| 2019-20 Full Oilers Regular Season Schedule [message #739388] |
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 CrusaderPi
Messages: 7803
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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I like schedule day. Late season CBC games tend to be a pretty good sign of what the non-biased media thinks the Oilers' season will be like. Let's see...
A January national late game against Calgary
A February national late game against Calgary
A February regional early game in Nashville
A February national late game against Winnipeg
A March national (?) late game against CBJ
The season ender against late game against Calgary
Ruh roh.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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 Gator21
Messages: 175
Registered: February 2016
Location: Kelowna, BC
No Cups
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Once again Oilers get hosed schedule wise. Not enough HNIC games...you think the league would want to feature it's best player like basketball does. Why do we always get the lamest matchup on Hockey Day in Canada? Versus Nashville at the same time as MTL/TOR  At least it's not the noon game like last year.
Why are we playing at 2pm at home vs FLA in Oct and vs DAL in Nov and 1pm vs AZ in January? Have to cater to Eastern audiences with two HNIC games at 5pm at home versus TO/MTL back to back weeks in December. Don't play CGY until Dec. 27th
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NetBOG
Messages: 2948
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
2 Cups
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| Gator21 wrote on Tue, 25 June 2019 19:45 |
Once again Oilers get hosed schedule wise. Not enough HNIC games...you think the league would want to feature it's best player like basketball does. Why do we always get the lamest matchup on Hockey Day in Canada? Versus Nashville at the same time as MTL/TOR At least it's not the noon game like last year.
Why are we playing at 2pm at home vs FLA in Oct and vs DAL in Nov and 1pm vs AZ in January? Have to cater to Eastern audiences with two HNIC games at 5pm at home versus TO/MTL back to back weeks in December. Don't play CGY until Dec. 27th
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Not sure what the big problem with 3 afternoon games is. God forbid you could actually take your kid to the game and be home on good time. 2 of the 3 5PM games are MTL and TOR, so ya, to accommodate eastern Canada. Again, not a huge deal.
Its clear the Oilers weren't a network priority, but then again, have they ever been?
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nullterm
Messages: 1033
Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
1 Cup
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| NetBOG wrote on Tue, 25 June 2019 19:26 |
| Gator21 wrote on Tue, 25 June 2019 19:45 |
Once again Oilers get hosed schedule wise. Not enough HNIC games...you think the league would want to feature it's best player like basketball does. Why do we always get the lamest matchup on Hockey Day in Canada? Versus Nashville at the same time as MTL/TOR At least it's not the noon game like last year.
Why are we playing at 2pm at home vs FLA in Oct and vs DAL in Nov and 1pm vs AZ in January? Have to cater to Eastern audiences with two HNIC games at 5pm at home versus TO/MTL back to back weeks in December. Don't play CGY until Dec. 27th
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Not sure what the big problem with 3 afternoon games is. God forbid you could actually take your kid to the game and be home on good time. 2 of the 3 5PM games are MTL and TOR, so ya, to accommodate eastern Canada. Again, not a huge deal.
Its clear the Oilers weren't a network priority, but then again, have they ever been?
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I think the fact the Oilers haven't been a relevant team in over a decade is a factor in this.
Oilers still play 82 games and are still broadcast on usual networks that reach the home market. Just they don't get as much national features.
And it stings but Toronto and Montreal just have a bigger nation wide audience.
My only gripe is Ottawa (19 games) probably getting way too many games based on their state of affairs relative to everyone else. Winnipeg actually having a decent run should get more than Calgary and Vancouver.
Toronto 24
Montreal 22
Ottawa 19
Vancouver 16
Calgary 15
Winnipeg 12
Edmonton 11
[Updated on: Tue, 25 June 2019 20:40]
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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Teammate Avry
Messages: 18
Registered: November 2008
Location: Edmonton/Toronto/Las Vega...
No Cups
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Regardless of the Oilers record over the past few seasons, Connor McDavid should be on national broadcasts as much as possible.
A guy who if you turned into a gumbo is a wild mix of sports podcaster/TV reporter and sports writer.
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mightyreasoner
Messages: 520
Registered: October 2005
Location: Edmonton
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The Oilers sure have a favourable home schedule the last half of the season. After January 10, they only have 13 games outside of Alberta, most of which are condensed into 4-day, 3-game road trips.
They'll probably only be away from Edmonton about 17 days or so after January 10th.
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mightyreasoner
Messages: 520
Registered: October 2005
Location: Edmonton
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Few nice "road trips" for fans:
New York (Islanders, Rangers, Devils): October 8-12 (Thanksgiving Weekend)
(New York Jets also at home this weekend).
Pittsburgh: Nov. 2
(Steelers also playing at home this weekend)
San Jose: Nov. 19
(49ers and Raiders both at home on the Sunday a couple days before).
Vegas: Nov. 23
Vancouver: Dec. 1 (Seahawks at home for the Monday night game)
Calgary: Jan. 11, Feb. 1, Apr. 4 (all Calgary games are on Saturday nights this year).
Tampa / Miami: Feb. 13-15 (Family Day Weekend)
I'm not sure if I'll make any of these this year, but I have found that I really enjoy watching the Oilers on the road when given the opportunity. I'm going to be in Hamilton the night the Oilers play in Buffalo, so I will probably do all I can to make it to that one.
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