Speculation: Andy Sutton

[OilerFan4Life]

‏@EdmontonOilers2m
#Oilers defenceman Andy Sutton will be speaking to the media shortly.

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[OilerFan4Life]

@EdmontonOilers26s
"I feel okay. My knee is a little sore. I started working out 3 weeks ago. I think my days on the ice are numbered." - Andy Sutton

 

[dasivon]

Guessing retirement.

 

[Koto]

more like retiring

 

[OilerFan4Life]

Yeah sounds like he is done

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

Damn,wrong player.....I was hoping that Ryan Smyth would be the one announcing that he's going to retire.

 

[joestevens29]

"That was my understanding to the comments made from April 8th 2013."

Feaster when he can't figure out why Andy Sutton signed a contract laced with a heavy signing bonus decides not to show up to camp.

 

[The Bored Man]

I expected another Strudwick but he was actually a solid 3rd pairing guy. His sick dangles never failed to amaze.

 

[timekeep]

Ryan Smyth please tune in.

 

[flashy]

I expected another Strudwick but he was actually a solid 3rd pairing guy. His sick dangles never failed to amaze.

My fav player on the oilers. Big, mean, and skilled. He was our best 3rd pairing, I would live to see him and fistric together.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

My fav player on the oilers. Big, mean, and skilled. He was our best 3rd pairing, I would live to see him and fistric together.

Agreed completely, I wish him well and it was sincerely too bad the Oilers didn't have him this season.

He seemed like a good guy who deserve to "go out" in better fashion then this. Alos, I will miss the Dangles, because they were so great.

 

[Comrade Blunderbore]

i would like to see him playing one more game for the Oilers, maybe at the end of reg, if we are out of the playoffs competition. i always liked his game so much.

 

[nabob]

It's too bad management didn't get Sutton or a player like him sooner.

Now we have Fistric who is basically a younger version of Sutton and we are benching him to further evaluate Potter in the quest to determine of he can be a #6/7 guy at the NHL level.

 

[Ragss]

A real shame. Coulda used him this year. I miss his dangles; nobody ever saw them coming.

 

[Turrican*]

The Oilers will now lose their 3rd best dangler after Eberle and Hemsky...

 

[joestevens29]

It's too bad management didn't get Sutton or a player like him sooner.

Now we have Fistric who is basically a younger version of Sutton and we are benching him to further evaluate Potter in the quest to determine of he can be a #6/7 guy at the NHL level.

Fistric was benched because he got caught one too many times going into no man's land with a big hit. The team then went on a winning streak. Although he should've been back Saturday.

 

[Everest]

It's too bad management didn't get Sutton or a player like him sooner.

Now we have Fistric who is basically a younger version of Sutton and we are benching him to further evaluate Potter in the quest to determine of he can be a #6/7 guy at the NHL level.

Funny...

Sutton was available a couple years before we actually acquired him and when I suggested he might be a guy we coul use...everyone scowled and said he was too old/too slow/too expensive/too dirty...

But ya...your right...we needed him a few years ago.

 

[nabob]

Fistric was benched because he got caught one too many times going into no man's land with a big hit. The team then went on a winning streak. Although he should've been back Saturday.

I don't buy it. Fistric has been sat multiple times in favor of Potter who goes on defensive zone adventures by himself regularly. Sucks that a 3rd round pick was waisted on a guy who is a perfect fit as the #6 guy on the roster. Now he has been treated poorly by Ralph and will probably walk as a UFA. And once again the team will be in search of a big physical #6 stay at home Dman.

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

Hopefully it's to announce that Ryan Smyth is retiring alongside him.

 

[McShogun99]

It's too bad management didn't get Sutton or a player like him sooner.

Now we have Fistric who is basically a younger version of Sutton and we are benching him to further evaluate Potter in the quest to determine of he can be a #6/7 guy at the NHL level.

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We also have Teubert, who is a younger version of Fistric...

 

[The Nuge]

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We also have Teubert, who is a younger version of Fistric...

Despite being 2 inches shorter, Fistric has over 30 lbs on Teubert. There's no way Teubert bulks up that much.

It really is too bad about Sutton. Sucks to see a guy go out because of an injury

 

[nabob]

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We also have Teubert, who is a younger version of Fistric...

Fistric is a proven NHL player who regularly dressed for a playoff level team. I havent seen much of Teubert in the 2nd half of the season, I wonder if he is able to take the step to be the #7 guy next year. From what I have seen neither him or Potter are NHL quality players.

 

[sepHF]

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We also have Teubert, who is a younger version of Fistric...

Despite being 2 inches shorter, Fistric has over 30 lbs on Teubert. There's no way Teubert bulks up that much.

It really is too bad about Sutton. Sucks to see a guy go out because of an injury

Fistric was bigger then Teubert is now when he was in Highschool

 

[Faelko]

It's too bad management didn't get Sutton or a player like him sooner.

Now we have Fistric who is basically a younger version of Sutton and we are benching him to further evaluate Potter in the quest to determine of he can be a #6/7 guy at the NHL level.

According to TSN, Fistric has been out with an elbow injury.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=420203

The Oilers announced that defenceman Mark Fistric will be back in the lineup after he missed seven games with an elbow injury.

 

[Sloth Slothersons*]

Ya Sutton's dangles were amazing. His vision was second to the Nuge on this team too.