Post-Game Talk: Welcome to the Boneless Oiler Ranch

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Most offseasons here have blindfaith as a soundtrack. Been like that for decades. I'd referenced the "HOPE" years and to highlight two names in that being the laughable Omark and Paajarvi. The latter were pretty clear imposters at this level. Neither had the balls to stomach 82 game seasons of NHL physicality. Their game wasn't made for this league.

But even with McLeod posters hyperinflated the non physical aspects even though McLeod was very effective on a TKA/GVA level and was zone exit zone entry gold. Exactly the kind of no nonsense player with speed a team should want to advance pucks north.

My concern immediately with the McLeod trade is we lost a guaranteed value NHL player for a prospect. The proverbial bird in hand stuff.

Holloway was clear topsix. Gave him away. Didn't even get anything of value.

It is as if fans need to limit cognitive dissonance about who's running the ship, to have that blanket faith agreement. I'm not really built out that way. Really as we've been mentioning for years its inane to have a decade of McD/Drai and not have been able to do more with that.

Yeah not every player needs to be a bruiser. Softer players have their place too. Losing three young players for basically nothing is, to quite a former poster, "abject failure". We're hoping so hard that Savoie becomes something but in hindsight we got worse in the offseason. And seeing the three in question plus Foegele flourish elsewhere.... It's disappointing but not surprising. Something has to be going on behind the scenes.

 

[TB12]

Impressive that @Drivesaitl unloaded a months worth of thoughts into this thread lol

Welcome back, man!

 

[Drivesaitl]

Impressive that @Drivesaitl unloaded a months worth of thoughts into this thread lol

Welcome back, man!

For humor imagine one being constipated with hockey thoughts for one month and then all the bs releasing all at once in torrents.

Me talking to the wife about hockey: How'd you like that play? Wife: Where is he from, does he have kids, whats his wife like? my wife would fit right in with the hockey wives gossip. just saying.

Some pent up frustration in the mix watching this club get nothing in February. , jk aside. This team in its worst moments gives good headache..

 

[K1984]

For humor imagine one being constipated with hockey thoughts for one month and then all the bs releasing all at once in torrents.

Me talking to the wife about hockey: How'd you like that play? Wife: Where is he from, does he have kids, whats his wife like? my wife would fit right in with the hockey wives gossip. just saying.

Some pent up frustration in the mix watching this club get nothing in February. , jk aside. This team in its worst moments gives good headache..

Might be better served for the golf forum, but on this note whoever invented Full Swing on Netflix is a genius and I owe them an unlimited debt.

My wife now watches more golf than I do because she's familiar with the personalities and cheers for the ones she likes. Its amazing.