Confirmed with Link: Steve Tambellini fired
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patty59
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Bruins rebuilt with zero number 1 draft picks. It's amazing that the Oilers have had about 100 of them- the most talented offensive team in the league and still suck.
The Penguin formula didn't work for them...mostly due to timing. The Pens were able to suck at just the right time- twice. Two times acquiring the top two offensive players in the league by intentionally tanking. You would think all teams would follow this formula.
The Bruins organization has too much pride. It hurt us for a long time.
The Penguin formula didn't work for them...mostly due to timing. The Pens were able to suck at just the right time- twice. Two times acquiring the top two offensive players in the league by intentionally tanking. You would think all teams would follow this formula.
The Bruins organization has too much pride. It hurt us for a long time.
patty59
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Bruins rebuilt with zero number 1 draft picks. It's amazing that the Oilers have had about 100 of them- the most talented offensive team in the league and still suck.
The Penguin formula didn't work for them...mostly due to timing. The Pens were able to suck at just the right time- twice. Two times acquiring the top two offensive players in the league by intentionally tanking. You would think all teams would follow this formula.
The Bruins organization has too much pride. It hurt us for a long time.
The problem is that the Oilers only picked number 1 and that's it. They didn't go out and make good trades or good signings. Just draft #1 overall and hope it works out.
Agreed. They ignored some serious issues there. I still see them being a dominant team in the future. Once they get someone in charge who knows what they are doing they will advance pretty quickly.
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stick9
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Let's see how the soon to be 6 million dollar man does in the playoffs first.
stick9
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Bruins rebuilt with zero number 1 draft picks. It's amazing that the Oilers have had about 100 of them- the most talented offensive team in the league and still suck.
The Penguin formula didn't work for them...mostly due to timing. The Pens were able to suck at just the right time- twice. Two times acquiring the top two offensive players in the league by intentionally tanking. You would think all teams would follow this formula.
The Bruins organization has too much pride. It hurt us for a long time.
But the Bruins had the cash to bring in free agents like Chara and Savard.
True, but that's part of Gm'ing a team, I think. All teams have the same salary cap now so money is not a legitimate issue. Any teams NOT spending to the cap are basically screwing their fans out in the open, and the fans should not support the teams (IMO).
Free agents are more of a risk than draft picks- but it's all part of the big picture of creating a winning team. I can't think of any Cup winning teams that brought in no free agents at all, while teams that relied too heavily on it (ie Rangers) usually failed.
Bruins rebuilt with zero number 1 draft picks. It's amazing that the Oilers have had about 100 of them- the most talented offensive team in the league and still suck.
The Penguin formula didn't work for them...mostly due to timing. The Pens were able to suck at just the right time- twice. Two times acquiring the top two offensive players in the league by intentionally tanking. You would think all teams would follow this formula.
The Bruins organization has too much pride. It hurt us for a long time.
It wasn`t tanking that got them Crosby, it was winning a lottery pick,no way to predict that ,unless of course.......
They drafted 1st, 2nd, 1st, 2nd in a 4 year span. Crosby was lucky, but they were in full tank mode during that stretch.
TCL40
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Wrong kind of veterans for the talented young players and not sure they have a solid defensive corps.
Also a group of highly talented players does not necessarily equate with creating a team. If I were the gm I would trade some picks and or talent for a solid, experienced defenseman or two.
Not surprised here at all.
RG617
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What, that people are open to trading Lucic? Have you watched him play this season; watched as his forechecking dropped to somewhere in the average range over the last couple of years and he's too often the last guy back down his own end of the ice? The word "uninspired" comes to mind way too frequently when talking about a guy who made his bones crushing defensemen when they went behind their own net to get the puck, thereby creating offensive opportunities. If he went back to doing that the goals would come and all would be well again. We'd all go back to laughing at trade offers. Instead, he's quickly becoming movable under the right circumstances. Edmonton has the pieces to make one hell of a sweetheart deal, and only a fool would dismiss it out of hand.
Kevin Lowe is still in the organization = this move does nothing
And i wouldn't be opposed to trading Lucic as long as it's a good package.....but i'd also wouldn't be opposed to give him another year to prove he's worth that fat contract.
If he continues this play into next year with a full offseason of conditioning and that, then look at buying him out or trading him
And i wouldn't be opposed to trading Lucic as long as it's a good package.....but i'd also wouldn't be opposed to give him another year to prove he's worth that fat contract.
If he continues this play into next year with a full offseason of conditioning and that, then look at buying him out or trading him
Danton Heineken
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It's getting so bad at this point i don't even have to look at it before i guess it.
It's almost as bad as when TSN overuses one of "Capital Punishment" or "Captial gains"
Yup. I get the feeling Lowetide is kind of a jerk, and thus no one likes to do deals with the Oilers because of it.
ODAAT
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Way overdue, like the Flyers decades of denial that goaltending should be addressed properly, Tambo had opportunities to draft a high end D-man but kept going for the forwards, with no coach to develop them properly. I`m sure Oiler fans were wondering what took so long but..........Kevin Lowe gets the free pass??? Um, why?
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ODAAT
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Holy crap i just caught a clip of Lowe's press conference....could the guy be anymore ignorant?
Couple interesting tidbits
-Tries to take credit for getting the Oilers "within a period" of a 6th Stanley Cup (Mac-T gets the credit for that with his coaching)
Says -"We blew it up, we're in year 3 of that plan, are you trying to tell me you're impatient after 3 years?' (Considering you had 3 straight 1st overall picks and haven't even shown a lick of improvement? i'd be annoyed too) for example, Pittsburgh turned it around after 3 first overall picks, Chicago got back in the picture after 2 high picks.
- Claims because he and MacTavish both have multiple stanley cup rings, they know what it takes to win (Despite not admitting both of them rode the coattails of one of the greatest players in history to get those rings) and that whole "i have rings therefore i am a perfect candidate to run a team" doesn't fly, for reference please see Michael Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats.
I kinda wish Burke would have fought Lowe like he wanted to, would pay to see that after this debacle
Couple interesting tidbits
-Tries to take credit for getting the Oilers "within a period" of a 6th Stanley Cup (Mac-T gets the credit for that with his coaching)
Says -"We blew it up, we're in year 3 of that plan, are you trying to tell me you're impatient after 3 years?' (Considering you had 3 straight 1st overall picks and haven't even shown a lick of improvement? i'd be annoyed too) for example, Pittsburgh turned it around after 3 first overall picks, Chicago got back in the picture after 2 high picks.
- Claims because he and MacTavish both have multiple stanley cup rings, they know what it takes to win (Despite not admitting both of them rode the coattails of one of the greatest players in history to get those rings) and that whole "i have rings therefore i am a perfect candidate to run a team" doesn't fly, for reference please see Michael Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats.
I kinda wish Burke would have fought Lowe like he wanted to, would pay to see that after this debacle
"Cause he won all those Cups with Gretzky. At least that is the only reason I can come up with......
