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Login To Make Your Prediction2023-24 Regular Season| Monday, November 13, 2023 | Islanders 1 @ Edmonton 4 | Win | | Tuesday, December 19, 2023 | Edmonton 1 @ Islanders 3 | Loss |
Home Record: 1-0-0 Road Record: 0-1-0 Overall Record: 1-1-0
Home / Road Goals For: 4/1 Total: 5
Home / Road Goals Against: 1/3 Total: 42022-23 Regular SeasonHome Record: 0-0-0 Road Record: 0-0-0 Overall Record: 0-0-0
Home / Road Goals For: 0/0 Total: 0
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CrusaderPi
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Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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Woo! Hockey is back and the team is fixed.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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nullterm
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Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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Yikes. McDavid and Draisatl DO NOT look happy in pregame interviews.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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tardigrade81
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Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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Oh boy
Tonight could be interesting
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tardigrade81
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Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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McD and Drai don’t seem happy about Woody being fired. Not sure what this will do to the team
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Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:32 |
McD and Drai don’t seem happy about Woody being fired. Not sure what this will do to the team
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I don't think players ever like to see a coach fired, unless the coach was a total POS human being.
First the players probably blame themselves, usually the coach is fired because the team is playing like crap. Then there is the personal relationship you developed with the coach or coaches. Need to be pretty lacking empathy to not feel bad for them, combined with the guilt.
Players were not happy when Tippett was fired either. And the shame really lit a fire under their butts. Management is banking on that again to some degree.
[Updated on: Mon, 13 November 2023 14:28]
"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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Skoobz
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Registered: January 2006
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:32 |
McD and Drai don’t seem happy about Woody being fired. Not sure what this will do to the team
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It's because it reflects poorly on them. Guaranteed, those two gave the firing their blessing.
"[It was] really cool to throw on the Oilers gear, the gear that I want to play the rest of my life wearing. It was pretty cool to put it on. With all the history, it was a lot of fun." - Connor McDavid, July 1, 2015
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2262
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 20:52 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:32 |
McD and Drai don’t seem happy about Woody being fired. Not sure what this will do to the team
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I don't think players ever like to see a coach fired, unless the coach was a total POS human being.
First the players probably blame themselves, usually the coach is fired because the team is playing like crap. Then there is the personal relationship you developed with the coach or coaches. Need to be pretty lacking empathy to not feel bad for them, combined with the guilt.
Players were not happy when Tippett was fired either. And the shame really lit a fire under their butts. Management is banking on that again to some degree.
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Agreed. I still think it was the wrong move firing him. Now the 9th coach RNH has played for. Nearly hiring a coach every year. It’s insane
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inverno76
Messages: 2343
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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| Skoobz wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:58 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:32 |
McD and Drai don’t seem happy about Woody being fired. Not sure what this will do to the team
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It's because it reflects poorly on them. Guaranteed, those two gave the firing their blessing.
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Accepting the firing and a blessing are two different animals. McDrai were allowed to run around with no consequences. Not many coaches would allow that behaviour.
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Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| inverno76 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 16:51 |
| Skoobz wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:58 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:32 |
McD and Drai don’t seem happy about Woody being fired. Not sure what this will do to the team
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It's because it reflects poorly on them. Guaranteed, those two gave the firing their blessing.
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Accepting the firing and a blessing are two different animals. McDrai were allowed to run around with no consequences. Not many coaches would allow that behaviour.
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ooooh...I'd like to hear more on this.
In what ways are McDavid and Draisaitl allowed to run around with no consequences? What did Woodcroft allow that most coaches won't? Do you think Knoblauch is going to change things for those two?
I'm legitimately curious here.
"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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inverno76
Messages: 2343
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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| Adam wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 17:36 |
| inverno76 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 16:51 |
| Skoobz wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:58 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:32 |
McD and Drai don’t seem happy about Woody being fired. Not sure what this will do to the team
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It's because it reflects poorly on them. Guaranteed, those two gave the firing their blessing.
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Accepting the firing and a blessing are two different animals. McDrai were allowed to run around with no consequences. Not many coaches would allow that behaviour.
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ooooh...I'd like to hear more on this.
In what ways are McDavid and Draisaitl allowed to run around with no consequences? What did Woodcroft allow that most coaches won't? Do you think Knoblauch is going to change things for those two?
I'm legitimately curious here.
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Haha. Okay. I’m hypothesizing here. Just my observation of them never being split up for any length of time even though the roster is as good as most NHL teams leads me to believe the duo carries too much weight in the room. Too many smart coaches can’t get them to remain apart and drive two lines of scoring.
Being from PA and having Dave return will get my juices going, and I’m sure I’ll hear some real dirt I know I’ll hear some inside stuff soon over a beer summit meetings. It’ll never get shared but if I disappear from these boards it’s because this team is forever FUBAR’d.
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NetBOG
Messages: 2948
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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Weird start time, and that must be coming from Sportsnet because not a national US game.
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oiltec
Messages: 99
Registered: December 2022
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| Skoobz wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 20:58 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Mon, 13 November 2023 13:32 |
McD and Drai don’t seem happy about Woody being fired. Not sure what this will do to the team
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It's because it reflects poorly on them. Guaranteed, those two gave the firing their blessing.
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Its hard not to believe your opinion. Like it or not this is on them.
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NetBOG
Messages: 2948
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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Wow, Ray Bourque got fat.
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