"This guy has a great shot, great one timer and we have no shooting threats on the PP. A PERFECT FIT FOR OUR 4TH LINE BECAUSE PHYSICALITY!"
- DTF69

Again I find it amazing that the team that gave up a league-leading number of SH goals yanked Yak off the PP because he had to earn it. It didn't even strike me that he was behind many of them.

The Oilers deployment and development of him is a (frank)ing shame. "We have a guy that could be Kovalchuk, but we don't want that because he needs to learn to play more like Ethan Moreau!"

(frank), why not try and turn the kid into Steve Staois?
- DTF69

Wonder what his season would've looked like under Krueger. Healthy scratching a guy on the 3rd worst team in the league is great for a guys confidence. Especially in favour of (MOAR) GAZDIC

Wonder what his season would've looked like under Krueger. Healthy scratching a guy on the 3rd worst team in the league is great for a guys confidence. Especially in favour of (MOAR) GAZDIC
- TheNugeIsHuge

Or starting him on the third line (which I think he did to start the season)

Oh and not treating eberle, gagner, etc the same when they made dumb ass plays.

I am far from certain we would've been any better under Krueger.
yaks included. he was dead silent for a huge chunk of the middle of that season as well. it was sophomore slump that ill admit Eakins didn't do a lot to quell, but could've easily happened under ralph as well.

7th last in a shortened season where ralph had the luxury of far superior goaltending. and lets not forget the oil were free falling at the end too. I bet a lottery finish was likely.

special teams were better, 5 on 5 wasn't.

was Krueger even in charge of special teams anyway??

Or starting him on the third line (which I think he did to start the season)

Oh and not treating eberle, gagner, etc the same when they made dumb ass plays.
- ystoil

That's kind of what we've been craving for a while. A little bit of accountability from everyone.

I agree, I was probably most disappointed with him this year
- OilerFan16

I think the player I was most disappointed in this year was Jesse Joennsu. I hope we buy him out

I am far from certain we would've been any better under Krueger.

7th last in a shortened season where he had 20x the goaltending and was free falling at the end too.

special teams were better, 5 on 5 wasn't.

was Krueger even in charge of special teams anyway??
- hugefemale dog77

Yeah and I think Krueger led in part to the rapid demise of Horcoff, Gagner and Belanger. There was an article that analyzed his system, and how much pressure was put on the centres in the dzone in terms of - you know - playing defense.

he got abit steadier as the season went on I thought.
still has that penchant for defensive miscues in our zone, but imo, he got better.

he's got fantastic offensive instincts, but probably wasn't prepared for the defensive minutes we threw at him from game 1. not to mention the pressure he faced once teams realized he wasn't ready.

put him beside a steady defender and keep him off the top pairing and I think he could turn into a huge asset for us
- hugefemale dog77

I'd personally still like to see him turned into a RW. His defense is brutal and his offense was very underwhelming over the course of the year. It did get a little better at the end of the season when he finally realized that everyone in the league knew he was going to let a weak ass wrist shot go and started using his slapper

Honestly, in hind-sight wasn't drafting Yakupov a mistake? His game is not translating to the NHL, He looks like he could be another Nikoli Zheridev, or Nikita Filitov. The unfortunate thing is that the Oilers got seduced by his flash, yes he was concensus #1, but the Oilers did not need another skill winger. Now they may not even have an NHL player, skilled Russians that don't get top six especially on one of the worst teams usually go to the KHL for tax free money and better more familiar life style.
- gunner2233

(frank) off troll. Go to the Canucks thread and talk about how sweet your western conference champions banner is.

STFU Cloutier
- laughs2907

And time for the fish fry boys... Split up the spoils of war.
- HouseArrest187

How'd you make out today?

The Oilers deployment and development of him is a (frank)ing shame. "We have a guy that could be Kovalchuk, but we don't want that because he needs to learn to play more like Ethan Moreau!"

(frank), why not try and turn the kid into Steve Staois?
- DTF69

Good comment

(frank) off troll. Go to the Canucks thread and talk about how sweet your former northwestern division champions banner is.
- Ihatebrianburke

fixed.

And in related news, for some reason the Oilers front office en mass is at the Oil Kings game tonight.

Are you guys excited to waste a second on Edgars Kulda or Dison Mayo?
- DTF69

I'd like to trade for Henrik Samuellson

I'd like to trade for Henrik Samuellson
- Ihatebrianburke

effin eh

Congratulations to the Oilers Kings

Congratulations to the Oilers Kings
- AlEx_OiL

Moroz with a goal and an assist.

Really hope he turns into at least a top 9 LW that can pot 15 goals

Congratulations to the Oilers Kings
- AlEx_OiL

Big win and big comeback.

How'd you make out today?
- Ihatebrianburke

Killer buddy, no walleye but I caught my limit of perch... Cooked up half for me and the boys, the rest are going home for grampa.

Moroz with a goal and an assist.

Really hope he turns into at least a top 9 LW that can pot 15 goals
- ystoil

He'd better work hard on his skating this summer. We need a guy like him or Khaira to turn out bigtime.

Killer buddy, no walleye but I caught my limit of perch... Cooked up half for me and the boys, the rest are going home for grampa.
- HouseArrest187

What's the limit there? I love eating perch. I was suppose to go today but got too (frank)ed up last night and slept in

What's the limit there? I love eating perch. I was suppose to go today but got too (frank)ed up last night and slept in
- Ihatebrianburke

ya it's all good, I've done that's plenty of times.

The limits here for perch is 30. I nailed 30. My nephew and his friend got 17 and 15 respectively. Pretty good for 6 hours. We cooked up half of mine and cleaned the rest to take home. I tell ya what, there is nothing better then fresh beer battered perch fried over a open fire. Am I right or am I right.

He'd better work hard on his skating this summer. We need a guy like him or Khaira to turn out bigtime.
- Ihatebrianburke

trade down, pick up an asset and draft ritchie

ya it's all good, I've done that's plenty of times.

The limits here for perch is 30. I nailed 30. My nephew and his friend got 17 and 15 respectively. Pretty good for 6 hours. We cooked up half of mine and cleaned the rest to take home. I tell ya what, there is nothing better then fresh beer battered perch fried over a open fire. Am I right or am I right.
- HouseArrest187

I want your gf's perch.

Hahaaaaaaaaaa see what I did there, guys?