Every other lottery team last year is in the playoffs
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It's tough but what can you do. Nugent Hopkins had a really bad year, and I think more than anything that sank our playoff chances.
You can't make the playoffs if your no.1 C is going through growing pains like that.
In retrospect I think they should've signed Jagr for a one year deal (slightly higher dollars than Dallas who cares ... we weren't up against the cap and its Katz' money).
He still can play and would've given us a cycle presence and taken the offensive pressure off of Eberle/RNH so much.
Hemsky Horcoff Jagr
Hall RNH Eberle
MPS Gagner Yakupov
Smyth Smithson Petrell
Probably would've gotten us into the playoffs I think.
You can't make the playoffs if your no.1 C is going through growing pains like that.
In retrospect I think they should've signed Jagr for a one year deal (slightly higher dollars than Dallas who cares ... we weren't up against the cap and its Katz' money).
He still can play and would've given us a cycle presence and taken the offensive pressure off of Eberle/RNH so much.
Hemsky Horcoff Jagr
Hall RNH Eberle
MPS Gagner Yakupov
Smyth Smithson Petrell
Probably would've gotten us into the playoffs I think.
The Bored Man
5-14-6-1
While it's not great, our D (or even goaltending) actually hasn't been that bad. We have a lower GA than the Leafs or Islanders.
RNH having a big drop off in production is probably the biggest single reason we're not in.
Yea I agree its pretty awful. So is Columbus's. Other than Vish who do the Islander's got? This team should be a lot better. To argue otherwise is exactly what got Tambellini fired.
Thats the point of this thread. These 4 teams made adjustments and have catapulted out of the Lottery and into the playoffs. While this team seems destined for its 4th straight lottery pick(I'm aware of the new rules just saying).
Gret99zky
Worst Thread Ever
Not sure if your defending or attacking Kevin Lowe here.
I don't see how that could possibly seen as defending.
I seriously feel that the media is going to annihilate Mac-T and Kevin Lowe if we don't get into the playoffs next year. I don't want to wait another year, but I'm not the owner of the Oilers.
The media is already skeptical at best when it comes to what Kevin Lowe has done with the Oilers.
I honestly can't imagine what it would be like if Kevin Lowe was gone.
I'm certain Mac-T would be gone.
I'm pretty sure Kelly-B would be gone.
Kruger might be given another chance.
God I hope so. I've supported Lowe for a long time. The whole Mact hiring though pushed me over the edge. He clearly cared more about giving his buddy a job than doing what was best for this team. I can't support that.
NewBoysClub97*
All-Star
Back end licks donkey ballz. Too many passengers. Calgary today would smoke us IMO with the team they are icing.
This team does not have enough compete and effort. Need bigger guys who can actually play every night as well.
This team does not have enough compete and effort. Need bigger guys who can actually play every night as well.
I don't feel this falls on RNH. Tough season with the shoulder injury I believe he is carrying for sure.
Besides ST, Krueger is a rookie Head Coach in the NHL and it shows. It's his job, and his staff, to help instill the mental toughness this team lacks. The culture has to be that losing is unacceptable instead of telling the team and fans "we had a good 40 minutes, it's a tough loss but at least we learnt something from it". Quit sugar coating crappy efforts, don't allow the team to accept losses. When a guy plays like crap, sit him.
We need to get physically tougher but we also need to get mentally tougher.
Back end needs help....
Lots of reasons this went sideways, I certainly don't think Nuge was the biggest of them.
Gret99zky
Worst Thread Ever
Calgary's re-build will put a lot of pressure on Lowe and MacT. If Feaster can get it done faster and better, look out.
You're not getting into the playoffs when your no.1 center has a pro rated goal pace of 8 goals for an 82-game season.
Toronto - 10 years of no playoffs
Islanders - 5 years of no playoffs
Columbus - 4 or 5 years of no playoffs
Montreal is the only one with a fast turn around and really they had no business being that bad last year anyway.
Those teams didn't make the playoffs for a while. However, those teams were still in the bottom 5 as of last year. The jumps that all of these teams did are exactly what a lot of analysts said that this team would do.
Its guys like Rob Brown that drive me crazy. The ol' what did you expect its a young team schtick. We know we have some young guys what is the excuse for the other 15 players on the ice? If this was expected then why was Tambellini fired?
Gret99zky
Worst Thread Ever
Thank goodness Toronto has provided us with another 3 year cushion of wandering the wilderness.
I doubt we will go 10 years without a playoff appearance.
Gret99zky
Worst Thread Ever
Agreed.
Unless MacT takes "bold" to a whole new level and changes this line-up significantly, especially the D, the Oilers don't see the post season next year.
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