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Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728243]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:11

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Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Rattie and Spooner (EDM) on waivers

Start of something big?

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728244 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:14

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Kr55 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:11

Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Rattie and Spooner (EDM) on waivers

Start of something big?

Im scared....

Or just freeing up room for returning Klef and Sekera....

Nope, cant be that, no reason to free up roster space before the all star break.

Back to scared

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728279 is a reply to message #728244 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 11:16

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PlusOne wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:14

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:11

Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Rattie and Spooner (EDM) on waivers

Start of something big?

Im scared....

Or just freeing up room for returning Klef and Sekera....

Nope, cant be that, no reason to free up roster space before the all star break.

Back to scared

I like how everything feels like the Oilers are always acting in a reactive way. A couple bad games and NOW it's time to do something. Constantly backed into a corner and looking for a way to fight out instead of noticing they're fighting into another new corner.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728354 is a reply to message #728279 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 19:43

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CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:16

PlusOne wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:14

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:11

Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Rattie and Spooner (EDM) on waivers

Start of something big?

Im scared....

Or just freeing up room for returning Klef and Sekera....

Nope, cant be that, no reason to free up roster space before the all star break.

Back to scared

BINGO! It's like I have said many times: in hockey you can react, or dictate. All the Oilers do is react. They are like a dog chasing their tail. On the ice and in the boardroom.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728245 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:14

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Sure. I don't know, whatever. Spooner is a disaster and Rattie is just another tweener guy. Personally I don't think Puljujarvi or Yamo are ready but what do I know I guess.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728246 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:15

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I get the cap number for Spooner... and neither of them are ‘Hitch’ guys. But WHY ON EARTH ISNT IT JP AND YAM GOING DOWN?!?

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728248 is a reply to message #728246 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:16

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Rattie was okay on the top line then got hurt then a new coach and bye bye, guess things don't change for him.

Spooner is brutal.

It should be Yamo and JP going down like others have been saying.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728249 is a reply to message #728248 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:19

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McDavid97 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:16

Rattie was okay on the top line then got hurt then a new coach and bye bye, guess things don't change for him.

Spooner is brutal.

It should be Yamo and JP going down like others have been saying.

This is like a reverse Red Paper Clip story.

Eberle - Strome (+ CAP SPACE!!) - Spooner - Nothing

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728254 is a reply to message #728249 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:25

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PlusOne wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:19

McDavid97 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:16

Rattie was okay on the top line then got hurt then a new coach and bye bye, guess things don't change for him.

Spooner is brutal.

It should be Yamo and JP going down like others have been saying.

This is like a reverse Red Paper Clip story.

Eberle - Strome (+ CAP SPACE!!) - Spooner - Nothing

This.

Rattie will turn into an Aberg for another team if he gets picked up. I wish he could get like 2 or 3 games on the top line again, not getting shuffled around.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728259 is a reply to message #728249 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:36

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PlusOne wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 13:19

McDavid97 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:16

Rattie was okay on the top line then got hurt then a new coach and bye bye, guess things don't change for him.

Spooner is brutal.

It should be Yamo and JP going down like others have been saying.

This is like a reverse Red Paper Clip story.

Eberle - Strome (+ CAP SPACE!!) - Spooner - Nothing

Talk about maximizing your assets. Stupendous work.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728261 is a reply to message #728259 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:38

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Mike wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:36

PlusOne wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 13:19

McDavid97 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:16

Rattie was okay on the top line then got hurt then a new coach and bye bye, guess things don't change for him.

Spooner is brutal.

It should be Yamo and JP going down like others have been saying.

This is like a reverse Red Paper Clip story.

Eberle - Strome (+ CAP SPACE!!) - Spooner - Nothing

Talk about maximizing your assets. Stupendous work.

Just read this on twitter;

"Because Eberle was "too soft for the playoffs", Chiarelli responded to many Oilers fans criticisms by ensuring that the playoffs need no longer concern them."

Perfect, and hilarious, and just so sad but true

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728268 is a reply to message #728246 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:55

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Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 09:15

I get the cap number for Spooner... and neither of them are ‘Hitch’ guys. But WHY ON EARTH ISNT IT JP AND YAM GOING DOWN?!?

I agree. Rattie does much more than Yamo. Yamo doesn't belong in the NHL right now, he is way off, fingers crossed he ever will.

Spooner was on this path as soon as the trade was made. Funny, I saw Eberle play yesterday for the Isles, looked good, left thinking we could use a player like that...

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728273 is a reply to message #728268 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:59

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Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:55

Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 09:15

I get the cap number for Spooner... and neither of them are ‘Hitch’ guys. But WHY ON EARTH ISNT IT JP AND YAM GOING DOWN?!?

Absolutely we could use Ebs. He’s looked good for sure, he’s looked himself.

Yams really is not close. I don’t know why they insist he stay with the big club right now. I get he’s not a big cap hit, but cmon. Don’t ruin him too.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728250 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:20

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So, effectively he turned Eberle to waivers. Wow.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728251 is a reply to message #728250 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:22

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bigEfromGP wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:20

So, effectively he turned Eberle to waivers. Wow.

Turned Eberle into an AHLer that has a 2.1M cap hit on our NHL roster this year and next seems like the most likely final tally.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728256 is a reply to message #728251 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:32

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The Oilers want to make sure their AHL farm team is stacked so that is why they got Spooner. Makes total sense now!!!

Maybe Spooner will refuse to report so they can terminate his contract. Still makes the trade a complete disaster but the money would be off the books.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728257 is a reply to message #728251 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:33

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Practice cancelled for a team meeting and media avail. Something is brewing and I think Chiarelli is still safe.

Be afraid. Very afraid.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728266 is a reply to message #728257 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:54

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inverno76 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:33

Practice cancelled for a team meeting and media avail. Something is brewing and I think Chiarelli is still safe.

Be afraid. Very afraid.

"The trade is one for one" Chia- 1/21/2019

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728260 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:38

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Per CapFriendly’s twitter;

#Oilers have placed Spooner & Rattie on waivers. If both clear, & are assigned to the AHL, Oilers would still be $1.395M in full cap value above the ceiling.
By our calculation, that's the equivalent of 2 additional assignments, or a trade, in order to activate Sekera off LTIR.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728263 is a reply to message #728260 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:46

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Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:38

The way Stauffer talks and he is the mouth piece of the team, when it comes to Sekera, he keeps saying IF Sekera comes back and IF he can play at the NHL level. I wonder if he is telegraphing that Sekera will be on LTIR all year.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728264 is a reply to message #728263 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:48

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RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:46

Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:38

Agree. All I’ve heard of in terms of Sek has been from Stauffer and it’s always IF, not when, and IF so he’d likely never be the same player. Understandably so.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728267 is a reply to message #728264 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:54

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Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:48

RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:46

Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:38

Agree. All I’ve heard of in terms of Sek has been from Stauffer and it’s always IF, not when, and IF so he’d likely never be the same player. Understandably so.

Usually Stauffer starts pumping up something happening a few weeks in advance to get us all ready for it. He's not doing that with Sekera. Personally, I am OK if Sekera doesn't come back. He had a MAJOR knee injury after the playoffs and missed all the offseason, all of camp and half the season last year. Comes back and is brutal. He had almost a full offseason then blows out his Achilles, misses all of camp and more than half the season. I don't see how any player can miss that much hockey in 2 years at going to be 33 and come back.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728327 is a reply to message #728263 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 16:34

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RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:46

Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 10:38

I don't believe that Sekera's plan is to be shut down all season. He's been skating and travelling with the team, which would lead one to believe he sees himself as working on a return. Whether the Oilers know how to handle that or not is a big question mark, but it sure doesn't seem like he's giving up on the season, and there's so much of it left that I'd be shocked if he gets shut down, unless he re-aggravates something.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728262 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:42

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Desperate times call for desperate measures! The gong show continues. Spooner was almost completely useless ( Chia's fault of course, going to the Boston well ) but Rattie was an ok player. He could very well be the next Aberg on another team. Whatever this is, other than the league allowing the Oilers to play 2 goalies at the same time, it's more smoke and mirrors to give us the illusion of real change for the better and another desperate move to save face.
( In my not so humble opinion )

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728265 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:51

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Also, just saw on twitter that someone traced the Spooner waive all the way back to Mark Messier. So really... we turned Mess into nothing.

Sorry about the size.

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[Updated on: Mon, 21 January 2019 11:00]

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728269 is a reply to message #728265 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:56

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Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 09:51

Also, just saw on twitter that someone traced the Spooner waive all the way back to Mark Messier. So really... we turned Mess into nothing.

Sorry about the size.

Curse ... over... ?

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728271 is a reply to message #728265 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:57

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Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 09:51

Also, just saw on twitter that someone traced the Spooner waive all the way back to Mark Messier. So really... we turned Mess into nothing.

Sorry about the size.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728272 is a reply to message #728265 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 10:59

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I've got an old Pentium 100 that has the entire trade tree history of the Oilers (including WHA), Flames (including Atlanta), and the Leafs through ~2005. Those things always interest me.

For what it's worth, keeping the Messier line going through 2019 is pretty good value.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728280 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 11:17

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Kr55 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:11

Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Rattie and Spooner (EDM) on waivers

Start of something big?

FWIW and I do not claim this to be 100% for sure fact but....

I have mentioned my buddy who works for the Oilers a couple times in the past. He just texted me and claims to have NOT seen PC today.
I asked if that is normal.
His reply was that 9 home practice days out of 10 he would have seen him by now.

I will admit that it has given me some hope in a change coming today...

Could be he is just locked away in an office making some big move but I will keep my fingers crossed it isnt him that walks in for media time

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728281 is a reply to message #728280 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 11:18

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PlusOne wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 12:17

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:11

Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Rattie and Spooner (EDM) on waivers

Start of something big?

Speaking of media time... is it here yet? Where is it aired? Is the meeting over??

Hitch to be Coach AND GM?

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728342 is a reply to message #728280 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 18:22

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PlusOne wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:17

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:11

Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC
Rattie and Spooner (EDM) on waivers

Start of something big?

@BeerLeagueHeroe seems to have quoted you to try to break the scoop...

You'd have thought that the Touchstone moment would have discouraged bloggers and tweeters from creeping Oilfans in hopes of learning some impending trade info...

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728283 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 11:53

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While we're talking about Rattie and whether he's playing better than Yamo, what about Reider? Guy couldn't put the puck through a barn door, he's got the offensive instincts of a Igor Ulanov...

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728284 is a reply to message #728283 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 11:56

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Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 12:53

While we're talking about Rattie and whether he's playing better than Yamo, what about Reider? Guy couldn't put the puck through a barn door, he's got the offensive instincts of a Igor Ulanov...

Oh man... saw a tweet about him, think with Ray Ferraro(?), asking if anyone with Edmonton watched him play in LA last year. ha.

I for sure thought he was a good signing for depth/secondary scoring.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728287 is a reply to message #728284 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 12:00

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Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:56

Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 12:53

While we're talking about Rattie and whether he's playing better than Yamo, what about Reider? Guy couldn't put the puck through a barn door, he's got the offensive instincts of a Igor Ulanov...

Oh man... saw a tweet about him, think with Ray Ferraro(?), asking if anyone with Edmonton watched him play in LA last year. ha.

I for sure thought he was a good signing for depth/secondary scoring.

This reminds me a Cam Barker, who reminds me of Whatshisname Manning.

I thought, when Barker was signed, "oh cool, the Oilers got a 3rd overall pick on the cheap. That's a positive step and it could pay". Then I saw him skate in the preseason and knew there was no chance he was an NHL player at that point. The guy just could keep up. Same thing for Manning. Who, at any point this season, thought this guy could play? It took me 14 seconds, as a mouth breathing tier 2 fan to know this. Why are paid scouts and GMs not figuring it out?

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728292 is a reply to message #728283 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 13:14

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Quote:

what about Reider?

I had the same thought when thinking about the woes of this organization. You would have thought the Reider signing was pretty safe given his past but somehow this team sucks the hockey sense and energy out of players. I think he makes over 2 M per season too which is another hefty overpay for what he brings. Rattie who is just as good or maybe even better, on the other hand, didn't cost the team much and was a good gamble by management I thought. He really wasn't given much of an opportunity after his injury. Not big and slow enough I guess.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728285 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 11:59

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Doesn't seem like anything is coming from this availability, post meeting, other than a few Hitch quotes and McDavid quotes.

McDavid saying "You guys are talking like the sky is falling." and feels that the team has to find a way to grind out wins and that there is no other way to turn this around.

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728334 is a reply to message #728285 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 17:06

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Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:59

Wait...what?!?

The Oilers announced a press availability today and then just sent out McDavid and Hitchcock to say that the sky isn't falling?! So basically, with the GM and management under fire, they just sent out the popular kid and the old coach to act as human shields.

That's not just an inadequate response, it's a downright cowardly one.

Don't worry though - Terry Jones has a solution! A Keith Gretzky/Ken Hitchcock management duo!!!

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728339 is a reply to message #728334 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 17:59

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Adam wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 18:06

Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:59

Even Stauffer tweeted in his schedule for Oilers now today, that they’d discuss the press conference... which didn’t happen BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PRESS CONFERENCE!

Wonder if this is how she went down;
“We’re doing it. Today’s the day. Pack your stuff Peter.”
“Uh, Kevin, aren’t you forgetting that video I have from Banff back in 2017?”
“... you’re right Peter. Call Mikko’s agent and tell him $13.5 over 3 is perfect.”

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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728341 is a reply to message #728339 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 18:14

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Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 17:59

Adam wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 18:06

Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 21 January 2019 11:59

In hindsight, that corporate retreat was a terrible idea...

"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
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Re: Spooner and Rattie on waivers [message #728286 is a reply to message #728243 ]	Mon, 21 January 2019 12:00

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