-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.

"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

"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

"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."

"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."

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

-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.

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!

The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.

Generally Disappointed.

"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

RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 11:41

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 10:40 Weird quote from Tocchet after the game. Catherine Silverman @catmsilverman Rick Tocchet specifically complimented the way the officials called the game tonight. “We had two veteran refs. I like how they called this game... rough [the opposition] up, they aren’t going to call it. Protect the house.” Thanks for ignoring the rule book to favour the home team basically? What's not to like for Tocchet. The refs called the game that benefited his team. They aren't skilled so they need to be allowed to play hook and grab in order to keep pace. My fav was when the one Coyote had McDavid in a leg lock. Literally was holding onto his leg in the air not allowing McDavid to skate then went into the Oilers zone to rip in a goal. That's what the fans of this league want to see. NHL 3rd and 4th liners pinning the best players to the ice so they can't do anything. It wouldn't surprise me if the ref was watching it yelling at McDavid to "battle through it".

That was just your standard totally acceptable "protect the house" play!

"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

RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 12:06

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 11:56 RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 11:41 Kr55 wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 10:40 Weird quote from Tocchet after the game. Catherine Silverman @catmsilverman Rick Tocchet specifically complimented the way the officials called the game tonight. “We had two veteran refs. I like how they called this game... rough [the opposition] up, they aren’t going to call it. Protect the house.” Thanks for ignoring the rule book to favour the home team basically? What's not to like for Tocchet. The refs called the game that benefited his team. They aren't skilled so they need to be allowed to play hook and grab in order to keep pace. My fav was when the one Coyote had McDavid in a leg lock. Literally was holding onto his leg in the air not allowing McDavid to skate then went into the Oilers zone to rip in a goal. That's what the fans of this league want to see. NHL 3rd and 4th liners pinning the best players to the ice so they can't do anything. It wouldn't surprise me if the ref was watching it yelling at McDavid to "battle through it". That was just your standard totally acceptable "protect the house" play! Too bad there wasn't a clip of Tocchet. I wonder if he was yelling "old time hockey boys" from the bench. The freaking linesmen has to come up to tell the guy to let go. You just know if McDavid had of made any kind of aggressive move to try to pull his foot free, he would have gotten a penalty.

Imagine if he yanked his leg and hurt his knee. That's McDavid's knee he injured that Fisher is holding onto. If he fell down he could have twisted his knee too, Fisher had it tight.

Good old time hockey.

"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

RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 12:17

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 12:12 RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 12:06 Kr55 wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 11:56 RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 11:41 Kr55 wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 10:40 Weird quote from Tocchet after the game. Catherine Silverman @catmsilverman Rick Tocchet specifically complimented the way the officials called the game tonight. “We had two veteran refs. I like how they called this game... rough [the opposition] up, they aren’t going to call it. Protect the house.” Thanks for ignoring the rule book to favour the home team basically? What's not to like for Tocchet. The refs called the game that benefited his team. They aren't skilled so they need to be allowed to play hook and grab in order to keep pace. My fav was when the one Coyote had McDavid in a leg lock. Literally was holding onto his leg in the air not allowing McDavid to skate then went into the Oilers zone to rip in a goal. That's what the fans of this league want to see. NHL 3rd and 4th liners pinning the best players to the ice so they can't do anything. It wouldn't surprise me if the ref was watching it yelling at McDavid to "battle through it". That was just your standard totally acceptable "protect the house" play! Too bad there wasn't a clip of Tocchet. I wonder if he was yelling "old time hockey boys" from the bench. The freaking linesmen has to come up to tell the guy to let go. You just know if McDavid had of made any kind of aggressive move to try to pull his foot free, he would have gotten a penalty. Imagine if he yanked his leg and hurt his knee. That's McDavid's knee he injured that Fisher is holding onto. If he fell down he could have twisted his knee too, Fisher had it tight. Good old time hockey. The guy is lucky McDavid didn't try to yank out his leg and he get badly cut.

He'd feel better after McDavid got a 5 game suspension for doing it.

"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