Is Ekholm injured or just sick AF? If he’s sick, down here there is still all kinds of various, nasty shit going around that’s putting people out of commission for 2-3 weeks. Doesn’t matter the age group, they’re all getting hit hard with it.
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In the meantime, feel free to join our Discord ServerYep. Like Podkolzin to an extend it’s not the players’ fault they’re being elevated to the top 6 because of a lack of better options.I definitely agree on Brown. He had a great game. There was that goal he missed, but imo that was a harder shot than it seems. It was on the rush and the defense was right there. Sure, a true top six scorer would have got that one in but Brown is what he is. He plays good defense and and has a bit of offense.
Probably makes the players feel real good when ever they go down a goal, he just puts McDrai together cause he doesnt trust anyone else to do anything.Because for us to succeed in the playoff we need more than one line. And we aren’t going to find more than 1 line if the moment the team is down a goal the coach goes “don’t worry everyone, they will save us together!”
Interesting. There are some significant differences between the NHL and the other major North American pro leagues which might have contributing factors.This what separates NHL media from other major sports. You would never hear this kind of stuff from people covering the NFL, NBA or MLB. The NFL and MLB in particular. People who cover those at a serious level can tell you nearly every player's shoe size and favourite breakfast serial. Many of the people covering the NHL know almost nothing about what happens outside their own teams and if they do it is usually just the teams in their team's division. At the national level it is slightly better but still not even in the ballpark of what you would see in these other leagues.
It seemed like Ekholm was fighting something pretty nasty before the 4 Nations (he could barely speak in interviews). Really, he probably should have sat the 4 Nations out and rested. Better to get healthy now for playoffs (assuming the Oilers still make themIs Ekholm injured or just sick AF? If he’s sick, down here there is still all kinds of various, nasty shit going around that’s putting people out of commission for 2-3 weeks. Doesn’t matter the age group, they’re all getting hit hard with it.
This is just silly.Lack of production on this team is concerning..
Pickard had more points last night, than 14 of our players combined...
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Gotta do it for the love of the game, not the likes lolSo… we lost all the likes we received in the last year?
Booooooo
Weeks ago I'd suspected it was a secondary respiratory infection. Even with best antibiotics, rest, these can take a longtime to clear up. Post Covid bets are off on all these kinds of things. Seen a lot of people get sicker than they ever have before after having had Covid. Seems like there could be after effects we don't know about. Just surmising but Ekholm looked sick as a dog for awhile. They took awhile to shut him down and I think waited too late.Is Ekholm injured or just sick AF? If he’s sick, down here there is still all kinds of various, nasty shit going around that’s putting people out of commission for 2-3 weeks. Doesn’t matter the age group, they’re all getting hit hard with it.
As my brother in law says, the day a man gets married, his wife puts his balls in her purse.
Anyways, Pickard is the starter now…back to “win and you’re in” rotating starters again.
I had a helluva time too with not getting the two-factor codes sent by email but they’re sending now (obviously-lol).
I dunno guy. Despite it being cap league I don't give players get out of jail cards just for being cheap. They occupy a spot in what are limited NHL rosters and lineups. Contender teams don't have this many nothing cards in the deck. Theres a huge cost the org made losing several of its prospects and glue players and replacing them with old cheap contracts. Of course we also lost futures and even reputation as young players would be avoiding wanting to be in this place now. This management set us back decades to where its now going to be tougher to even get high prospects to come here and not decline. You'll see players hoping not to get picked at draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Its back to that. You don't screw your prospects around like the Oilers have done and not have that payback.The Arvidsson, Henrique and Skinner (because they don't use him properly) signings are burning a major hole in the Oilers pockets and I'd also add in Ryan Nothing Happens who brings...what exactly outside of the ugly turnover that led to the game tying goal? Guys like Podkolzin, Brown and Janmark are fine because they combined make less than Viktor Ughvidssson makes alone so they play like $1m players and are paid accordingly. It's the overpaid guys (the guys that are playing like $1-2m players but getting paid much more) that are killing the Oilers now and they can't do anything about it because they all have NMCs lmao, two of them for another year and Nuge for....forever.
Oddly the lone signing that got shit on endlessly in Corey Perry is the only one paying off.
Sure. The Hyman work rate is there, you can still see it but NHL correction has occurred. What he was doing is spotted, covered, and he's not being left alone in areas now. The Oilers maybe telegraphing as well and this club has tended to go to the well of what scoring plays have produced fruit. 3 things particularly teams have covered more:I think he's still been a relative bright spot. He won't score 50 but he still brings a good work ethic and will go to the net. He's contributed something.
In the off-season, he will still be on the "keepers list" which is more than we can say for some of the guys who will be down at the bus station.
Tell us how you really feel lolMcDavid is a fool if he thinks he's worth more than Draisaitl.
One down season doesn’t change the fact that McDavid is still the most valuable player in the league. The entire league would write him a blank check right now.McDavid is a fool if he thinks he's worth more than Draisaitl.
McD and Booch both look like they are determined to reduce their contract price. heh. What a strange season. I had Leon pegged at 40G +100pts this season. He's blowing projections out of the water. he's 100% again healthwise and I'd wondered whether he ever gets there again with all the punishment he takes. He's a physical specimen. Ox, tank, whatever.Tell us how you really feel lol
I get Stecher but who’s the other midget on the back end?Ty Emberson is not an NHL player. Period. He and Kulak have been getting absolutely caved. And Troy Stetcher has lots of try but he's tiny. So we have 2 weak midgets on the backend that are getting run over and manhandled every game. And Li'l Arvy and Brown are beyond useless. Fire Kapanen and Pod into the sun. All of these guys need to be gone next year.
I had a similar experience.I had to reset my password but it wouldn't send me the email. Then I got 6 at 3:47am.
Emberson plays like one. Gets constantly pushed off the puck.I get Stecher but who’s the other midget on the back end?
Please explain to me how Brown @ 1 million is “beyond useless” this season?
Much better.Emberson plays like one. Gets constantly pushed off the puck.
And whether you're getting 3 mill or 1 mill, useless is still useless. Perhaps not beyond useless, just useless. or, the best of a bad bunch. Better for you?
Ty Emberson is not an NHL player. Period. He and Kulak have been getting absolutely caved. And Troy Stetcher has lots of try but he's tiny. So we have 2 weak midgets on the backend that are getting run over and manhandled every game. And Li'l Arvy and Brown are beyond useless. Fire Kapanen and Pod into the sun. All of these guys need to be gone next year.
Imagine thinking the empty net merchant is the mvp over Leon f***ing Draisaitl.