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Edmonton @ Boston (Game #35) [message #849109] |
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 tardigrade81
Messages: 3776
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
3 Cups
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Excellent win!!!
Let’s hope Jarry is ok though
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Kr55
Messages: 12299
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 18 December 2025 19:42 |
Excellent win!!!
Let’s hope Jarry is ok though
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Jarry solidifies his first >0.900 game as an Oiler with another win on his record.
Trying to stay positive …
"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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inverno76
Messages: 2511
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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Saw bits and pieces of the game. Congrats to Hutson on his 1st NHL
goal.
Jarry’s injury really come from him pushing off his left foot, untouched to move across the crease? Frick.
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Jay
Messages: 1160
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
1 Cup
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| inverno76 wrote on Thu, 18 December 2025 21:28 |
Saw bits and pieces of the game. Congrats to Hutson on his 1st NHL
goal.
Jarry’s injury really come from him pushing off his left foot, untouched to move across the crease? Frick.
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I guarantee that's not a first time injury. Looks like he tweaked his groin and knew immediately what it was. So why would you sell the farm for a goalie with a bad groin??
Apparently the same medical staff assessed Jarry that assessed Frederick.
No salary retained. And kulak. And a second. What a complete disaster of a move.
Bowman is well on the way to sewering this team. Brutal.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1488
Registered: October 2006
Location: Summerside, PEI
1 Cup
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Pretty solid game all around against a tough Bruins team. Especially in their barn.
Jarry looked great (hopefully he's ok) and Pickard made some big saves when he came in.
Wonder who gets the call up. I assume Ingram, which I'm not thrilled about.
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Rocksteady
Messages: 612
Registered: March 2007
No Cups
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You could literally see this coming. You just knew it. The oft injured goaltender gets.... injured.
Traded away a mid goaltender (but not injury prone) to a mid goaltender that you pay more and is injury prone.
It's Bowman math!
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Kr55
Messages: 12299
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Rocksteady wrote on Fri, 19 December 2025 08:58 |
You could literally see this coming. You just knew it. The oft injured goaltender gets.... injured.
Traded away a mid goaltender (but not injury prone) to a mid goaltender that you pay more and is injury prone.
It's Bowman math!
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Jarry defenders are pointing out he has only technically missed 33 games in his 10 year career because of injury. But, I think a lot of his time in the league has been playing through injury as well, which may be a reason why his stats seem to drop off later in seasons.
Bowman definitely backed us into a corner this year with his inaction in the summer. I guess it's a tiny improvement to show he was willing to make a move for a goalie, unlike Holland. But he forced himself into a big gamble.
We really need ANOTHER goalie now. Seeing our media guys talk about Lyon a lot. Lack of cap space makes everything extremely difficult now. Too bad we paid a guy 4x8M to do what almost any league minimum waiver pickup would have done for us this year.
[Updated on: Fri, 19 December 2025 10:03]
"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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oilfan94
Messages: 521
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
No Cups
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I hear Lyon's name thrown out there, but there is a new Sherriff in Buffalo. I don't think there are any more easy trades to be done with them now.
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1488
Registered: October 2006
Location: Summerside, PEI
1 Cup
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Jarry placed on IR. Ingram called up. 
Wonder if Sammy Jonsson gets a call up to Bako. Sounds like he deserves it.
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Adam
Messages: 7635
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| oilfan94 wrote on Fri, 19 December 2025 10:52 |
I hear Lyon's name thrown out there, but there is a new Sherriff in Buffalo. I don't think there are any more easy trades to be done with them now.
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Couple things on this:
- Do we want Lyon? He's 33, he's a relatively small goalie at 6'1, and he's almost showed well. He's got 131 NHL games but he's basically what Pickard was when we got him. Aging backup that you pray you don't have to count on to save your season. Surely there must be better options out there?
If it's 1-for-1 for Pickard, I'd do it in a heartbeat, but otherwise? I'm saving my trading chips for a better option.
- While I've long been critical of the Waterboy Kevyn Adams and have believed him to be the worst GM in the NHL for pretty much his entire tenure, I'm not sure that Jarmo Kekalainen is a massive improvement. Jarmo took over the Blue Jackets in Feb 2013 (from former Oilers exec Scott Howson), and stayed there until 2024. In all that time, they made the playoffs five times, and won a round twice. His teams exceeded 100 points just once.
When picking at the top of the draft, he did pretty well: Werenski at #8 overall, Dubois at #3 overall, Fantilli at #3 - not awful. After that, it's less impressive. Gavrikov is probably his best dept pick back in 2015. He definitely wasn't able to build the Blue Jackets through the draft.
On trades, he's not afraid to make moves - but there's just not a lot that stick out as really moving the needle other than the deal to get Panarin which probably looks REALLY good if they'd convinced him to stay. All in all, given a decade in a GM seat you'd probably hope for better.
I'm not sure that Buffalo is moving out of the bottom echelon of teams any time soon.
"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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Mike
Messages: 1937
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
1 Cup
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| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 19 December 2025 13:01 |
Bowman definitely backed us into a corner this year with his inaction in the summer
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The time to address it was the year the Kraken came into the league. Goalies falling out of trees. But noooo
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