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Pittsburgh @ Edmonton (Game #59) [message #830367] |
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 Suomalainen
Messages: 897
Registered: May 2002
Location: Boulder, CO
No Cups
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That was a fun Sunday night.
97.
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1181
Registered: October 2006
Location: Kensington, PEI
1 Cup
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Solid win - that was fun to watch.
I couldn't help but feel like this is how so many more of our games could have gone this year if it hadn't been for the opposition goalie standing on his head. Finally converted on our chances rather than the shots being saved or blocked.
Several winnable games on this road trip. Hoping for at least 6 pts from it.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2198
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
2 Cups
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What a win!
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smyth260
Messages: 1060
Registered: November 2007
1 Cup
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3 first round picks, any prospect they want, and Jack Campbell and for Crosby!
Clean house or bust
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Kr55
Messages: 10692
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| smyth260 wrote on Mon, 04 March 2024 08:45 |
3 first round picks, any prospect they want, and Jack Campbell and for Crosby!
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Letang would look good with Nurse.
"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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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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Pens looks old and slow. I get they played the night before but yikes.
I'm surprised JP didn't get in against his old team. He was scratched against the Flames and Oilers. Usually playing your old team is automatic.
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oilfan94
Messages: 396
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
No Cups
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 04 March 2024 11:33 |
Pens looks old and slow. I get they played the night before but yikes.
I'm surprised JP didn't get in against his old team. He was scratched against the Flames and Oilers. Usually playing your old team is automatic.
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I totally forgot that Puljujarvi was on the Penguins now.
Also, someone pointed out that the Penguins and Oilers are the two oldest teams in the league. Looking at the Oilers I realized we really do have a lot of guys just under and just over 30. The years really do blow by for all of us.
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NetBOG
Messages: 2934
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
2 Cups
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| oilfan94 wrote on Mon, 04 March 2024 11:51 |
I totally forgot that Puljujarvi was on the Penguins now.
Also, someone pointed out that the Penguins and Oilers are the two oldest teams in the league. Looking at the Oilers I realized we really do have a lot of guys just under and just over 30. The years really do blow by for all of us.
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That's what happens when you piss your draft capital away in the name of "WE'RE ALL IN!!!!". No young, cheap replacements. Have to backfill with mostly mediocre over-the-hill players.
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smyth260
Messages: 1060
Registered: November 2007
1 Cup
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| NetBOG wrote on Mon, 04 March 2024 11:33 |
| oilfan94 wrote on Mon, 04 March 2024 11:51 |
I totally forgot that Puljujarvi was on the Penguins now.
Also, someone pointed out that the Penguins and Oilers are the two oldest teams in the league. Looking at the Oilers I realized we really do have a lot of guys just under and just over 30. The years really do blow by for all of us.
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That's what happens when you piss your draft capital away in the name of "WE'RE ALL IN!!!!". No young, cheap replacements. Have to backfill with mostly mediocre over-the-hill players.
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I would love to be a fan of the Penguins and have watched them go for it for 15 years every year with Crosby and win 3 cups in the process.
Clean house or bust
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oilfan94
Messages: 396
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
No Cups
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| NetBOG wrote on Mon, 04 March 2024 14:33 |
| oilfan94 wrote on Mon, 04 March 2024 11:51 |
I totally forgot that Puljujarvi was on the Penguins now.
Also, someone pointed out that the Penguins and Oilers are the two oldest teams in the league. Looking at the Oilers I realized we really do have a lot of guys just under and just over 30. The years really do blow by for all of us.
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That's what happens when you piss your draft capital away in the name of "WE'RE ALL IN!!!!". No young, cheap replacements. Have to backfill with mostly mediocre over-the-hill players.
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That argument really only works in hindsight. In hindsight, we should not have made the Athanasiou or Ennis trades, because we lost and then couldn't afford Athanasiou. We also should not have made a trade for Brassard or Kulak or Bjugstad, because we didn't win. Ekholm hasn't won us anything either.
I know I am exaggerating, but if not now then when would we go all in? When there are no more weaknesses on the roster? At that point the answer is never. I remember Chicago winning the cup in 2010 with a crappy goalie, and then again in 2015 with no depth on D. Now is as good a time as ever to go ALL IN!!!!
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