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Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36) [message #725799 is a reply to message #725797 ]	Sun, 23 December 2018 03:00

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Adam wrote on Sun, 23 December 2018 01:15

PlusOne wrote on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:59

Ragnarok73 wrote on Sat, 22 December 2018 23:56

shoop wrote on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:49

So Chiarelli should be fired because the Oilers lost to the best team in the league, by 8 points beat them with Klefa and Russell out of the lineup?

Hmmmm, something tells me if the Oilers had won 6-3 tonight you would still be advocate for Chia being fired. Amirite or amirite?

I've been clamoring for Chia to be fired since the previous season ended, so I'm not sure what your point is. See my reply to NetBog about the concept of depth, something that is completely alien to Chia's abilities as a GM.

On thing that was brought up is the farm team. I think it was also Netbog but I cant find the post.

I do agree that the farm system and prospect pool seems to be in much better shape than when PC took over. I dont think all of the guys we talk about will be all-stars but for once I see guys in junior and the AHL that I think have a high chance of being legit NHL'ers.

Ah, there's our friendly neighbourhood ray of sunshine.
The sad thing about the prospect system and the drafting is that we've heard this same song and dance before. We have so many bright shiny draft picks who are all excelling and we're going to be great when we graduate this group.

It might even be true this time, but I'm not keeping a bad GM over the draft maybes. I remember a time not so long ago when Stu MacGregor was getting huge kudos for the 2010 and 2011 drafts - we had Marincin, Musil, Gernat, Simpson, Davidson all coming along great on defence and Pitlick, Hamilton, Ewanyk on forward. Our cupboard would be full for a generation...Except that it wasn't. We got only a handful of games out of any of those guys. Davidson was the one who'd play here the longest.

The Oilers and their media always hype the draft picks, creating expectations that they're going to come in and light the world on fire. The actual development has always left something to be desired and we'll see what happens with this cohort. We've already lost one of the ones who we were assured was going to be great in Paigin. We're four years in with Chiarelli and his Oilers draft picks outside of Round 1 have played 22 NHL games total.

I'm hopeful for Bear and Jones and Benson, etc. but let's not pretend that these are sure things at this point. The Condors are a middle of the pack team, and none of those draft picks are tearing the league to pieces. They're not failures (that's reserved for signings like Vesey and Larkin), but they're not superstars yet either.

There's just no way you can look at where those prospects are at and believe it excuses or makes up for the terrible trades and signings that Chiarelli's made.

Ah, there's our friendly neighbourhood ray of sunshine.

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Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: OilFans on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:30
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: NetBOG on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:32
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Ragnarok73 on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:38
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Ragnarok73 on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:39
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Kr55 on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:40
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Ragnarok73 on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:45
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Kr55 on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:48
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: NetBOG on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:48
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Ragnarok73 on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:54
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: shoop on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:49
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: PlusOne on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:56
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Ragnarok73 on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:56
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: PlusOne on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:59
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: g2k on Sat, 22 December 2018 23:12
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Adam on Sun, 23 December 2018 01:15
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: NetBOG on Sun, 23 December 2018 03:00
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: shoop on Sat, 22 December 2018 23:22
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Ragnarok73 on Sun, 23 December 2018 00:06
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: shoop on Sun, 23 December 2018 08:14
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: CrusaderPi on Sun, 23 December 2018 11:43
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Babaganoosh2.0 on Sun, 23 December 2018 20:59
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: g2k on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:43
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: shoop on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:45
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: PlusOne on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:52
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: stemhovlichski on Sun, 23 December 2018 00:40
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Kr55 on Sat, 22 December 2018 23:23
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: g2k on Sat, 22 December 2018 23:34
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: shoop on Sat, 22 December 2018 23:47
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: Kr55 on Sun, 23 December 2018 10:47
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: overdue on Sat, 22 December 2018 23:48
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: shoop on Sun, 23 December 2018 07:47
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: overdue on Sun, 23 December 2018 10:07
Re: Review: Tampa Bay @ Edmonton (Game #36)	By: shoop on Sun, 23 December 2018 11:40

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