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Happy New Year to HFOil (sneaky Tippett poll inside)

When do you think Tippett will be fired?

  • Within the next 5 games

    Votes: 16 21.3%

  • Between 6-10 games from now

    Votes: 8 10.7%

  • Between 11-20 games from now

    Votes: 1 1.3%

  • 20+ games from now but before the end of the season

    Votes: 1 1.3%

  • After the end of the season but before his contract expires

    Votes: 9 12.0%

  • He won't be fired, they will let his contract expire

    Votes: 31 41.3%

  • He won't be fired, they will re-sign him to an extension

    Votes: 6 8.0%

  • He won't be fired, he will resign at some point

    Votes: 3 4.0%
  • Total voters
    75
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20-22. The Oilers record 11 games from now.

I’ve said all along Holland is just going to let the deal expire on Tip, bring in Babcock and I can’t see that changing.

Happy New Year to you and all Oiler fans!
 
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If they manage to win a couple in the next week then I think it buys him time. If they lose the next couple games and he manages to sport an 0-11 streak I don't know how you can't make a move. I still have faith in Holland to not let this slip into total shit, but if nothing happens after a couple more consecutive losses I won't know what to think anymore.
 
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Happy new year and fire Tippett
 
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Good riddance 2021!. Here’s hoping/praying/pleading that 2022 is SO much better than the last 2 shitty years.

May our world get back to ‘normal’, our health and happiness grow, and our dear Oilers be strong and full of resolve.

The state of the world and our Oilers fortunes have been hit hard as of late. Regardless, there are so many thanks for so so many of you on this board. I come here multiple times daily to ‘get away’ from regular life and discuss everything about our team, players and even coaching staff :).

Thanks for that. Without naming posters, there are a lot of you that I really enjoy hearing from (and of course even others that piss me off lol), boy it’s always good to have different perspectives.

So, my Oilers friends, Happy New Year and let’s have a fun and fruitful 2022 - we all deserve a great year!

Cheers all!
 
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Happy New Year everyone!

The best thing that can happen to the team right now, is that they just keep postponing their games, because of Covid related issues ( even if they have to fudge the numbers, seriously!) UNTIL TIPS IS FIRED. Fresh new restart with someone new at the helm., and that's not Babcock or Torts
 
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Oilers opponents up to the Olympic break organized by points percentage, with record over last 10 games included:

2. Washington - 6-2-2
4. Florida - 6-3-1
5. Toronto - 7-2-1
6. NY Rangers - 5-4-1
8. Minnesota - 6-3-1
9. Calgary - 5-4-1
11. Vegas - 8-2-0
13. Nashville - 7-2-1
18. Winnipeg - 5-4-1
24. Vancouver - 8-1-1
26. NY Islanders (x2) - 4-2-4
27. Chicago - 4-4-2
30. Ottawa - 5-4-1
31. Montreal - 1-7-2

That's not exactly an easy schedule for January. Then, there are the make-up PPD games (presuming they play them over the Olympic break):

9. Calgary - 5-4-1
14. Anaheim - 4-2-4
19. San Jose - 5-5-0
20. Los Angeles - 6-3-1

And then the remaining 3 games for February scheduled after the Olympic break:

1. Carolina - 7-3-0
3. Tampa Bay - 7-2-1
4. Florida - 6-3-1

That's 22 games, 6 of which are against teams with a .700 P% or better, 7 are against teams with a P% between .600 - .700, and 5 are against teams with sub .500 P%. If the team doesn't start playing better they could very well be a .500 team by the end of February (after 53 GP). They would need to go 20-9 over their last 29 games just to get to 93 points and have a shot at a wild card spot. Holland can't let it get to that point.

If the Oilers lose their next 3 games I could easily see Tippett being fired before the team returns to Edmonton for next Saturday's game against the Islanders. Say the team goes 3-4-0 over their next 7 games and then loses in Winnipeg, I could also see that game being a straw that broke the camel's back game whereby Tippett gets fired. The team can't be sputtering going into that game against Calgary on the 22nd, so I expect a firing sometime over the next 10 games. It's hard to envision this team under Tippett being successful in the playoffs, so just pull the bandaid off already. The sooner the better.

...Also...Happy New Year!

PS - Obviously the relevance of teams' records over their last 10 games is potentially less consequential given the game postponements, but I thought they were worth including as a comparable to help illustrate that the Oilers have a tough task for January regardless of coaching.
 
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subnet said:
Good riddance 2021!. Here’s hoping/praying/pleading that 2022 is SO much better than the last 2 shitty years.

May our world get back to ‘normal’, our health and happiness grow, and our dear Oilers be strong and full of resolve.

The state of the world and our Oilers fortunes have been hit hard as of late. Regardless, there are so many thanks for so so many of you on this board. I come here multiple times daily to ‘get away’ from regular life and discuss everything about our team, players and even coaching staff :).

Thanks for that. Without naming posters, there are a lot of you that I really enjoy hearing from (and of course even others that piss me off lol), boy it’s always good to have different perspectives.

So, my Oilers friends, Happy New Year and let’s have a fun and fruitful 2022 - we all deserve a great year!

Cheers all!
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Hoping for better, but expecting...

nah, I won't say it. But I'm hungover, so naturally optimism is at a premium. Now time to go out and buy some gas at twice the price I could have bought it a few years ago. With bitter temps meaning that much of the gas I used the last tank was just keeping the vehicle running once in awhile so that it would ever start without a -50 induced malfunction. Yeah, seems like its possible we need fossil fuels here... got off topic there, hehe

But not really, "here we go Oilers". (will that name change to) "here we go solar panels" doesn't have a ring or any panache to it.

lord have mercy
 
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