Pre-Game Talk: Oilers v. Ducks: The Return of J. Schultz
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stoff
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Jimmi McJenkins
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Moose Coleman
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Good chance to jump on a team that's been up and down of late and is on the second half of a back to back.
OneMoreAstronaut
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Nothing like a slide to temper a winning streak. I think the Ducks are a stronger team even without Getzlaf, so I'm not expecting a great result tonight.
joestevens29
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Jimmi McJenkins
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Hey, at least with Pronger there was a trade, so the Oilers got something. Schultz just ditched the team that drafted him, leaving them with no compensation, and a lost draft pick. The boos should be loud.
stratedge
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We're going to lose Bigos the same way this year, looks like. Still hard to tell how good he'll turn out to be, though.
stratedge
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I don't get the anger. It was the league's and the PA's fault, not the Oilers and not Schultz, that be became a UFA. After that what else would he do but sign with a team on the upswing? Lots of other players will have the same thing happen, as far as I know they still didn't change the hole with the latest CBA.
Beerfish
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lol, if this had happened to the oilers the fan booing would be twice as bad from oiler fans.
backhandsauce
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Oilers win tonight. In fact, they need it badly. Get some momentum going. Next games aren't by any means gimme's, but are games the Oilers can win...
Ducks, Yotes, Flames, Wild, Aves.
Let's get another 5 game streak going!
Ducks, Yotes, Flames, Wild, Aves.
Let's get another 5 game streak going!
Out of the 40 fans that post on HF, will the other Duck fans even know who Schultz is?
joestevens29
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They could've dealt him.
It's something teams should know by now. Be good to your college prospects because they have the option to leave you high and dry. We don't know the full story here to why he wanted out, but ANA knew for awhile and should've tried to get something for him like we did with Riley Nash for a 2nd(Marincin) a couple years back.
oilers2k10
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true it would suck...but I think these College players have every right to exercise this option, its their life for crying out loud
Even if the guy just really didn't want to play for Anaheim, fine, at least let management know. He flat out lied and said he wanted to sign. Very shady.
Thanks Edmonton+Lowe. Appreciate it.
We don't hate Edmonton, it's management (though if I was an Oiler fan I would hate everyone in charge), or its fans. You guys are passionate and patient. It's Schultz we don't like. And we're probably not gonna stop letting him hear it for a while.
Not hear to start a flame war. Just letting you know, waiting for Ducks fans to let it go is a waste of time. He worse than LeBroned us. At least LeBron made it public he was going to leave the team. You can debate that and justify it if you want, but that's just how we see it.
If anything it makes games between the two teams at Honda a little more lively.
stratedge
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No, no he didn't. He just simply didn't sign, and Anaheim didn't sign him. Better teams have realized when things are going south and traded the player yet. He just did what others have done before him and many will do after him; decided to utilize the best options available to him.
http://www.anaheimcalling.com/2012/...e-agent-wisconsin-badgers-bob-murray-contract
As has been stated above, the same thing has happened to Edmonton in the past, and will be happening again to Edmonton in the near term future.
OilerFan4Life
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Watching the Ducks/Kings highlights yesterday.
Crowd was about half full.
When you're the 2nd best team in the league and your crosstown rival and defending champs come to town....and you can't sell the place....it's time to relocate.
Crowd was about half full.
When you're the 2nd best team in the league and your crosstown rival and defending champs come to town....and you can't sell the place....it's time to relocate.
Jimmi McJenkins
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I, for one, don't blame you for being choked Schultz, that sucked, alot. MV's point is really to provide perspective. Like, sure you lost Schultz in a crappy way, but this team Gave you Pronger and you won a Cup because it.
mightyquack
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Those are some funny highlights you are watching then.
(Was also a sellout)
We take Smid back for Schultz and we can call it even
Fixed to Ruin
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Yeah, i watched the game and the place was sold out and sounded like it had quite the atmosphere.
It was the Ducks 7th sellout of the season.
Don't know what highlights you were watching.
Pronger wasn't "given." He was traded. And this really isn't an issue with the Oilers. Schultz could have gone to a team that has never done business with Anaheim, and it would be just as bad.
What do you mean? Who's going to do this to Edmonton in the near future?
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