News Article: Spec can I talk to you a sec?

[iCanada]

Criticism is fine. Making shots like bot being able to carry Sids bag is not.
Thats not journalism. At this point he is nothing more than a blogger that has access to the team. Super unprofessional.

I just wish our media could carry the laptop bags of real media.

 

[Wretched Oil]

Ya'll keep clicking that link and giving Specs bosses a reason to stay at his job.

 

[pabst blue ribbon]

I heard a rumor that McDavid jingled a set of keys in front of Spector who was entertained by that for at least a couple of hours

 

[Morpheus]

Love this pic, courtesy of @Del Preston

 

[Drivesaitl]

McDavid has the second lowest 5vs5 goals against per 60 among all Oilers this year.

Spector is pissed off that the Yzerman moment he preached about happened and did jack shit to help the squad because hockey is a team game with 20 players, a coaching staff and a general manager, not something driven by bullshit narratives about great leaders sacrificing their points for defence or whatever is the popular story. It happened without fulfilling its narrative purpose and in Spectors world of childish stories that means it didn't happen at all.

McD gets a ton of Ozone faceoffs and the best wingers on the team to work with. Not sure also how much Pulju specifically has helped him in the GA department.

The stat is a bit misleading too because in games where for instance an opponent are leading 4-0 they don't need anymore goals, and McD still gets toi.

Would wonder what all players first period specific stat lines look like. those are the meaningful segments of where games get established. We know the Oil suck at that part.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Hahaha that gave me a lil chuckle

What a loser fanbase

I got all their likes. They just love me over there..

 

[yukoner88]

Love this pic, courtesy of @Del Preston

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Ooooooo this has strong Avatar vibes. Yanking this when i get home from the grocery store

 

[Nostradumbass]

McD gets a ton of Ozone faceoffs and the best wingers on the team to work with. Not sure also how much Pulju specifically has helped him in the GA department.

The stat is a bit misleading too because in games where for instance an opponent are leading 4-0 they don't need anymore goals, and McD still gets toi.

Would wonder what all players first period specific stat lines look like. those are the meaningful segments of where games get established. We know the Oil suck at that part.

Cherry picking stats to suit a narrative does little to prove a point.

What if the 1st period numbers look great but 2nd look worse? Would you shift to those next?

 

[onetweasy]

I have to be stuck on Groundhog Day.....


Spector dusting off his big boy pants after a coach is fired........yawn.

GM coming out saying we have to be harder to play against......yawn.

Advanced stat guys claiming they predicted the future.....yawn.

Wake me up when this cycle is broken.



Okay campers, rise, and shine, and don't forget your booties ‘cause it’s cold out there… it’s cold out there every day......

 

[GOilers88]

Spec really is just an example of the worst type of journalist. He is a perfect use case for the Dunning-Kruger effect as well.

The guy is simply clueless, and always has been. I have no idea why anybody associates with him in any way, or listens to anything he has to say about hockey in general.

It's a shame there are so many living examples of the DK effect tied to the Oilers, past and present.

 

[Ninety7]

So this was posted by a flames fan on the mains.

I ask why it’s thread worthy

a mod proceeds to chew me out and get all into his feelings saying I shouldn’t click the thread if I don’t want to, and posts a link to HFboards anti-whining thread

he then proceeds to close the thread anyways.

wtf?

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Why is nobody talking about the part after the sid comment, where he said McD won't win until he learns to want to win. To me, that was more egregious than the sid comment. That was the one that really pissed me off

 

[KlefDown]

seriously can't get over Spec's article, what a dickhead man

 

[K1984]

So this was posted by a flames fan on the mains.

I ask why it’s thread worthy

a mod proceeds to chew me out and get all into his feelings saying I shouldn’t click the thread if I don’t want to, and posts a link to HFboards anti-whining thread

he then proceeds to close the thread anyways.

wtf?

Flame fans are a special breed of pathetic and dumb.

If the roles were reversed, I would absolutely be making fun of and dunking on the Flames repeatedly. However, I certainly wouldn't be going out of my way to make troll threads on the mains like they tend to do with any Oiler related news no matter how irrelevant and you wouldn't really see others around here doing it either.

There are way, way more Oilers fans on this board than Flames fans, but the few Flames fans that are here all do the same pathetic nonsense on the mains in a way that is unrivaled.

 

[Louis Cypher]

Interesting on Oilers Raw they cut out the last bit where Conner asks to speak to Spec.

 

[xoczar99ox]

Well this is a bullshit hypocrisy Tweet if there ever was one. Kudos for McDavid for handling it behind the scenes??? I would have had no less respect for McDavid had he used his platform to call out Spector in public for his hack reporting. McDavid just has ten times the class that Spector has is all.

f*** mark spector

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

I'm not surprised Spector went after the top players knowing that a coaching change was needed.

He was preaching 'stability' a week ago and said the fans were wrong. Fast forward to yesterday, Tippett got fired and Spector eating crow.

The stuff that he writes isn't journalism. It's trolling and click bait material because he knows everyone will eat it up.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Connor McDavid: "Spec, can I talk to you for a sec?"

HF Mains:

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Spector is pissy because his ski vacay got cut short as he was probably told to get his ass back to Edmonton to cover the firing.

 

[Magnum23]

Can’t believe so many of these Edmonton reporters still have jobs and make a full time living from it. You can literally find better writers and creators who do it for free/little money on blogs and YouTube.

spector needs to be the first to go

 

[frag2]

Flame fans are a special breed of pathetic and dumb.

If the roles were reversed, I would absolutely be making fun of and dunking on the Flames repeatedly. However, I certainly wouldn't be going out of my way to make troll threads on the mains like they tend to do with any Oiler related news no matter how irrelevant and you wouldn't really see others around here doing it either.

There are way, way more Oilers fans on this board than Flames fans, but the few Flames fans that are here all do the same pathetic nonsense on the mains in a way that is unrivaled.

The problem with us HFOiler'ers making threads in the Mains, even if only just a hint of trolling but really trying to generate conversation, mods there are thin skinned and would give you an infraction. Just comes with being an Oilers fan around those parts . The hypocrisy there is crazy when you see the amount of troll shit Flames and Nucks fans post about Oilers that never get locked up. Hell, some of the mods even join in which is SMH since they should know better.

 

[oilers'72]

One thing I noticed about Spector is how little info there is on him out there. No bio, just SNet, Team 1260, columns and publications. It's like he's never existed before his stint at the Gateway. I wouldn't be surprised that his name is a pseudonym.

 

[DrDrai]

Spector needs to be punched in the face with Gregors face.

 

[Snipesaitl]

So Spec thinks he knows more about winning then the best player in the game?

What a f***ing tool.

 

[McDrai]

Spector needs to be punched in the face with Gregors face.

Can Matheson somehow be involved in this as well?