A lot of gold in this thread.

"The Principal"

$23/each for NHL tickets. Awesome. I don't know if I can get ECHL ones for that here on the Rock.

Sekera... there was some rationale for buying him out. Probably because they thought some young dman was ready, making Sekera expendable. That is the Oilers way. {Checks hockeydb.com - Ah, yes Caleb Jones looked good in his 17 game debut.}

Of course, with the way the team was drafting dmen, the plan had to be to start using the blueline as a strength. It's actually a smart move, if you can do it right. Even your 5-6 men are vital to a team's success. On most teams, the 7-9 guys are vital at times. That leads us to Broberg and tonight. On the road, with the first game jitters out of the system, it will be interesting to see what sort of game Broberg plays tonight. No matter how good he is, I suspect he'll be yo-yoing up and down between the Condors and the Oilers simply due to his waiver status. If the Oilers have room on the roster for him, he's up. If not, he's down. Skinner may have to be treated the same way unless he blows the doors off the place.

Skinner vs Oettinger should be interesting. Neither has a long resume, but Oettinger's short-term sample this season is even better than Skinner's. We'll see if it looks so shiny after playing against the Oilers PP for a few minutes.

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