2019 Around the League V

[geebaan]

Edmonton Media are savages, absolutely amazing questions 1 after another for bob, he was rattled to the core, had no answers.

Now we just need our media to have the same kinda balls

 

[Canucks LB]

Now we just need our media to have the same kinda balls

Botch and jeff does it, Ian hides

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Edmonton Media are savages, absolutely amazing questions 1 after another for bob, he was rattled to the core, had no answers.

Good; that's the way it should be.

Given they had 4 #1's in 6 years including drafting the best player in the game, they have completely f***ed up that team.

The Oilers have gone ass backwards and especially with Calgary doing as well as they have this year, I don't blame the media for ripping them a new one.

 

[EpochLink]

Good; that's the way it should be.

Given they had 4 #1's in 6 years including drafting the best player in the game, they have completely ****ed up that team.

The Oilers have gone ass backwards and especially with Calgary doing as well as they have this year, I don't blame the media for ripping them a new one.

Calgary is what Edmonton should be, it's the other way around now.
You can tell why the Edmonton media is lashing out to management, they don't want to be out staged by the guys down south.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Brackett is a professional and obviously wants to further his career. We should absolutely give him a promotion and big pay raise to retain him.

Burke was on the radio saying that the Edmonton GM job is no job for a rookie GM to 'learn on the job'..He said a big cleanup is in order (and no..he's not interested himself in the job).

It doesn't sound to me like Brackett's the guy...

 

[member 290103]

Burke was on the radio saying that the Edmonton GM job is no job for a rookie GM to 'learn on the job'..He said a big cleanup is in order (and no..he's not interested himself in the job).

It doesn't sound to me like Brackett's the guy...

Trevor Linden needs work and is now experienced? What about Wiesbrod? He’s good to go.

 

[Fire Benning]

Montreal 2nd place in the Atlantic. Who saw that one coming.

 

[EpochLink]

Montreal 2nd place in the Atlantic. Who saw that one coming.

Claude Julien making things happen!

 

[RandV]

Bob Nicholson seems like a big time moron, along with (obviously) MacTavish and Lowe who still hold positions there.

They need to seriously clean the **** out of that house.

Nicholson doesn't really fall into the same category just yet. He was the outsider brought in, I believe he used to be the president of Hockey Canada, and Chiarelli seemed like an appropriate GM hire at the time. Giving the new guy 3.5 years is well in line, and he probably wouldn't have the approval from ownership to really clean house of all the old guard there.

Not necessarily saying he's great, just that it's not something you can really determine if he's as bad as Lowe/Mactavish/Chiarelli. He's the team President, not the GM.

 

[Melvin]

Nicholson doesn't really fall into the same category just yet. He was the outsider brought in, I believe he used to be the president of Hockey Canada, and Chiarelli seemed like an appropriate GM hire at the time. Giving the new guy 3.5 years is well in line, and he probably wouldn't have the approval from ownership to really clean house of all the old guard there.

Not necessarily saying he's great, just that it's not something you can really determine if he's as bad as Lowe/Mactavish/Chiarelli. He's the team President, not the GM.

Oh I know, but he's been in the public eye for a long time and has always seemed like moron.

 

[Hit the post]

Montreal 2nd place in the Atlantic. Who saw that one coming.

Healthy (so far) Carey Price. If he's out for any long stretch, they're SOL.

 

[StreetHawk]

Burke was on the radio saying that the Edmonton GM job is no job for a rookie GM to 'learn on the job'..He said a big cleanup is in order (and no..he's not interested himself in the job).

It doesn't sound to me like Brackett's the guy...

I would say that the Edmonton job can go to a rookie GM, so long as he was doing an apprenticeship with a strong team, like Yzerman did in Detroit alongside Holland, learning the ins and outs of the operation of the franchise. Brackett, if he's primarily been focussed on scouting, might not have right now the tools to clean up the bad contracts that they have on the books. Kind of like Benning, in that he didn't have the hands on day to day operations down for the GM in 2014.

A retread GM isn't necessary, but they definitely need someone who has been a right hand man type for a few years in a good organization.

 

[Addison Rae]

Garbage

 

[Melvin]

Posted this on Twitter. McDavid getting points on 52% of his team's goals would be historically significant.

Team	Year	Player	Points	TeamGoals	PctTeamGoals
PIT	1988-89	Mario Lemieux	199	347	57%
PIT	1987-88	Mario Lemieux	168	319	53%
PIT	1998-99	Jaromir Jagr	127	242	52%
EDM	1984-85	Wayne Gretzky	208	401	52%
EDM	2018-19	Connor McDavid	73	141	52%
EDM	1981-82	Wayne Gretzky	212	417	51%
EDM	1985-86	Wayne Gretzky	215	426	50%
EDM	1980-81	Wayne Gretzky	164	328	50%
ANA	1998-99	Teemu Selanne	107	215	50%
DET	1988-89	Steve Yzerman	155	313	50%

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[I am toxic]

Trevor Linden needs work and is now experienced? What about Wiesbrod? He’s good to go.

Benning has experience.

 

[member 290103]

Benning has experience.

Yes. Benning to Oilers please.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Nicholson doesn't really fall into the same category just yet. He was the outsider brought in, I believe he used to be the president of Hockey Canada, and Chiarelli seemed like an appropriate GM hire at the time. Giving the new guy 3.5 years is well in line, and he probably wouldn't have the approval from ownership to really clean house of all the old guard there.

Not necessarily saying he's great, just that it's not something you can really determine if he's as bad as Lowe/Mactavish/Chiarelli. He's the team President, not the GM.

Nicholson came in and kicked Lowe out of hockey ops, he brought in a total outsider in Chiarelli and let him sideline existing guys like MacTavish and whatnot. When it came to bring in 'his own guys' Chiarelli hired...Keith Gretzky, which really undermined a lot of the work Nicholson had done.

 

[PM]

The season Nicholson joined the Oilers was so optimistic if I remember correctly. They just drafted Hall and RNH first overall and had another incoming first overall. They won the Schultz sweepstakes. They “won” the Eakins sweepstakes. Even Nicholson joining was seen as a nice move. Oh how times change. Although funny enough, all that ineptitude led to them getting McDavid. But then came the Chia...

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

Didn't Messier want to get into the GMing side of things a few years back? Gawd that would be so funny. The literal definition of insanity.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Nicholson doesn't really fall into the same category just yet. He was the outsider brought in, I believe he used to be the president of Hockey Canada, and Chiarelli seemed like an appropriate GM hire at the time. Giving the new guy 3.5 years is well in line, and he probably wouldn't have the approval from ownership to really clean house of all the old guard there.

Not necessarily saying he's great, just that it's not something you can really determine if he's as bad as Lowe/Mactavish/Chiarelli. He's the team President, not the GM.

I dont think that Nicholson has taken nearly enough heat..Chiarelli was his guy, his signing...and he presided over all those bad trades.

 

[MS]

Nicholson is a complete moron. Have been saying this for 15 years.

Cut from the exact same cloth as Tambellini - wears sharp suits, has the right friends with Hockey Canada, can give superficially well-spoken interviews that display no actual knowledge whatsoever, and doesn’t understand hockey at all.

 

[tyhee]

Flames Nation has a biting satirical eulogy to the Peter Chiarelli era in Edmonton which I found a hilarious read. It is at FlamesNation mourns the passing of Peter Chiarelli’s tenure as Oilers GM

Some excerpts:

"Peter was a generous man, always giving others everything he could and asking for little in return."

"I think back to the GMs of Oilers in years past who had neglected to take action on the struggling Oilers defence. Well, Peter had barely been introduced before he nabbed top prospect Griffin Reinhart from the New York Islanders. Almost a year to the day later, he went and acquired Adam Larsson, an important top four defenceman."

"NHLers facing the uncertainty of old age and declining market interest could always turn to Chiarelli, a lighthouse for stormy seas. Under Chiarelli, players could not only find the financial security to provide for their grandchildren’s grandchildren, ..."

"Whenever Edmontonians hear the names Milan, Kris, Taylor, or Adam, they’ll have no choice but to think back to the glory years of 2015 to 2019."

 

[Hit the post]

Nicholson is a complete moron. Have been saying this for 15 years.

Cut from the exact same cloth as Tambellini - wears sharp suits, has the right friends with Hockey Canada, can give superficially well-spoken interviews that display no actual knowledge whatsoever, and doesn’t understand hockey at all.

Sounds like me minus the suits and connections.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

So I was looking up some random hockey stuff on the internet to waste some time.
Then I saw “Bob Bourne, former NYI who’s married to Briana, daughter of former NYI teammate and NHL all star Clark Gillis.”
I was like “ Oh, there’s must be a big age gap between Bob and Clark.”

But then I looked up their Wikipedia pages, both of them were born in 1954.
Oh......what a duidfrent age it was

 

[Hit the post]

So I was looking up some random hockey stuff on the internet to waste some time.
Then I saw “Bob Bourne, former NYI who’s married to Briana, daughter of former NYI teammate and NHL all star Clark Gillis.”
I was like “ Oh, there’s must be a big age gap between Bob and Clark.”

But then I looked up their Wikipedia pages, both of them were born in 1954.
Oh......what a duidfrent age it was

Yeah that is sort of creepy, forget the age gap. Much like Marty Brodeur splitting with his wife and remarrying his wife's sister.