Krueger: "We don't want the Oilers picking in the top 5 in the Draft."
Gene Principe @GenePrincipe 14m
"We don't want to be in the top 5 and drop into the lottery. We want to move up. I've set a goal to try and get us to 21st." Ralph Krueger
Why would that be a goal?
Your GM was just fired and his replacement basically said this team sucks.
A couple of wins aren't going to help the loser mentality.
But I want Barkov
Good game by Eberle and Hall. I missed the last half of the game. Did Halls injury look bad?
Where is all the "trade Eberle" posters?
This guy better not be going anywhere with the new regime at the helm
Or should I say old regime LOL
Gene Principe @GenePrincipe 14m
"We don't want to be in the top 5 and drop into the lottery. We want to move up. I've set a goal to try and get us to 21st." Ralph Krueger
Why would that be a goal?
Your GM was just fired and his replacement basically said this team sucks.
A couple of wins aren't going to help the loser mentality.
Are you guys kidding me? What coach wants to lose? What coach is going to publicly say "oh yeah disappointing win tonight we were hoping to work our way into the bottom 5." Winning should always be a goal.
I somewhat agree with you guys wanting to lose and try and snag Barkov, but no matter how imcompetent he may be, this is an NHL coach we're talking about. His job is to win.
Also, I'm sure his goal was the playoffs when the season started. Now we're out so do you expect him to say "well, fat chance we're making the playoffs this team blows, we're going to go out there and lose."
Jeez, I rag on Kreuger as much as the next guy, but this is ridiculous.
Krueger sweating bullets right about now. Probably thinkin if they tank it he will be getting his pink slip.
Right here. He's a great player. Nobody is denying that. We have greater needs and he can help us get them. It's games like these where he proves he's worth a top D man.
It's too bad Eberle can't play the Avalanche 82 times a season.
It's too bad Eberle can't play the Avalanche 82 times a season.
He would break Gretzky's point records.
We're still most likely going to get Barkov whether Krueger is willing to accept it or not.
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We're probably going to lose the rest of our games.
It's not about wanting to lose. It's about setting a goal for 21st place.
I could understand saying you want the team to keep playing hard and fight until the end.
But, now the motivational speaker has set it up so the team can celebrate because of hitting their illustrious goal of 9th worst team in the league.
To me, it just screams being content with being ****.
We're still most likely going to get Barkov whether Krueger is willing to accept it or not.
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We're probably going to lose the rest of our games.
Lol i didn't realize our schedule was that bad
We actually might lose the rest of our games
I guess you could see it that way, and maybe that's what Kreuger means. I just thought that although he is disappointed by missing the playoffs, he is setting a realistic goal for the team so they have something to strive for and can carry it on to next season.
And 21st would be 10th worst team in the league
Where is all the "trade Eberle" posters?
This guy better not be going anywhere with the new regime at the helm
Or should I say old regime LOL
I don't know. I guess I just don't agree with his mentality.
If a coach of mine said, "Come on, guys! Let's try to be the 10th worst(thank you ) team in the league!", I'd probably laugh in his face.
In my opinion, the only thing you should be playing for is pride at this point. Not some imaginary goal.
Just came to say that I put 4280 vcash on the Oilers tonight!
Gene Principe @GenePrincipe 14m
"We don't want to be in the top 5 and drop into the lottery. We want to move up. I've set a goal to try and get us to 21st." Ralph Krueger
Why would that be a goal?
Your GM was just fired and his replacement basically said this team sucks.
A couple of wins aren't going to help the loser mentality.