Speculation: Go All In or Be Patient?

[Soundwave]

When your GM is playing the "patience" card after three years real hard ...

Can't wait for a summer full of "now we need to get faster and more skilled! We realize that now! Craig ... err, Peter's on it!".

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

You never miss an opportunity to lay on the big time doom and gloom. Don't you ever get tired of yourself?

Checked the standings lately? How about our prospect pool? The Oilers are deep in one and shallow in the other. I'll let you figure out which is which.

 

[guymez]

Checked the standings lately? How about our prospect pool? The Oilers are deep in one and shallow in the other. I'll let you figure out which is which.

Well...you tell us all about just how bad things will be moving forward.

Oh wait...you have already done that a hundred thousand times.

Come to think of it...thats all you do.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Well...you tell us all about just how bad things will be moving forward.

Oh wait...you have already done that a hundred thousand times.

Come to think of it...thats all you do.

I said this season the Oilers would be a playoff team but not a contender.

Guess that's what I get for being positive about this team. If there's reasons for positivity beyond McDavid I'm not seeing them. Exposed by the freaking Canucks. TWICE.

 

[guymez]

I said this season the Oilers would be a playoff team but not a contender.

Guess that's what I get for being positive about this team. If there's reasons for positivity beyond McDavid I'm not seeing them. Exposed by the freaking Canucks. TWICE.

Yup...never be positive about anything. Also...never miss an opportunity to tell the world how depressed you are.

So they lost to the Canucks in a meaningless game. So what?

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Yup...never be positive about anything. Also...never miss an opportunity to tell the world how depressed you are.

Super depressed.

Just imagine if the Oilers were chasing down a playoff spot. I guess that's a positive. This loss didn't knock us out of a playoff spot.

 

[guymez]

Super depressed.

Just imagine if the Oilers were chasing down a playoff spot. I guess that's a positive. This loss didn't knock us out of a playoff spot.

Its meaningless. If they had won it would be just as meaningless.

Now Saturdays game on the other hand.....

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Its meaningless. If they had won it would be just as meaningless.

Now Saturdays game on the other hand.....

Just as meaningless.

Also the Flames are in a huge slump.

So of course Calgary will win.

 

[Soundwave]

Its meaningless. If they had won it would be just as meaningless.

Now Saturdays game on the other hand.....

lol both Alberta teams should move to Seattle.

 

[guymez]

Just as meaningless.

Also the Flames are in a huge slump.

So of course Calgary will win.

I was kidding. Yeesh.
Actually I am going to the game so I am hoping that McDavid puts on a show.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I was kidding. Yeesh.
Actually I am going to the game so I am hoping that McDavid puts on a show.

Oh he will.

It's the rest of the team I'm concerned about.

 

[guymez]

Re: the thread title....I am all for being patient.

 

[guymez]

Oh he will.

It's the rest of the team I'm concerned about.

So if the games are meaningless (as you just stated) then why are you putting so much weight on the outcome?

 

[Soundwave]

Sorry Connor, say bye bye to the Hart trophy for a couple of years. We need patience because the front office is still figuring things out after 3 full years and spending $20 million in cap.

 

[Mr Positive]

I really want us to go all in, but at the same time, if we wait a year we could potentially see a Karlsson and/or OEL as UFA

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

So if the games are meaningless (as you just stated) then why are you putting so much weight on the outcome?

Because of the fact they've been meaningless since Halloween.

Getting clowned by the Canucks (again) doesn't really give me much hope for next year. The media talks about winning out and playing for pride and whatnot...

That was a sorry performance. One of many this year. Outside of McDavid they don't care. And not only do they not care, they aren't very good even when they do care.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

Unfortunately we have too many holes and not enough assets to fill them to go all in. Our only saving grace would be top UFA's signing short-term discount deals with us, of course nothing but a pipe dream at this point.

 

[guymez]

Because of the fact they've been meaningless since Halloween.

Getting clowned by the Canucks (again) doesn't really give me much hope for next year. The media talks about winning out and playing for pride and whatnot...

That was a sorry performance. One of many this year. Outside of McDavid they don't care. And not only do they not care, they aren't very good even when they do care.

Come on...stop with drama queen act.
You honestly cant be daft enough to judge the team on these last few games? This team displayed their issues the whole season and you think things are going to change in a couple of meaningless games? The only value in these games is to have some players play out of their funk.

You know what I think...I think you are just using this as an opportunity to continue your Eeyore impression.

In any event...you clearly arent going to stop no matter what myself (or anyone else) says. So I'm not sure why I am posting this stuff.

 

[McDrai]

Chia will f*** it up either way so does it even matter?

 

[guymez]

Chia will **** it up either way so does it even matter?

Thats the spirit! Have you met Great Keith?

Just bored...I'm done now.

 

[McDrai]

Thats the spirit! Have you met Great Keith?

Just bored...I'm done now.

Yes, I've heard he is a realist

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

Is aggressively patient an option? An oxymoron of sorts, but I'd just like to stack value and prey on teams being stupid, kind of like New Jersey, we don't have the assets to keep overpaying in every trade and come out of it with the slightest shred of organizational depth.

 

[Soundwave]

Is aggressively patient an option? An oxymoron of sorts, but I'd just like to stack value and prey on teams being stupid, kind of like New Jersey, we don't have the assets to keep overpaying in every trade and come out of it with the slightest shred of organizational depth.

Ray Shero coming to town? Because that doesn't magically happen here. We are the quintessential "stupid team waiting to be taken advantage of", that's us, lol.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Come on...stop with drama queen act.
You honestly cant be daft enough to judge the team on these last few games? This team displayed their issues the whole season and you think things are going to change in a couple of meaningless games? The only value in these games is to have some players play out of their funk.

You know what I think...I think you are just using this as an opportunity to continue your Eeyore impression.

In any event...you clearly arent going to stop no matter what myself (or anyone else) says. So I'm not sure why I am posting this stuff.

Okay, I won't judge them on the last few games... I'll judge them on the entire season. Garbage. Trash. Waste. They've been out of a playoff spot since October and never really threatened to climb back in. They have very few prospects of worth (assuming they don't win the lottery) and nobody in the organization seems to have a clue.

Please, give me reasons for positivity that don't mention Connor McDavid.

 

[guymez]

Yes, I've heard he is a realist

He is certainly a 'real' dramatic cynic.

I mean its fine to be skeptical but there is a big difference between cynicism and skepticism.