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This is what I mean about Vancouver being so f***ing lucky. 4 goals today and all scored by bozos you wouldn't recognize in a lineup or hockey card. Theres a reason this club is a house of cards. Buncha Teddy Bluegers I always say.
 
K1984 said:
I feel so bad for them.

It's to the point where it is a true curse. You look at their roster and it isn't even that bad, it just doesn't work. Their defence is a bit young and are missing some overall defensive competence, goalies a bit green too, but still. They shouldn't be last in the conference.

The worst thing is they are going to start making moves for the sake of making moves that are only likely to do damage, as we saw with the Cozens/Norris trade.
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They would probably be a top team but n the league if they stuck with their players from rebuild 1.0 like Eichel, Reinhart and others. They need to just ride it out and stick with their young players but get the right veterans mixed in. They’re going to end up trading a bunch of young stars that will succeed elsewhere and go into rebuild 2.0 or 3.0.
 
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Jimmi McJenkins said:


I feel like I've read these same sentiments somewhere before.
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Thanks for sharing. I have time for the Buffalo team and fanbase. Sadly, they and the Oilers have been the Case Study for what not to do with scored earth rebuilds. Bad, turnstile management groups and coaching staffs with terrible personnel decisions are very costly. Oilers were fortunate operating in monopolistic conditions with its exceptional fanbase and the ultimate, arguably unearned gift of super elite Connor McDavid. Propelled by McDavid and some management stability the Oil finally arrived as a perennial playoff team.

Buffalo though continues to spin around. Kevyn Adams who got the last guy fired and took his job has steadily eroded away high pedigree talent for lesser value in return. What's the Sabres identity? I don't know ... what day is it. Then the guy plays victim with his palm tree whine.
 
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With Torts being fired speculation already firing up of Tocchet to Philly.

Although Servalli did mention this morning that if Dubas does get the okay to move on from Sullivan that Pittsburgh could be a location.

Where ever he ends up, could be some interesting media scrums in Vancouver with the focus going towards the future of their coaching instead of them trying to crawl into the playoffs.
 
joestevens29 said:
With Torts being fired speculation already firing up of Tocchet to Philly.

Although Servalli did mention this morning that if Dubas does get the okay to move on from Sullivan that Pittsburgh could be a location.

Where ever he ends up, could be some interesting media scrums in Vancouver with the focus going towards the future of their coaching instead of them trying to crawl into the playoffs.
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All we ever hear(d) from Nuck and Flame fans is how much of a shithole Edmonton is, how nobody wants to be here, how nobody in their right mind would want to stay, how McDavid is leaving at first sign, etc, etc.

Just odd that each time we provided these two teams and fan bases a reality check, everyone got out of dodge and the team is a facsimile of what it was the year before. All while everyone stays here. Weird how that works.
 
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Tortorella getting punted was a bit out of left field, not much of a hot seat run up you usually get before a high profile coach gets fired. With how close to the end of the season it is, not sure why they didn't just wait until after the final game and make it an offseason move

Wonder if that players poll where over 50% of the players in the entire league don't want to play for him has something to do with it too
 
Tarus said:
Tortorella getting punted was a bit out of left field, not much of a hot seat run up you usually get before a high profile coach gets fired. With how close to the end of the season it is, not sure why they didn't just wait until after the final game and make it an offseason move

Wonder if that players poll where over 50% of the players in the entire league don't want to play for him has something to do with it too
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I don't know that theres much of any kind of play in Philly. Really odd club, roster decisions etc for years. There just doesn't seem to be any build out, any improvement. I wonder sometimes if good or reasonable coaching actually disguises for awhile how many problems there are. For years I've looked at that Philly team with what I thought were pretty nothing rosters and a coach getting them farther than they would otherwise go. Not that theres been much of that either. Just a mess in Philly and the fire a coach button is sometimes just a way to shake the heat off for awhile. Owners managers probably really feeling it.
 
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Canucks are closing in on 3rd and will be just 5 points back if they win tonight. They’re going to catch the Oilers down the final stretch here with no goaltending and the top 2 producers out.

Revenge for last year I guess.
 
joestevens29 said:
With Torts being fired speculation already firing up of Tocchet to Philly.

Although Servalli did mention this morning that if Dubas does get the okay to move on from Sullivan that Pittsburgh could be a location.

Where ever he ends up, could be some interesting media scrums in Vancouver with the focus going towards the future of their coaching instead of them trying to crawl into the playoffs.
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Did Van fire Tochett? And sorry, which of the two could go to Pitt, Tochett or Torts?
 
Ritchie Valens said:
Canucks are closing in on 3rd and will be just 5 points back if they win tonight. They’re going to catch the Oilers down the final stretch here with no goaltending and the top 2 producers out.

Revenge for last year I guess.
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Oilers would still be 6 points up with the tie-breakers and have a game in hand...they ain't catching us
Calgary is more of a threat if they win tomorrow
 
McShogun99 said:
The two wild card teams could end up finishing the season with more points than the Oilers and Kings. I doubt it happens but it just shows how good the Central is this year.
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3rd in the west is a 3-horse race now. Vancouver could easily catch Edmonton. Edmonton doesn’t have an easy schedule to close out the season either, especially with their injuries.
 
CantHaveTkachev said:
Oilers would still be 6 points up with the tie-breakers and have a game in hand...they ain't catching us
Calgary is more of a threat if they win tomorrow
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They have Demko back, Edmonton has 87 points, Van has 80. They’re 5 minutes away from pulling to within 5. Nothing is guaranteed until the “x-“ appears next to the team name.

We’re missing our 2 superstars, our best dman and the goaltending is beer league level. Even if the Oilers do make it, LA is taking them out. Kuemper is 4X as good as whoever the Oilers trot out in net.
 
Ritchie Valens said:
They have Demko back, Edmonton has 87 points, Van has 80. They’re 5 minutes away from pulling to within 5. Nothing is guaranteed until the “x-“ appears next to the team name.

We’re missing our 2 superstars, our best dman and the goaltending is beer league level. Even if the Oilers do make it, LA is taking them out. Kuemper is 4X as good as whoever the Oilers trot out in net.
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Canucks still 6 points back of the Oilers, blowing a 3-0 lead and losing in a SO...and the Oilers have a game in hand
 
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Stoneman89 said:
We play SJ three times which should help.
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Should but they’ve been playing spoiler. Anaheim has stolen lunch money from them too, they play LA once or twice. I’m about 75-25 confident they’ll make it, 2-98 confident they get out of round 1.

Which is maybe what they need to get serious and make the right changes up and down, but who am I kidding. They should have got serious when balls 5-14-6-1 popped up the chute.
 
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Canucks still 6 points back of the Oilers, blowing a 3-0 lead and losing in a SO...and the Oilers have a game in hand
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Van thankfully let that one slip away to just get one point, it’s one point but a big one point. Tonight will be pretty telling depending on which Oiler team shows up. I have to laugh at the game in hand argument though (not at you just in general) when it’s brought it up. They mean shit unless you win them. That also means the Oilers likely have a b2b in there somewhere to make that game up.
 
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