Pre-Game Talk: Lets Light This Candle. Edmonton v Winnipeg, Wednesday 8 PM.

[Jumptheshark]

Just wait if Puljujarvi starts scoring for real in Pittsburgh….

not saying people should do(I dont) but some may need to relax around here and here is an idea

 

[McFlyingV]

These guys don't get it.

Holloway flat out told Andy Strickland the offer was 3.1 over three years. So about a Mil a year over a three year term lol. That was enough to piss him off because it wasn't a serious offer with that term.

Yet the GM's here try to compare it to the Nick Robertson signing which was 900k for ONE year. Laughable.

Then they say, well no way was Holloway worth the offer sheet, failing to use any logic or understanding how they got there.

When you look at the contract Kent Johnson signed the Oilers offer doesn't look that far off. Maybe by 2-300k per year at most.

 

[Oilhawks]

The constant 180s people here are doing over these two should be studied in psychology schools.

Broberg went from a guy people would have been happy to get a 2nd for in a throw away deal all the way to some sort of key player on the basis of about 3 good games on the bottom pair in the playoffs.

Holloway is a band aid that played half a season (again), produced all of about Jack shit in the 38 games he did play, and had about 50/50 support at best to be in the opening playoff lineup. Then by virtue of losing him all of a sudden we’re dumb for not voluntarily overpaying him in advance.

Any deal for these two above about $1.5M AAV each would have been met with resounding screams from here, and justifiably so. Only when we lost them was it all of a sudden dumb that we didn’t just voluntarily overpay them before.

Captain hindsight and goal post moving at its absolute worst.

The worst part is that, with regards to the bolded, it would be coming from a lot of the same posters, that just bitch and moan about absolutely anything the team does.

It's a shame we don't live in alternate reality where the Oilers won game 7 and these same posters would whine about something like "that's great and all, but they almost got swept, need to do it better next time"

 

[T-Funk]

 

[CycloneSweep]

my ass

Bigger than most airports.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Game calendar if you need

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843845540154630509

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Game calendar if you need

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843845540154630509

13 years for the blue jackets and what 2 playoff series wins?

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

13 years for the blue jackets and what 2 playoff series wins?

I think the 13 is for Johnny Gaudreau

 

[McFlash97]

Did we lowball him?

Nick Robertson who had much better stats last year signed for like 900k.

Having to talk in capitals like that doesn’t help you get your point across by the way, just makes people laugh at you.

The fact your comparing Nick Robertson to a Oiler drafted and developed pick, who played superb in the playoffs, was an absolute horse on the forecheck and gained valuable playoff experience. Also gelling with the guys in the room. He was lowballed by this organization, yet we resign a 40 year old skeleton, then go try to replace Holloway with an enigmatic outcasted Russian from Vancouver of all places, who nearly makes what Holloway was asking for initially is quite funny.

Some Oiler fans just keep running in circles without realizing they are in one.

Let's forget Broberg for a bit, because that's just a shitxx contract. No one matches that,

on Holloway,

All we're saying is if management does stupid shxxx. Call them out on it. Why keep pretending these are solid moves ? It's just shitty asset management. If your going to double down on this, expect people to disagree with you on a hockey forum.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

I think the 13 is for Johnny Gaudreau

Oh yeah. My bad. Also 13 years more like 23. Just started my pre game drinking.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Looks like Jeff Skinner will be the whipping boy for the media. Nasty reviews on his preseason.. But we shall see

 

[Drivesaitl]

Like any locale it has its pros and cons. Definitely give up many conveniences that come with being close to large urban centers but it’s also a much easier, quieter life. For myself, dealing with a tropical storm once in an awhile is far preferable to dealing with a large and growing population. Being able to split time between two very different places can really make you appreciate both for different reasons.

Natural disasters aside, and I really don’t know you very well but I think you’d probably like living in a place like this. It’s a very calm, low speed way of life, small tight knit communities, and tropical climates tend to have health benefits once you adjust. I’ll be 38 this year and my wife is 34, and we are definitely some of the youngest in our area. Most of our neighbors are in their 50’s+ many of them expats from Canada, US and parts of Europe. Many of them retired or semi retired professionals and most speak about how much their health has improved living in the tropics. The other thing is it’s incredible how many physicians live here, I probably have 50 different types of medical professionals within a square km of my house lol

I can't deal with heat and humidity. With high humidity particular I feel like its harder to breathe. I was made for drier air, less humidity, lower temps and like I say can't stand being surrounded by water for long. If I lived on an island or peninsula surrounded by ocean this would really get to me. Can do it for short while but not for long. I guess everybody is built a little different. Total landlubber here. I don't even like lakes that much.

The other thing is my philosophical bent. Everything I need is right where I am. While I thirst for knowledge and learning about the globe and history I don't need to see every bit of it. If I had to live elsewhere it would definitely be somewhere in Europe. My generational connection I suppose.

 

[Drivesaitl]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843766884568809710

With McDrai contracts being what they are I guess we have to get used to plugging with league minimums for a long time. I don't even know this guy beyond his preseason here.

 

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Leafs are falling. I'm ready for hockey to start. LFG, to the start of what we hope is a special season