welcometotheOC wrote on Thu, 28 November 2019 23:21

Ragnarok73 wrote on Thu, 28 November 2019 20:29 welcometotheOC wrote on Thu, 28 November 2019 10:31 Perhaps I didn't use the correct terminology. It just gets tiresome reading so much negativity about things like minor roster moves or even *anything* that is tried to make the team better. I agree the team has been shiite for most of the last decade and a half, but I prefer to wait and see and try to be a little optimistic in most cases (except Lucic, had a baaaaad feeling as soon as he signed). Now I don't advocate becoming a fanbase like the Dys' , but a little more positivity would be nice .... Chicken and egg- this place would be more positive if there was more to be positive about from this franchise, for example if it were better run. We will be negative about rester moves when they are terrible, for example, Chia-pet trading Cags for Manning of all people. Destroying scoring depth for a D-man who is at best a fringe-NHL'er and at worst is useless is the kind of thing that puts frowns on people's faces here. Those were obviously horrible. I’m referring more to the Granlunds, Jurcos, Nygaards and Persson’s of the world. Jones has been no better than Persson, who I think was quite good - if unspectacular- given he is also a rookie who happens to have about the same amount of pro experience as Jones - he just started later. Jurco shows flashes but hasn’t worked out, true. Granlund started slow but has improved quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. The kind of thing that gets me is how universally these moves were dumped on and disparaged at the beginning of the season even though we hadn’t seen the moves (as a whole) in action. I think Holland has done a very good job given the mess Chia left. Koskinen has been unfairly (to an extent) criticized, when much of his late season dive was obviously due to overwork and the effect of the horri-bad Talbot had on the whole team last year. Anyway, I too will never forgive Lowe for what he has done to this franchise (through his own management and his obvious role in the decisions on his various successors), but I still am an Oilers fan (46 yrs and counting) and I see far more room for positivity than I usually see from certain posters here. Everyone has a right an opinion, I am simply stating that it gets tiresome at times to wade through the shear volume of complaints and it has at times affected my enjoyment of the site. Constructive criticism is good and many excellent posters (negative or not) still make this site entertaining though. ( I realize I am all over the place with this post but I find editing on an ipad tedious so I will just leave it as is)

MJ .. ?? Where is that damn "LIKE" button

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