Around the NHL Thread - Found the Missing #16

[Rubi]

3-0 for the Kings vs the Oilers... first period.

Kostco just pulled after facing 8 shots.

 

[Calculon]

The Oilers have two shots. The Kings have three goals.

 

[Rubi]

Oilers have 3 shots on goal with 3 minutes left in the first against LA

 

[Rubi]

End of the first:

Oilers with 3 shots on net.
Kings with 3 goals.

 

[Mr Snrub]

How long until Edmonton's perennial garbage play dries up their fanbase and they finally move that team to Portland?

 

[Rubi]

Oilers going into full tank mode? 6 pts out of last place in the league. They've lost 6 out of their last 7. Working on 7 out of 8.

 

[Rubi]

Ha Ha... Kevin Bieksa. What a douche bag. Frankly I'd rather listen to Francis.... can't believe I just said that.

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

Holy damn.. do the Oilers suck! Time to ruin Jack Hughes.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Wow, tuning out Hitch this early must be a record.

 

[Rubi]

Oilers still down 0-3 after two.

 

[Calculon]

Friedman just said that Gaudreau would win the Hart if they voted right now

 

[Corpus X]

Talking about the Flames on CBC when the Oilers are down 3-0 to the Kings. Good times.

 

[Rubi]

Elliot Freedman just said that if the Hart Trophy was voted on today that Johnny would win it. His fellow Sportsnet panelists agreed.

 

[Corpus X]

This is what it's like to be a Flames fan watching a Flames game and hearing all about McDavid.

 

[Mobiandi]

Is Hitchcock going to re-retire mid-season?

 

[Rubi]

Oilers finish with 16 SOG.

 

[DFF]

When Alex Chiasson is your best winger...you have a pretty serious problem

 

[DCDM]

Oilers finish with 16 SOG.

Was just perusing these stats.

4 from McDavid
2 from Draisaitl
1 from Nuge

8 from defensemen

1 shot from Khaira

That’s right. The entirety of the Oilers bottom 9 forwards (in terms of separation from the obvious top 3 and the rest) combined for one shot in sixty minutes.

That is horrendous. And to think Chia traded Caggiula. My god.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

This After Hours just reinforces why I hate Bieksa.

 

[Rubi]

This After Hours just reinforces why I hate Bieksa.

I tried watching but just had to stop. Changed the channel to watch a rerun tv show instead. That was definitely an upgrade over listen to that douche bag.

 

[The Gnome]

What do you even do if you're the Oilers GM at this point? Let's say I woke up, Chia was fired, and a competent GM cam in...The team is in salary cap hell, and doesn't know how to develop young talent.

I guess my first order of business would be to trade either Nuge or Drai for support on the wings...But they still have maybe the worst defense in the league. The whole thing is a mess.

All it reinforces is my love for a guy like Tre. Yeah he may always have a crap UFA signing on the roster. But his ability to negotiate with our RFAs and make quality trades has set us up well for a long time.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Oilers finish with 16 SOG.

Mesmerized by the glowing puck

 

[Turning Mangiapanese]

What do you even do if you're the Oilers GM at this point? Let's say I woke up, Chia was fired, and a competent GM cam in...The team is in salary cap hell, and doesn't know how to develop young talent.

I guess my first order of business would be to trade either Nuge or Drai for support on the wings...But they still have maybe the worst defense in the league. The whole thing is a mess.

All it reinforces is my love for a guy like Tre. Yeah he may always have a crap UFA signing on the roster. But his ability to negotiate with our RFAs and make quality trades has set us up well for a long time.

They can't do anything, the only way to recoup the assets Chia pissed away is through the draft.
They can't plug the holes with any major trades because trading anyone worth anything would in turn cripple that part of their paper thin roster.
Rebuilding through UFAs never works and they won't sign with EDM anyway.

IMO it'll take at least 3 years to fix Chia's mess, and that's assuming he's fired now along with Lowe, MacT and everyone else.

Actually, the quickest way for them to ice a respectable roster would probably be to trade McDavid for some insane haul, Lindros-style. Might not want to do that with the current GM though...

 

[The Gnome]

They can't do anything, the only way to recoup the assets Chia pissed away is through the draft.
They can't plug the holes with any major trades because trading anyone worth anything would in turn cripple that part of their paper thin roster.
Rebuilding through UFAs never works and they won't sign with EDM anyway.

IMO it'll take at least 3 years to fix Chia's mess, and that's assuming he's fired now along with Lowe, MacT and everyone else.

Actually, the quickest way for them to ice a respectable roster would probably be to trade McDavid for some insane haul, Lindros-style. Might not want to do that with the current GM though...

Yeah, but even for that to work they'd have to figure out how to actually develop young talent. something they cannot currently do. I honestly cannot see any hope for years to come. Who knows though, starting with a wholesale firing of all the management could do wonders.

 

[Calgareee]

Mesmerized by the glowing puck

Oh god.... not again....