I really feel chastised now.
- sanfordnson

No. Trolls never do. It's part of your charm, right?

No. Trolls never do. It's part of your charm, right?
- AllInForFlyers

To know me is to love me.

To know me is to love me.
- sanfordnson

i love you rockford

i love you rockford
- watsonnostaw

I love you wahtsun

The Canadian teams can compete with the cash, but not with the geography. Edmonton regularly gets to -20 C and -30 C for some of the winter. Not exactly the place I want to be if money doesn't matter. New York is likely (I've never been there) one of the top 10 cities in the world for desirability when money is not a problem. You do realize that Pronger played one year in Edmonton, took them to within 1 game of the cup then asked for a trade? Since then, it has even been worse for Edmonton to attract top free agents or even players with NMC or NTC's. (See Vanek, Penner RFA offer sheets; Heatly trade, Nylander, Hossa, etc........) Therefore, teams like Edmonton must build through the draft.

If you look at the Oilers from 91-2005 (60c Canadian dollar had a lot to do with it), they competed for 8th place at best. Sometimes made the playoffs, sometimes just missed. As a result drafted around middle of the pack. A team that is in a city (with plenty of fan support through thick and thin) that isn't desirable for free agents can never get better.
- Al Hacker

but it's a dry cold isn't it? but seriously, I hadn't considered it that bad but I guess it is from a players perspective, I always thought Edmonton was a cool little city but what do I know. Maybe with the team getting better it'll attract some new talent, otherwise you guys are eternally fu*ked. You could keep rebuilding through the draft and your top players will eventually hit ufa status so yuo still have some type of window management has to consider.

but it's a dry cold isn't it? but seriously, I hadn't considered it that bad but I guess it is from a players perspective, I always thought Edmonton was a cool little city but what do I know. Maybe with the team getting better it'll attract some new talent, otherwise you guys are eternally fu*ked. You could keep rebuilding through the draft and your top players will eventually hit ufa status so yuo still have some type of window management has to consider.
- MatzCT

Dry cold in Alberta, and despite popular and idiotic opinion, not -30 6 months of the year.

Troll blog carolina wishes it had enough fans to support players to not play for their team

Troll blog carolina wishes it had enough fans to support players to not play for their team
- 2Real

- sanfordnson

I read this article without looking, thinking it was Meltzer's. I thought he went nuts at first. Thank god its just an article from the one of the many dodos who post for other teams.
- TrentKlatt

That is exactly what happened to me!!!!!

- sanfordnson

thats a picture of him/her too..

worst gm are you crazy name me a bad gm who acquire couturier and voracek for jeff carter or acquire the rights of hartnell and timonen for a picks. the only reason the team have a bad seasons last years its because of the injury. i see the team make the playoff easy this years

my lines
hartnell giroux voracek
schenn lecavalier read
gagné couturier simmonds
talbot hall rinaldo

coburn timonen
schenn streit
grossman gustafson or lauridsen

bye bye meszaros and his 4m on the cap hit

emery starter for 50 match maybe less
mason start the rest

not to bad for a team who have a supposed bad gm
- gantron666

goaltending is still a joke , always has been always will be

- kicksave856

Bro do you even gif?

goaltending is still a joke , always has been always will be
- Jurco_28

Yes, might as well give up.

That's an argument that bottom-feeders don't like, because they already get every subsidy in the book when drafting.

Bottom-feeders want it every which way they can get it: Don't spend more money than us. Give us higher draft picks. Don't sign our free agents. Don't bully us with offer sheets -- but ignore us when we sign Dustin Penner and Thomas Vanek to offer sheets. Make there be a salary cap so our franchise can compete.

It just never stops, with bottom-feeders.
- AllInForFlyers

Are you really this stunned?

Is this the place where the butthurt fans hang out?

Is this the place where the butthurt fans hang out?
- Oilhab

Welcome, my son.

Welcome, my son.
- feelingkettle

good that makes you just as old as me. thought only young guys visited this site.
- devfan30

That makes you a Scouts/Rockies fan from 1975-1982 before moving with the team to NJ?

That makes you a Scouts/Rockies fan from 1975-1982 before moving with the team to NJ?
- Flyskippy

Welcome, my son.
- feelingkettle

What if all of the teams that paid into (you know the successful ones) revenue sharing were able to spend over by the same amount?
- Marshalle

Worthy of discussion. Seems more fair than the hard cap ceiling / floor as first glance.

Worthy of discussion. Seems more fair than the hard cap ceiling / floor as first glance.
- chienblanc

Team with the most money wins is always the best.

That makes you a Scouts/Rockies fan from 1975-1982 before moving with the team to NJ?
- Flyskippy

actually I live in northern NJ, and was 14 years old when the devils moved to jersey, family has been a season ticket holder since day one. so I became a devils fan because the team showed up on my door step.