Next game is against Vancouver, so we can secure the spot with authority.
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Loved seeing those sad sack Flames heading off to the ice.
Geez, Habs could catch the Jets by the looks of it. The East might not get that super series they want.
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Would be the first time since Gretzky vs. Lafleur in 1981 that the Oilers and Habs meet in a playoff series...
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5950
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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Either a Vancouver loss or an Oilers OTL and we officially clinch. Magic number is 1. LFG!!
Calgary officially cannot catch us.
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NetBOG
Messages: 3027
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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I'm hoping Smith only plays 1 of the next 4 games vs Nucks. Get Kostko and Stalock some work.
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WhoreableGuy
Messages: 592
Registered: August 2006
Location: Calgary
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| NetBOG wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:50 |
I'm hoping Smith only plays 1 of the next 4 games vs Nucks. Get Kostko and Stalock some work.
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Who?
"Bah Gawd! Would somebody stop the damn draft!"
- Jim Ross calling the NHL Draft Lotto 2015 as the Oilers win
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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| NetBOG wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:50 |
I'm hoping Smith only plays 1 of the next 4 games vs Nucks. Get Kostko and Stalock some work.
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100% and get some of the taxi squad that hasn't seen a game in weeks and months a couple games....I can think of a D.
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Ragnarok73
Messages: 2433
Registered: February 2011
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Ugh, not pretty, but a win is a win.
"There's no greater springboard to development than failure." - Craig MacTavish, April 13/15.
5-14-6-1
"Sabres think the suck is their ally? They merely adopted the suck. The Oilers were born in it...molded by it."
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Adam
Messages: 7392
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Ragnarok73 wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:56 |
Ugh, not pretty, but a win is a win.
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If it helps, it wasn't pretty by design. Tippett clearly favoured a more defensive structure after the first and the Oilers weren't nearly as aggressive the rest of the way. I don't like that style, but it looked to be the coach's call.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5950
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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| K.McC#24 wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:53 |
| NetBOG wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:50 |
I'm hoping Smith only plays 1 of the next 4 games vs Nucks. Get Kostko and Stalock some work.
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100% and get some of the taxi squad that hasn't seen a game in weeks and months a couple games....I can think of a D.
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Tipp has already said they’re wanting to get the group going here with the remaining games. They won’t rest anyone out of injury fear unless they’re banged up already.
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NetBOG
Messages: 3027
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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| Oscargasm wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:56 |
| K.McC#24 wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:53 |
| NetBOG wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 22:50 |
I'm hoping Smith only plays 1 of the next 4 games vs Nucks. Get Kostko and Stalock some work.
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100% and get some of the taxi squad that hasn't seen a game in weeks and months a couple games....I can think of a D.
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Tipp has already said they’re wanting to get the group going here with the remaining games. They won’t rest anyone out of injury fear unless they’re banged up already.
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I'd not even send Smith to Vancouver for the first 2 games. Give 1 each to the backups. Start Smith Thurs at home. Backup on Saturday. Probably split the games with the Habs. Then have Smith start the finale.
Don't let him get cold, but stop with starting him 90% of the time.
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inverno76
Messages: 2443
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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I’m glad we are done with the Flames. They are the easiest team to hate.
What’s the atmosphere in Edmonton? People getting geared up for it, has been snuffed out by the pandemic?
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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| inverno76 wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 23:01 |
I’m glad we are done with the Flames. They are the easiest team to hate.
What’s the atmosphere in Edmonton? People getting geared up for it, has been snuffed out by the pandemic?
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Its gotta be a damper. I wonder what the story is going to be for Canadian teams when the league pares down to 4 teams in the playoffs? US buildings will probably be full, and even if there's cross border NHL travel, will there be fans in the Canadian building?
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Kr55
Messages: 11605
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Go x-Oilers!
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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WhoreableGuy
Messages: 592
Registered: August 2006
Location: Calgary
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I heart this man.
"Bah Gawd! Would somebody stop the damn draft!"
- Jim Ross calling the NHL Draft Lotto 2015 as the Oilers win
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benv
Messages: 633
Registered: May 2006
Location: Edmonton
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Off topic:
Every time I hear them say that Draisaitl has passed Sturm as the highest scoring German-born player, I feel the need to refer them to a player named Dany Heatley and have a look at his point totals and place of birth
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=49508
I know that Heatley is not a "German" but I think by every metric he would be considered "German-born". You need to amend your statement to "German born and German raised/trained".
Hopefully in 3-5 years, Draisaitl will pass Heatley and make the point moot.
On topic:
Happy to put the nearly final nail in Calgary' coffin.
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Leia
Messages: 450
Registered: May 2003
Location: England
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With the relaxation of lock down here in the UK, one went out with friends yesterday and had rather too much to drink. So it's always good to wake up and watch the game on catch up and see we sent the Flames to the golf course 
Wouldn't have minded Archie making that pass for the 4th goal had it been McLeod for his first goal or even Russell had he been playing to. However to rob McDavid as he did wasn't cool.
Is it me or has JP got quicker as the season has wore on? He seems so much faster now than he's ever been before.
Take me home, country road
to the place where I belong
to Alberta, to see the Oilers
take me home, country road
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inverno76
Messages: 2443
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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| Leia wrote on Sun, 02 May 2021 02:02 |
With the relaxation of lock down here in the UK, one went out with friends yesterday and had rather too much to drink. So it's always good to wake up and watch the game on catch up and see we sent the Flames to the golf course
Wouldn't have minded Archie making that pass for the 4th goal had it been McLeod for his first goal or even Russell had he been playing to. However to rob McDavid as he did wasn't cool.
Is it me or has JP got quicker as the season has wore on? He seems so much faster now than he's ever been before.
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Possibly. That hip surgery may have saved his NHL career.
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WhoreableGuy
Messages: 592
Registered: August 2006
Location: Calgary
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Here’s Tkachuk “living rent free” in the Oilers’ heads.
He’s a joke, haha even the tiny Barrie pushing this guy around.
"Bah Gawd! Would somebody stop the damn draft!"
- Jim Ross calling the NHL Draft Lotto 2015 as the Oilers win
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CrudeRemarks
Messages: 1704
Registered: November 2010
Location: Edmonton
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| WhoreableGuy wrote on Sun, 02 May 2021 13:06 |
Here’s Tkachuk “living rent free” in the Oilers’ heads.
He’s a joke, haha even the tiny Barrie pushing this guy around.
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I actually felt like last night was the most I noticed him this season. Turned into two 4 on 4's (one with Barrie in the box and one with Nuge). I'd say we win the trade off because, while both of those are good players off our roster, theirs was hurt more by his absence. The rest of the matchups, other than the odd stick jab he got away with, he seemed to be spinning his wheels.
I think the feedback from his pest antics got to him and he felt the push to answer the bell more this year rather than just annoying and ignoring people. He's better suited to a Marchand sort of role than an Iginla one and it showed in his production and the Flames' results.
You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
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I was a big fan of that victory because it was a hard fought, playoff style of game. It was fairly tight checking, both teams got excellent goaltending. Game was physical, some penalties, very similar to what you see in playoffs.
I thought the Oilers were the better team for most of the game expect maybe 10 mins in the second. I thought Markstrom again stood on his head and kept them in the game as the Oilers were close to blowing them out in the first. The Oilers stuck to it. Smith made all the saves he had too and except for a short spurt in the second, I thought they didn't give up a lot.
I thought Neal didn't have much. Maybe he isn't capable this season of playing a lot of games in a row. I thought Jones had a rough game. The rest of the defense was good. Nurse was a tower of power out there.
I thought Leon had a rough night the previous game, he was excellent last night.
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welcometotheOC
Messages: 686
Registered: April 2010
Location: Also, sadly, Cowtown
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| OilFans wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 20:05 |
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No PGT ?
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5950
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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| welcometotheOC wrote on Sun, 02 May 2021 16:52 |
| OilFans wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 20:05 |
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No PGT ?
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The PGT joined the fLames for a tee time at The Ranch
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5950
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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Would love to be a fly on the wall when Tipp tells Connor that he’s going to sit for a game. Bonkers.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4947
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 03 May 2021 05:01 |
Would love to be a fly on the wall when Tipp tells Connor that he’s going to sit for a game. Bonkers.
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Conners response.. " hey coach, did Sather ever sit out Gretzky, Messier, or Coffee in their prime?.. just checkin.."
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