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Calgary @ Edmonton (Game #26) [message #778737] |
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 g2k
Messages: 2615
Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
2 Cups
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What a shot.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5651
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
5 Cups
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Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
Category 1 - Lightly Musty
Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty
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goffer48
Messages: 18
Registered: March 2006
Location: Edmonton , Alberta
No Cups
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| Oscargasm wrote on Sat, 06 March 2021 22:35 |
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THAT is AWESOME !!
-Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
-Don't mess with old folks, they didn't get old by being stupid.
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watchman
Messages: 1235
Registered: October 2019
Location: River City
1 Cup
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...never in doubt. 
...this time, it's for real (isn't it?).
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inverno76
Messages: 2104
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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On a side note...this might be an unpopular opinion, but we don’t deserve McDavid.
We are so lucky to have him. If I wasn’t snipped I would have one more kid and name them Connor, regardless of gender.
He needs success in Edmonton. So good.
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Kr55
Messages: 9535
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| inverno76 wrote on Sat, 06 March 2021 22:42 |
On a side note...this might be an unpopular opinion, but we don’t deserve McDavid.
We are so lucky to have him. If I wasn’t snipped I would have one more kid and name them Connor, regardless of gender.
He needs success in Edmonton. So good.
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We probably don't deserve him. But Buffalo DEFINITELY did not deserve him :) Ridiculous tanking that year kicking out goalies that dared to make saves. And ownership even worse with their meddling than ours.
Wonder if he would still be a Saber if the draft didn't change.
[Updated on: Sat, 06 March 2021 23:58]
"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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Leia
Messages: 321
Registered: May 2003
Location: England
No Cups
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A win and the type of game we needed after being away from the ice for the last week. It took some time to shake the dust off, but they battled through everything eventually got the rewards. We can now start to move forward again and regain some of that belief in our game that vanished into thin air of late.
I'm also trying to remember at any point during the game did Cuthbert or Campbell actually give any sort of praise/credit to the OIlers? It has to be the most anti home commentary that I've heard for a national broadcast.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
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Adam
Messages: 6804
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| Leia wrote on Sat, 06 March 2021 22:42 |
A win and the type of game we needed after being away from the ice for the last week. It took some time to shake the dust off, but they battled through everything eventually got the rewards. We can now start to move forward again and regain some of that belief in our game that vanished into thin air of late.
I'm also trying to remember at any point during the game did Cuthbert or Campbell actually give any sort of praise/credit to the OIlers? It has to be the most anti home commentary that I've heard for a national broadcast.
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If you ever wonder why Cassie Campbell is such a massive Flames homer, look no further than who she's married to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Pascall
Dude is literally the Assistant GM of the Flames. It's pretty disgraceful that Sportsnet keeps going back to Campbell on the national broadcasts, given her close relation to the team. I saw someone online comparing it to Karen Percy doing the colour for the Oilers game.
If you want her doing games, have her do Eastern ones without Calgary involved.
"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
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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JPro
Messages: 782
Registered: January 2006
Location: Edmonton
No Cups
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The was a fun back half. McDavid wins the games.
Hrudey looks dead inside having to praise the Oilers
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watchman
Messages: 1235
Registered: October 2019
Location: River City
1 Cup
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It worked this time. But, wow, I really don't like 29/97 on the ice or on the bench together. TIPPET is hurting the team not going back to 93,29,56. I'm sorry for stating the obvious over and over. 
...this time, it's for real (isn't it?).
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5651
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
5 Cups
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Have to say, Schmiddy played well. Flames brought it early and though their chances weren’t super high danger, he kept the door closed till their first pp then he kept the game within reach as it went on.
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
Category 1 - Lightly Musty
Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2825
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
2 Cups
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That's a big regulation win against a team that had to be kept down. Connor delivers with the sweet sound of tink, tink, goal. After the tough 1st where they could have been down multiple, Yams and Jesse getting on the sheet again, against what looked like an obviously motivated Lame team. Nurse and Neal show the some pulse, love it.
Koodos to Smith, on the 2nd he didn't shut the 5 hole on time and was possibly screened a bit by Russell, but great game. This team needs that kind of goaltending if they want to go anywhere, it's going to boil down to that.
Would have loved to see Leon score but some guys got picked up, and that was probably the idea. Leon needs to be back in the 2C ultimately. Get on another run, boys.
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CrudeRemarks
Messages: 1698
Registered: November 2010
Location: Edmonton
1 Cup
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Well Calgary is clearly trash. Losing three times in a row to the same team like that must be embarrassing!
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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| CrudeRemarks wrote on Sun, 07 March 2021 10:00 |
Well Calgary is clearly trash. Losing three times in a row to the same team like that must be embarrassing!
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Being one teams whipping boy ours needs a couple of it's own!
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Ragnarok73
Messages: 2343
Registered: February 2011
2 Cups
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| CrudeRemarks wrote on Sun, 07 March 2021 10:00 |
Well Calgary is clearly trash. Losing three times in a row to the same team like that must be embarrassing!
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We should just enjoy it now while it lasts, as I suspect that the next time we meet them it will not be the same once Sutter starts cracking the whip on their roster.
"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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Oscargasm
Messages: 5651
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
5 Cups
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| Ragnarok73 wrote on Sun, 07 March 2021 15:10 |
| CrudeRemarks wrote on Sun, 07 March 2021 10:00 |
Well Calgary is clearly trash. Losing three times in a row to the same team like that must be embarrassing!
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We should just enjoy it now while it lasts, as I suspect that the next time we meet them it will not be the same once Sutter starts cracking the whip on their roster.
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Wont have to wait long. But first, these pesky Sens.
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
Category 1 - Lightly Musty
Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty
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Adam
Messages: 6804
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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One of the under-the-radar things that entertained me from Saturday night was the evolving narrative from the not-so-good Edmonton sports media during the game.
Fresh off a couple days spent in vociferous defence of Robert Tychkowski for his stupid and inane questions to Draisaitl (complete with an idiotic inside pitch analogy that they all used), it was clear the early narrative was going to be about Draisaitl if the Oilers lost and about Sutter if the Flames won. Here's Mark Spector:
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Mark Spector
@SportsnetSpec
Flames are banging. They know the Jolly Rancher is watching.
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Mark Spector
@SportsnetSpec
A needless, selfish penalty so often results in a goal. Doesn't it?
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Mark Spector
@SportsnetSpec
Tanev erases Turris, a clean, hard check.
The blue team needs more of just about everything, if they're gonna beat the red team tonight.
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Mark Spector
@SportsnetSpec
That's the second selfish penalty of the night for Draisaitl. Take a number, man.
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Sadly, that narrative wouldn't hold up. McDavid and Draisaitl were dominant when paired together and so now it was critical to find another story line:
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Mark Spector
@SportsnetSpec
Monahan and Gaudreau one shot on net each.
The trend here is EDM's stars outplaying CGY's more often than not. A feisty game like this one has never been Gaudreau's cup of tea.
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Gaudreau had of course drawn the earlier penalty on Draisaitl that Spector had lamented, and had scored that powerplay goal too.
"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
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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JPro
Messages: 782
Registered: January 2006
Location: Edmonton
No Cups
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Good Lord. When you put it this way, it really highlights how useless and stupid easy it is to be a member of the hockey media. These guys truly add nothing to the game or the experience. It's basically fan fiction.
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Kr55
Messages: 9535
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| JPro wrote on Mon, 08 March 2021 13:49 |
Good Lord. When you put it this way, it really highlights how useless and stupid easy it is to be a member of the hockey media. These guys truly add nothing to the game or the experience. It's basically fan fiction.
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Has Spector been on TV much lately? I don't recall seeing him just this year, but he was on last game for the intermission. That was a shame.
"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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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7632
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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| JPro wrote on Mon, 08 March 2021 13:49 |
Good Lord. When you put it this way, it really highlights how useless and stupid easy it is to be a member of the hockey media. These guys truly add nothing to the game or the experience. It's basically fan fiction.
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That's only true if you think they exist to provide insight to the game. If you think of them as an outsourced public relations team, their inane narratives make a lot of sense.
Question: if the Oilers don't make the playoffs or look bad again losing out who do you think takes the blame? Holland? Tippett? McDavid? Draisaitl?
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Goose
Messages: 1098
Registered: October 2006
Location: Vancouver
1 Cup
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| Adam wrote on Mon, 08 March 2021 12:45 |
Sadly, that narrative wouldn't hold up. McDavid and Draisaitl were dominant when paired together and so now it was critical to find another story line:
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Mark Spector
@SportsnetSpec
Monahan and Gaudreau one shot on net each.
The trend here is EDM's stars outplaying CGY's more often than not. A feisty game like this one has never been Gaudreau's cup of tea.
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Gaudreau had of course drawn the earlier penalty on Draisaitl that Spector had lamented, and had scored that powerplay goal too.
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Just some top flight analysis here by the former president of the PHWA. I don't know if anyone here knows this, but Johnny Gaudreau is not as good of a hockey player as Connor McDavid.
And Monahan is probably Calgary's 5th or 6th best player at this point if you include Markstrom.
Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games
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Adam
Messages: 6804
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| Goose wrote on Mon, 08 March 2021 13:54 |
| Adam wrote on Mon, 08 March 2021 12:45 |
Sadly, that narrative wouldn't hold up. McDavid and Draisaitl were dominant when paired together and so now it was critical to find another story line:
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Mark Spector
@SportsnetSpec
Monahan and Gaudreau one shot on net each.
The trend here is EDM's stars outplaying CGY's more often than not. A feisty game like this one has never been Gaudreau's cup of tea.
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Gaudreau had of course drawn the earlier penalty on Draisaitl that Spector had lamented, and had scored that powerplay goal too.
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Just some top flight analysis here by the former president of the PHWA. I don't know if anyone here knows this, but Johnny Gaudreau is not as good of a hockey player as Connor McDavid.
And Monahan is probably Calgary's 5th or 6th best player at this point if you include Markstrom.
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Well, Eric Francis wrote almost exactly the same takes in his story, so it must be true, right?
It is funny that there's a high barrier to entry for those positions when the people in those positions are so decidedly mediocre. Surely they could replace people like Spector every year with a new grad from journalism school or a talented blogger.
I still think it's really funny that Matheson was a little peeved at the Athletic for not trying to hire one of the Edmonton Old Boys when they were setting up their roster.
In case you weren't done laughing at Edmonton media for today, here's David Staples spreadsheet on his rankings for Oilers Performance Rankings:
It's becoming one of the Laws of Oilers Twitter that anything that David Staples says is wrong...
[Updated on: Mon, 08 March 2021 15:58]
"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
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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