That would definitely be hall and eberle.
- rangerdanger94

Don't get so excited. Nash is good, nobody is gonna argue, but not nearly as dominant as he should be. He certainly is not the caliber of player you build an NHL team around. Largely, a bit of a disappointment.

I love reading about peoples complaints about the roster.....has anyone looked at the competition? We could replace Crosby, Toews and Tavares and replace them with Jared Smithson, Mike Brown and Ryan Jones and we should still win Gold.
I'm not saying we will, but if we don't it won't be because of one player who made a mistake at a crucial time, or because we didn't pick player 'X' ,who surely would have got us that game tying goal when we needed it. On paper, we should have 3 goal leads by the first intermission every game.

I'm not sure which I enjoy more....seeing the idiots on the streets freak out when we win, or listening to the idiots piss and (frank)ing moan when we lose.

http://my.hockeybuzz.com/...er_id=65527&post_id=15868


Blah,Blah,Blah....

I love reading about peoples complaints about the roster.....has anyone looked at the competition? We could replace Crosby, Toews and Tavares and replace them with Jared Smithson, Mike Brown and Ryan Jones and we should still win Gold.
I'm not saying we will, but if we don't it won't be because of one player who made a mistake at a crucial time, or because we didn't pick player 'X' ,who surely would have got us that game tying goal when we needed it. On paper, we should have 3 goal leads by the first intermission every game.

I'm not sure which I enjoy more....seeing the idiots on the streets freak out when we win, or listening to the idiots piss and (frank)ing moan when we lose.
- Jeropotato

too much depth for Canada. I think we all are able to come up with another group of players for cdn team #2.

http://my.hockeybuzz.com/...er_id=65527&post_id=15878

...More Crap!. They let anyone write garbage on this site.

I'll save you guys time. Hall Fan basically pin points the Draft, and Mac T's drafting of Nurse and his biggest mistake. Shoulda took Niskusken or whomever the (frank).
Now we are 'stuck' with a back log of Defensive prospects.

http://my.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?user_id=65527&post_id=15878

...More Crap!. They let anyone write garbage on this site.
- Jeropotato

Future Puck Rant blogger ?

Future Puck Rant blogger ?
- Reveen

BSteinley...errr Hall Fan? Yeah, he is definitely bad enough. Read his 2 blogs. Pure comedy of stupid.

CBC.CA: Elliotte Friedman reports Sam Gagner’s no-trade clause doesn’t kick in until next season. Though GM Craig MacTavish promised Gagner not to trade him this season, Friedman believes it sounds like both sides want a change. “Should a deal happen, no doubt MacTavish will try to make it a soft landing”…

http://spectorshockey.net...umor-mill-january-7-2014/

More smoke on the Gagner front...

I love reading about peoples complaints about the roster.....has anyone looked at the competition? We could replace Crosby, Toews and Tavares and replace them with Jared Smithson, Mike Brown and Ryan Jones and we should still win Gold.
I'm not saying we will, but if we don't it won't be because of one player who made a mistake at a crucial time, or because we didn't pick player 'X' ,who surely would have got us that game tying goal when we needed it. On paper, we should have 3 goal leads by the first intermission every game.

I'm not sure which I enjoy more....seeing the idiots on the streets freak out when we win, or listening to the idiots piss and (frank)ing moan when we lose.
- Jeropotato

I think I can say pretty comfortably that they would not have won gold in Vancouver without crosby so this probably isn't true.

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Why Lowe Has to GO!!!
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The answer comes historically and from the present. Historically as GM he got the Oilers into the playoffs twice from 2001 -2009. He claims we are on our 5th year of our rebuild and that fans should be patient and yet the Oilers have done nothing since mortgaging their team 7 years ago.

He has brought in numerous coaches and GMs and still the Oilers finish last, second last and last year we made a whopping 7th before this year looking to be on our way to secure 29th or 30th place.

He reacts way to late to these problems. When MacT was put in as GM, they stated they knew the Oilers didn't have the pieces to make the playoffs and they spelled out that we needed to get a larger bottom 6 and a top dman. If you knew your GM started the season without the ability to win, why trade for a player at the deadline and why not trade off players that had value who left for nothing as UFA's in the off season. Boston signed Redden for offense and they had interest in Whitney but we didn't part with him. Regher went for 2 x 2nd round picks and he had 6 points. Whitney should have been worth at least that. Lowe admitted knowing the problem but didn't remove Tambellini until after he messed up the trade deadline.
It is doubtful that Boston had any real interest in Whitney. They chose Redden as the felt he was the better option. You are running with a pretty unsubstantiated rumor there,pal.Whitney had no value.Also, Steve Tambellini ran this team at the deadline, and it was likely the reason he got fired.

Then he puts his best friend, a coach that numerous previous players have publicly spoken out against (Poti, Marc-Andre, Pronger...) for his lack of ability to coach defense men. While putting in a rookie GM he decides to also put in a rookie coach that has some radical ideas in terms of running a hockey club.
Quotes? Again, I think you are making stuff up.Not that it matters.The ability to Coach defensemen doesn't have a hell of a lot to do with being a GM. More made up BS to support your claim. I do agree,the Eakins hire was questionablle at best.

First the GM goes out in the summer and signs a bunch of defense men that can't possibly make the team. A backup goalie with a career 3.00 GAA average to backup a goalie they are not sold on. They trade Horcoff's big salary only to get a face off guy with no offensive ability for 3 million. They sign a guy that was playing poorly last year in Jones. MacT signs Omark and Grib, to contracts despite the fact that they could have just had them for tryouts. later to trade most of his summer pickups for nothing of to put them on waivers. He gambles our only large potential top 6 and a second round pick for a guy with recent concussion problems which pays off. Which is the extent of his success.
Belov was a nice gamble. I wouldn't say he was successful, but it was a nice move by Mac T to go out and get him.Other teams had interest as well. Belov needs more time in the NHL before we can call him a bust.Agree, the Labarbera signing was not great. You are an idiot if you think 3 mill for Gordon was a bad move.Gordon has been great. As much as there are times that we might miss Horcoff...it was time to go, and the return was more than anyone expected.Omark was still an RFA...couldn't bring him in on a tryout. Who cares what he got for summer pick ups? I assume your talking about Labarbera? It's called cutting your loses and moving on in a timely manner. I like how you brush off the Perron trade as a stupid move that he was lucky to have work out.

However Lowe once again should have seen this coming before the UFA market opened with MacT's lack of ability to get anything done during the draft. MacT gambling with the first pick on a dman that some scouts argued was the second best dman at that position. A dman that was not even on the radar for the World Jrs this year. Who was is at the World Jrs is many picks made before him and players that could have been taken with our second round pick that MacT traded away to acquire quantity in the draft, rather than quality. Leaving us with a huge back log of defensive prospects with none looking to fill our need as a 1-2 man.
Nurse was a great pick. Who cares what the Canadian Junior scouts and coaches think? They picked a poop team this year anyway. And what 'back log' of Defense do we actually have? We have a few nice prospects, but zero that are guaranteed to have an NHL impact. Nurse is our best defensive prospect.
What he did pass on what a player that he specifically said he wanted in his FIRST press conference after becoming GM. A large, hard to move top 6 guy that can play many roles. Nishuskin was projected by many to go in the top 4 but slid to 8. A player that right now is making a name for himself on the scoreboard and with the fans of Dallas. He is not a big hitter, which often comes with time in rookies but he is tough to move and crashes the net in a way that no current Oiler could. A player that teams just don't trade away. The type you get by drafting.
Yes, a player like that is a pressing need, but more so a veteran player of that ilk. We have enough 'kids' in our top 6. You have been crying over this since the draft...get over it. Nurse was the right choice.

When MacT came out of that draft with practically no one of any real value, Lowe should have known. When the dust settled in the first week of UFA's and MacT walked away with a 3-4 dman in Ference as his only catch, Lowe should have known.
Gordon was a good signing. Ferrence was over paid and is playing out of position, but is a solid NHL'er that we need.How do you criticize a GM for not landing a free agent? It's Edmonton.No beachfront property, not huge metropolis like New York, Toronto or Chicago. The team is not playoff bound. If I were a free agent, I might not sign here either, unless it was an over pay (see Ferrence and Gordon). Also, you're an idiot.


Now Lowe has a problem. He has a coach that they picked to help develop young players but seems to be horrible with young players. He is doing a number on our last first round pick and having no ability to get anything more out of our young stars. In fact, most nights they seem to be worse than they were at the end of last year. The team is second last and even vegas won't pay out for a team to win against the Oilers at this time.

The Oilers are still a bad team,no one will argue, but he did add some nice pieces, and really lost nobody.Your expectations of a massive turnaround are unrealistic for any GM
Lowe knows NOW that MacT and Eakins have to go. It is yet another switch which is crazy at this point how many they have done but they currently have never had a worse GM or coach in franchise history. MacT is ruining the Oilers future and Eakins is damaging our young players development at a crucial point in their careers.
Ahhh...shut up. A change now would be stupid. Blaming the coach for the young players development strips them all accountability.Yak needs to take some responsability for his own game at some point.

Something needs to be done but he will never fire MacT and the coach will continue to be the scapegoat for years until Katz either realizes he has a team and not a property deal and fires Lowe or the team is sold to an owner that is interested in hockey.
So...Eakins is just a scape goat? Which is it? You contradict yourself.
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Sorry bud, but all this comes from the guy who said Edmonton has a better defense than the Bruins, and that Rask is the only significant difference maker.

BSteinley...errr Hall Fan? Yeah, he is definitely bad enough. Read his 2 blogs. Pure comedy of stupid.
- Jeropotato

His "blogs" if you can call them that are absolute poop. The guy is delusional. I seriously wonder if he is institutionalized?

I think I can say pretty comfortably that they would not have won gold in Vancouver without crosby so this probably isn't true.
- prock

It's an exaggeration. The Point has more to do with the bubble players like Kunitz,Carter,etc.

Marleau, carter, sharp and kunitz are 4 of canadas 8 best wingers??!!
They over thought this
- hugefemale dog77

Did I not say they would? Knew it would happen.

Hope Hall goes on an absolute tear now.

Good thing we didn't take that bust Galchenyuk.... out 6 weeks....

Hope Hall goes on an absolute tear now.
- TheTaoOfSemenko

I would have liked Hall to gain some experience on the taxi squad. Can't say i'm surprised he's not there though.

CBC.CA: Elliotte Friedman reports Sam Gagner’s no-trade clause doesn’t kick in until next season. Though GM Craig MacTavish promised Gagner not to trade him this season, Friedman believes it sounds like both sides want a change. “Should a deal happen, no doubt MacTavish will try to make it a soft landing”…

http://spectorshockey.net...umor-mill-january-7-2014/

More smoke on the Gagner front...
- Reveen

I also like the bit below::

EDMONTON JOURNAL: In a response to one of his readers, Jim Matheson lists Ales Hemsky, Nick Schultz, Ryan Jones and Ryan Smyth as possible candidates to be moved by the trade deadline. He also believes they could listen to offers for goalies Ilya Bryzgalov and Devan Dubnyk... Really we would NOT be entertaining offers on our tending....

I would have liked Hall to gain some experience on the taxi squad. Can't say i'm surprised he's not there though.
- golfingsince

Im not either. I just hope he goes out and proves a point now. He's been great recently, but I want to see him tear the NHL a new one now.

BSteinley...errr Hall Fan? Yeah, he is definitely bad enough. Read his 2 blogs. Pure comedy of stupid.
- Jeropotato

He's a smart person!!!!!
edit: I can't seriously say that.

TSN has projected Rick Nash to make the team. If that happens I will go on a rampage !!!!!!!!!!!!!


- Reveen

Has it started yet!??!?!?!?!?

I'm (frank)ed now, I want both.
- Lahey

You cant afford them

Hope Hall goes on an absolute tear now.
- TheTaoOfSemenko

Don't you want the first overall pick?

CBC.CA: Elliotte Friedman reports Sam Gagner’s no-trade clause doesn’t kick in until next season. Though GM Craig MacTavish promised Gagner not to trade him this season, Friedman believes it sounds like both sides want a change. “Should a deal happen, no doubt MacTavish will try to make it a soft landing”…

http://spectorshockey.net...umor-mill-january-7-2014/

More smoke on the Gagner front...
- Reveen

Friedman was just on tsn 1260 and said team, player and agent are tight lipped about it, but if he was wrong to put this out, he would have heard it from Lowe at the team cdn announcement event....in which case..he didn't. When there is smoke, there is a fire.

http://www.bergerbytes.ca...ri-carlyle-will-not-work/

This puts said a Kadri for Yak makes sense "skill wise"....wtf?

Don't you want the first overall pick?
- Scooby_Doo

We do have luck winning the lottery!