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taurine330 said:
Giving Drai franchise D minutes?
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Meant he’s already home scouting in a less frantic market - he’s gone.

But they miss this year and suddenly they have to start wondering what life without the Golden Child will look like, because despite his black hole of a personality and constant ‘derp!’ facial expressions there’s a brain in there and it’s probably realized ‘we’re not winning a Cup here.’
 
MSZ said:
Can't laugh at the Coilers right now given how bad the Leafs are.
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Yes we can. Should Edmonton even have a franchise?

TTOE was supposed to be the worst Canadian based team and they might be one of the best.
 
Voodoo Child said:
I know it’s early but it’s looking ugly in Loiler land.

.643 for the duration to get 95 points which might get you in. That’s a 105 point pace.

.714 for 100 points which gets you in in the West.

And a round .750 (123 point pace) for 105 points which is home ice in the West.

At least the Leafs, who’ve been slow starters for like 5-6 years now, are an above 500 team despite zero depth scoring and beer-league goaltending.

I’ve said before that Drai is already asking buddies around the league about their cities but if they miss, and it’s because they’ve given him franchise D minutes for the last four years and he’s beat - and he somehow becomes the scapegoat and you know that’s what’ll happen, he’s gone too.
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Get the Maple Leaf 97 jersey ready in the near future.
 
MSZ said:
Can't laugh at the Coilers right now given how bad the Leafs are.
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Leafs are no where as bad. We dont' have a 5 million dollar goalie playing the minors
Our star players are producing. We do have 2 key injuries

We have a lot of faces that will take some time to gel.

Oilers on the other hand, just fundamentally flawed. Unless McDavid goes on a 200 point a season streak, which he can, they have nothing
 
fahad203 said:
Leafs are no where as bad. We dont' have a 5 million dollar goalie playing the minors
Our star players are producing. We do have 2 key injuries

We have a lot of faces that will take some time to gel.

Oilers on the other hand, just fundamentally flawed. Unless McDavid goes on a 200 point a season streak, which he can, they have nothing
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I dunno man, looking at our playoff record it's hard for me to say that we're not fundamentally flawed as well. I also feel like we're on the verge of being irrelevant as early as next season. I can see us trading futures for rentals once again in a desparate attempt to win this season and considering our only valuable tradeable assets are Minten, Cowan and the one 1st rounder we have in the next 2 years (both 2nd rounders already traded), the cupboards will be bare as f*** once two of those three assets are gone which seems pretty likely. Then Nylander will probably leave - he's not dumb, he can see this team has no future and then we're left with M&M (assuming Marner stays) with not much at all in the way of a supporting cast, plus some other team will offer Willie top dollar so why would he stay? I doubt he loves being an afterthought behind M&M enough to take less money to stay here. I love Rielly but he won't be doing anything other than declining soon and after him, our D will be Liljegren and duct tape and the forwards will be M&M, Knies, a declining JT and duct tape. Woll is a big question mark but even if he turns into an all-star, this will still be a team where the question won't be can they win the cup, it'll be can they make the playoffs.

Considering the chances of the desperation all-in resulting in a cup this season, I'd be pro-active and tear it down now if I could but those pesky no-trade deals are a problem. The only option would be to talk to M&M, tell them the party here is over and then there's a decent chance they agree to be traded. Tear it down now, and look to rise again maybe 5 years from now. But ... that would be too unconventional and take too much balls so we'll probably go all-in and then we're just f***ed for the next decade or so.

Happy Friday everyone! :)

On another subject, every time I look ITT people are mocking the Oilers. What is the reason for this obsession with the Oilers and why are they living rent free in so many people's heads?

Brobust said:
The only joy I have ever experienced as a hockey fan is from hating on the Oilers.
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OK, I guess there's my answer. By all means, hate away then. Cheers!
 
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Nineteen67 said:
Yes we can. Should Edmonton even have a franchise?

TTOE was supposed to be the worst Canadian based team and they might be one of the best.
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I honestly don't give a flying F. Leafs fans should worry about their own team first. Well unless McJesus asks for a trade to come to Toronto.
 
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MSZ said:
I honestly don't give a flying F. Leafs fans should worry about their own team first. Well unless McJesus asks for a trade to come to Toronto.
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I don’t care about Edmonton either and wouldn’t know they really existed without this board. They’re Minnesota North, imo. You know there’s a team there but that’s the extent of it.
 
Brobust said:
The only joy I have ever experienced as a hockey fan is from hating on the Oilers.
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I still don’t get why people dislike Edmonton, they’ve been a disaster since Messier left.
The only team I dislike is in Quebec and on the rare occasions I watch them I hope they get destroyed.
 
BallardEra said:
www.sportsnet.ca

Campbell focused on finding 'next level' to game despite loss in Condors debut

Though he faced a tough loss in his Condors debut in the wake of a surprising demotion to the AHL, Jack Campbell has remained focused on finding the next level in his game, regardless where he is.
www.sportsnet.ca www.sportsnet.ca
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Jack should worry about finding the first level rather than the next.

ULF_55 said:
That's clickbait at its finest.

Galchenyuk:

692 NHL Games
32 NHL Games as a Leaf
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Yep. Notice when it's bad, our team name is attached whether the player involved was here 5 years or 5 minutes. He's a former Montreal first rounder, which unsurprisingly isn't mentioned.
 
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