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 OilFans
Messages: 1559
Registered: February 2006
Location: Edmonton
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Login To Make Your Prediction2018-19 Regular Season| Sunday, November 18, 2018 | Vegas 6 @ Edmonton 3 | Loss | | Saturday, December 1, 2018 | Vegas 1 @ Edmonton 2 | Win | | Sunday, March 17, 2019 | Edmonton 3 @ Vegas 6 | Loss | | Monday, April 1, 2019 | Edmonton 1 @ Vegas 3 | Loss |
Home Record: 1-1-0 Road Record: 0-2-0 Overall Record: 1-3-0
Home / Road Goals For: 5/4 Total: 9
Home / Road Goals Against: 7/9 Total: 162017-18 Regular Season| Tuesday, November 14, 2017 | Vegas 2 @ Edmonton 8 | Win | | Saturday, January 13, 2018 | Edmonton 3 @ Vegas 2 (OT) | Win | | Thursday, February 15, 2018 | Edmonton 1 @ Vegas 4 | Loss | | Thursday, April 5, 2018 | Vegas 3 @ Edmonton 4 | Win |
Home Record: 2-0-0 Road Record: 1-1-0 Overall Record: 3-1-0
Home / Road Goals For: 12/4 Total: 16
Home / Road Goals Against: 5/6 Total: 11 |
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7803
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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This feels familiar. I'm glad the Oilers made full use of the decade+ swan dive into the tank by stocking picks, building depth, and skillfully managing assets to rise to the lofty heights of a team the could stay semi-competitive until almost the end of the season.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Rocksteady
Messages: 527
Registered: March 2007
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There is still home 1 point away from being mathematically eliminated to make it to the big dance!
Well, you got to admin they weren't completely out of it all season, they amazingly teetered between redeamtion and nose-dive since January so that was entertaining but I think the off ice issues were the most interesting thing about the team.
There were plenty of teams the Oilers had to beat but their give a crap-o-meter was at a low, and that's just not acceptable. They got an aging coach who can take maybe 2 minutes of ice time before having to bark out coaching instructions from the bench.. it was just like Pat Quinn but with a slightly younger coach.
Now ride out the last week and then 6 months of no Oilers hockey. Will I renew next season? Your guess is as good as mine.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Ragnarok73
Messages: 2419
Registered: February 2011
2 Cups
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| Rocksteady wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 09:06 |
There is still home 1 point away from being mathematically eliminated to make it to the big dance!
Well, you got to admin they weren't completely out of it all season, they amazingly teetered between redeamtion and nose-dive since January so that was entertaining but I think the off ice issues were the most interesting thing about the team.
There were plenty of teams the Oilers had to beat but their give a crap-o-meter was at a low, and that's just not acceptable. They got an aging coach who can take maybe 2 minutes of ice time before having to bark out coaching instructions from the bench.. it was just like Pat Quinn but with a slightly younger coach.
Now ride out the last week and then 6 months of no Oilers hockey. Will I renew next season? Your guess is as good as mine.
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The fact that the Oil weren’t mathematically eliminated long before now speaks far more to just how weak the Western Conference is. This of course makes the failure of the Oil just that much harder to swallow.
"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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Magnum
Messages: 839
Registered: June 2009
Location: Rogers' Arena > Banff
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I'm looking forward to this game. I'm going to watch the whole thing and really love it.
Gotcha! April fools! 
2015/2016 - This Kool-Aid tastes like McDavid flavoured Drain-O.
2016/2017 - This Kool-Aid is starting to taste like juice.
2017/2018 - I'm drinking this Kool-Aid, in hopes that it's Drain-O.
2018/2019 - Another round of Drain-O, good sir!
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Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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Must not win
Drai 4 goals, 5 McPoints, lose 6-5 in regulation.
"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: 7803
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:03 |
Must not win
Drai 4 goals, 5 McPoints, lose 6-5 in regulation.
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I'm over cheering for lottery balls. I'd rather see Vegas fans nervous about their 91 point, 15th overall, yet somehow clinched, team going into the playoffs.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Adam
Messages: 7176
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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There seems to be a LOT of tickets available on the secondary market for the Sharks game, but still a lot of optimistic folks thinking they're going to get a decent dollar for them...
I've found prices as low as US$31 for the Sharks games so far.
It'll be interesting to see how the week plays out for those. I may take my daughters if the price drops out the bottom...
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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With the miracle of the playoffs now all but done, I assume it will be feed Leon until he scores 50 for the next 4 games.
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Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:05 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:03 |
Must not win
Drai 4 goals, 5 McPoints, lose 6-5 in regulation.
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I'm over cheering for lottery balls. I'd rather see Vegas fans nervous about their 91 point, 15th overall, yet somehow clinched, team going into the playoffs.
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I'm not sure if I will ever stop cheering for lottery balls. It's our playoffs.
"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: 7803
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:26 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:05 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:03 |
Must not win
Drai 4 goals, 5 McPoints, lose 6-5 in regulation.
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I'm over cheering for lottery balls. I'd rather see Vegas fans nervous about their 91 point, 15th overall, yet somehow clinched, team going into the playoffs.
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I'm not sure if I will ever stop cheering for lottery balls. It's our playoffs.
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What's a playoff?
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Adam
Messages: 7176
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:26 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:05 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:03 |
Must not win
Drai 4 goals, 5 McPoints, lose 6-5 in regulation.
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I'm over cheering for lottery balls. I'd rather see Vegas fans nervous about their 91 point, 15th overall, yet somehow clinched, team going into the playoffs.
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I'm not sure if I will ever stop cheering for lottery balls. It's our playoffs.
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Besides, I'm getting to the point where I just want to see the world burn. The Oilers getting Jack Hughes from the #7 or #8 slot would be incredible - especially since the only reason we'd be eligible would be the rule changes they put in place because we kept sucking so much and winning all the lotteries.
People around the league would be apoplectic about the Oilers getting a 5th first overall and that would be hilarious to watch.
It might even spur more calls in Toronto newspapers to have the Oilers sack everyone under Katz...(although of course, none here in Edmonton...they all believe in Lowe and Co.)
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
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Goose
Messages: 1098
Registered: October 2006
Location: Vancouver
1 Cup
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| Adam wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 09:42 |
...they all believe in Lowe and Co.)
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That's because they're not involved in hockey decisions. Stick to the narrative, Adam.
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: 7176
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Goose wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:53 |
| Adam wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 09:42 |
...they all believe in Lowe and Co.)
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That's because they're not involved in hockey decisions. Stick to the narrative, Adam.
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Sorry, I briefly forgot.
As a side note, it doesn't suggest strong journalistic instincts when none of these guys ever ask Lowe how come a guy who isn't involved in hockey ops at all is always sitting at the draft table...
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7803
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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| Adam wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:57 |
| Goose wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 10:53 |
| Adam wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 09:42 |
...they all believe in Lowe and Co.)
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That's because they're not involved in hockey decisions. Stick to the narrative, Adam.
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Sorry, I briefly forgot.
As a side note, it doesn't suggest strong journalistic instincts when none of these guys ever ask Lowe how come a guy who isn't involved in hockey ops at all is always sitting at the draft table...
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The internet is journalism now. Media is bought and paid for public relations. Literally, in the case of political media; the sports media bartered and won access. The only cost was integrity.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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overdue
Messages: 493
Registered: October 2014
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Doesn't look like winning these last games is going to be that important to Vegas, I imagine they're going easy on their best players now so Oilers have a chance to win it. Would be nice to see the big two get some points out of it. Winning is pretty meaningless at this point.
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