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On 9/25/2023 at 5:37 PM, Mad Dog said:

Another Flames' player I would keep an eye on is Noah Hanifin.  Man, that kid has some insane skills. And he just started coming around last year.  I wonder though if "Suter factor" stifled his development, so I would be curious to see what he can do under a new coach who gives him a longer leash.

Yeah but I think he did well under Sutter though as did Kylington and Gubrandson and Big Z did well under Sutter too...hope we don't lose him but it looking like we in fire sale mode now that Lindholm going to Vancity

Now Lindy gone

Good day in Vancity but sad day in Calgary as Lindholm leaves to Vancouver...now those canuckleheads got Big Z and Lindy from us hope they don't take Tanny back too

Welp another sad day for Calgary with Lindholm going to Vancity...

This thread prediction is looking more and more likely with each win in this 16+ streak...

Any team that wins 16+ games in a row is doing everything right for sure

Finally a shut out for Marky

Lost Rusucka and DeSemone to waivers today

1 hour ago, mojo1917 said:

Thats some pretty concrete thinking on your part. 

@thegx.ca

 

I hope the kid isn't a rapist, i hope all kids arent rapists.

 

Better?

 

 

ffs

FFS...well of course that's better...big difference between barbarians and rapists...still why should you want to tag me with the barbarian questions?

13 minutes ago, mojo1917 said:

When would this have been?

2020 after the bubble?

 

Wasn't going to happen then. 

 

Why would anyone rush to trade a player that doesn't need an extention if they are playing well and you think maybe this is the guy that fixes a decades long issue?

 

He's not going to get a new, big contract from DJ that seems clear from interviews I've heard.

 

As for hoping the kid didn't act like a barbarian,  I hope all kids don't act like barbarians. Why would a famous kid with sports skill be excluded? @thegx.ca

 

Its not silly- you could  read the article by Kate Strang, Dan Roboson and Ian Mendes that was in the Athletic . It will help you to understand how not silly that incident was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mainly because there's nothing wrong with being a barbarian...and everything wrong with being a rapist...but why ask me about that? Is there a specific post of mine that you replying to here or you just thought I should be the one to ask about barbarism?

5 hours ago, JR Ewing said:

 

It was nice to see him back a couple of days ago. I like his skillset.

 

Yeah he's good more dynamic than Anderson and Weegar because he's faster but less physical of course...not having him last year really hurt Calgary espcially after losing their 2 top producers...

4 hours ago, BobbyClarkeFan16 said:

I was reading that Dube is currently in the care of health professionals. He's in seriously bad shape.

Kylington out for over a year too for personal reasons man what going on in Calgary faaak...

59 minutes ago, Samifan said:

The only that should be worried is McDavid’s mom 

Cougar Hunter Corey Perry

10 hours ago, Math said:

Perry should have been signed by the Oilers before the season start. He's not the sniper he used to be but he has a profile the Oilers are currently lacking. Corey Perry will simply make Corey Perry things on the ice: in front of the net and play his agitator role. Don't count on him in the regular season, he won't be a diffference maker but when the playoffs will come, then he will be the one to step up. He did exactly that with the Stars and then with the Habs.

Exactly he doesn't need to produce he just there to lead the charge and get everyone rilled up during the playoffs and he's good at that no one can deny haha...

Now Dube going mental too like Kylington...man why these Calgary players needing psychological repairs all the time...?

For league minimum like they signed Evander Kane back then this is an awesome move and I'm saying this seriously as a Calgary fan...I mean if they winning 13+ in a row now before trade deadline imagine how good they gonna be after adding more pieces leading up to playoffs? This is good news for Edmonton and bad news for rest of league...

On 1/14/2024 at 4:44 PM, yave1964 said:

These guys are UFA who will be moved at or near the deadline. 

Zaitsev

Hanifin if not resigned

Tanev

Lyinushkin

 Bean

Edmundson

 

  Edmonton is sorely lacking cap space but where there is a Will there is a way. Any of these guys healthy and playing second line would make them even deeper.

They got Corey Perry for league minimum that's good news for Edmonton and bad news for everyone else haha good move just like signing Evander Kane back then

Friggin Edmonchuck...

Man that's alot a wins...didn't think anyone would pass Roy...

Hopefully Huska can be another John Cooper...

13 hours ago, flyercanuck said:

 

The problem is, he always loses the room after a very short term. 

The good coaches like Sutter/Torts/etc are always hardasses but that's what wins championships so I'll always stick with winning coaches over the others because winning is more important than feelings...

3 hours ago, CoachX said:

Tortorella was the right man for head coach

 

 

 

Doesn't have to be defencemen either like if they somehow added a RNH like player like Backland or Granlund or Coleman etc that'd be awesome too then their 3rd line would be meaningful and the team overall more deep...even a Yanni Gourde or Jarkrock would be awesome...but obviously only Grandlund is a possibility which still would be a huge addition...even a Trevor Lewis to play with Derek Ryan is a significant improvement to me...

2 minutes ago, yave1964 said:

These guys are UFA who will be moved at or near the deadline. 

Zaitsev

Hanifin if not resigned

Tanev

Lyinushkin

 Bean

Edmundson

 

  Edmonton is sorely lacking cap space but where there is a Will there is a way. Any of these guys healthy and playing second line would make them even deeper.

If my choice and no cap I'd take Tanev and Hanifin not just because I'm a Flames fan but because they are the best out of that bunch for playoff purposes(defense)...adding Tanev and Hannifin to the Oilers would almost make them perfect in my opinion...if they could also add a goalie like Markstrom/Demko/Brobovski that would make it perfect in my opinion meaning only an all star team(Olympic) team would be better...

2 minutes ago, yave1964 said:

 

Not sure how to erase quotes after accidently pressing quote too much...

18 minutes ago, JR Ewing said:

@thegx.ca

 

I'll just respond to the last one I see because every couple of minutes I get a new pop-up informing me of three or four responses to just a single post of mine... Please, for the love of all that's good in this world, figure out how to break up quotes in a single post.

 

 

A quick search for "oilers improved defensive play" shows numerous non-Oiler articles regarding this since the coaching change and the focus on improving defensively. I don't suspect that will make much of a difference. You started today by talking about how the best way to play defense is man-to-man like the Golden Knights and whiffed on that one when it became inconvenient, and just sort of casually brush aside literally anything that doesn't jibe with your view of "Edmonton can't play defense".

 

Around this site, I've famously put the Oilers and their management on blast for their failures, so have definitely earned the right to point out when they do something right and not be called an unfairly biased fan.

 

Out of interest of not answering multiple responses for any single post of mine, I'll bow out for now. Have a good one.

 

Ok...if reading multiple posts is too onerous for you then yeah by all means I'll try to put it all into one post but seems odd that reading multiple posts would cause problems since we are on a posting forum afterall...

As for your nit picking my posts and trying to pigeon hole me into Oilers can't play defense I really don't know how you got that from my posts...all I'm saying is other teams are better defensively than the Oilers and I think it's because of coaching/goaltending/defencemen...you are just trying to twist that into something more specific to fit your stats explain everything narrative...bottom line is nobody thinks the Oilers don't have goalie defensive issues but you so we'll just have to agree to disagree on that...

And as for the so called wiff about man to man vs zone coverage I never said it's the be all end all so read or quote my posts better...we all know that nobody here is an NHL coach and you might be an NHL statistical analysis but that still doesn't mean the Oilers are fine defensively or in net...time will tell and like I said before results is what I care about so when the Oilers win the Cup we'll debate again whether it was more because of offence or defence or goaltending etc...

Until then history has shown the Oilers haven't won enough in the playoffs for reason you and I disagree on...nothing matters much until that changes...