Have you not seen the innovative and original ways in which the Oilers players find, to get themselves placed on the IR? There is no such thing as a surplus centerman in Edmonton.
- leonkennedy

That's why i included Linden Vey.


Problem solved.
He's an ironman.

Have you not seen the innovative and original ways in which the Oilers players find, to get themselves placed on the IR? There is no such thing as a surplus centerman in Edmonton.
- leonkennedy

Even tho Yak isnt a center I think the linesman putting him on the IR was probably the most creative injury of the season

That's why i included Linden Vey.


Problem solved.
He's an ironman.
- dbot

Can he play center though???

Even tho Yak isnt a center I think the linesman putting him on the IR was probably the most creative injury of the season
- RatedR80

That is definitely tops. My vote this year has to go to Klefbom for getting a little papercut from a skate in a game around xmas, and then finding a way to get a staph infection that would be serious enough to keep him out for what looks to be like the remainder of the season.

That is definitely tops. My vote this year has to go to Klefbom for getting a little papercut from a skate in a game around xmas, and then finding a way to get a staph infection that would be serious enough to keep him out for what looks to be like the remainder of the season.
- leonkennedy

I cant find any humour in the Klefbom one That was a major set back.....maybe next year will be the year he can play at least 75 games

I cant find any humour in the Klefbom one That was a major set back.....maybe next year will be the year he can play at least 75 games
- RatedR80

If ya wanna be an Oilers fan then you gotta find some way to laugh bro....otherwise you run the risk of teetering on the edge, like my good buddy HB77

If ya wanna be an Oilers fan then you gotta find some way to laugh bro....otherwise you run the risk of teetering on the edge, like my good buddy HB77
- leonkennedy

Oh dont worry this team has given me plenty of things to laugh at over the past decade

We'll give you Edler and Vey.
RNH is surplus to requirements for you guys now.
#freenuge
- dbot

We'll take a HARD pass on that one.

Edler for Yakupov He's also a 1st overall pick, you know

Dude I am serious this one time.
Long gone are the days where a team rides a goalie almost all 82 games of the season and the guy backing him up, is a plug.The competition to be a tender in the NHL is light years ahead of what it used to be. The notion that playing a backup tender is a teams way of saying they are playing weak competition, is about as outdated as the notion of assigned gender roles.
- leonkennedy

I'll bite then,

Are you saying that you don't think the oilers face more backups than the Hawks?

I agree with your sentiment that backup goalies in today's game are far from pushovers. (Hell, ours in Nilsson was the superior of the two for a stretch) and it certainly isn't a "slap in the face" per se.
And I'll even agree that alot of it has to do with mercy of schedule. Ie; back to backs etc

But I think coaching will attempt to set it up against weaker teams if possible. And for the exact reason ih8bb stated. Because they're ithe inferior goalie.
Even something as far as a scenario like both goalies fully rested, but they give the oilers the backup on the OPENING night of the set while saving the starter for the Canucks the following night (say a few years ago when van was elite)

I wonder where we could find some facts on this

That is definitely tops. My vote this year has to go to Klefbom for getting a little papercut from a skate in a game around xmas, and then finding a way to get a staph infection that would be serious enough to keep him out for what looks to be like the remainder of the season.
- leonkennedy

Yep that one is tops this season... That re-defines getting 'Oilered' On the flip side if Klefbom misses 20 games next season- Chia will be on the hook for not using him as bait for Hamonic...

Holy poop, Schultz actually used a slap shot! And scored with it!!!

Holy poop, Schultz actually used a slap shot! And scored with it!!!
- batjester

Didnt Chia put conditions on the trade that if Jultz scores more than 2 goals the pick is - upped to a 2nd

I'll bite then,

Are you saying that you don't think the oilers face more backups than the Hawks?

I agree with your sentiment that backup goalies in today's game are far from pushovers. (Hell, ours in Nilsson was the superior of the two for a stretch) and it certainly isn't a "slap in the face" per se.
And I'll even agree that alot of it has to do with mercy of schedule. Ie; back to backs etc

But I think coaching will attempt to set it up against weaker teams if possible. And for the exact reason ih8bb stated. Because they're ithe inferior goalie.
Even something as far as a scenario like both goalies fully rested, but they give the oilers the backup on the OPENING night of the set while saving the starter for the Canucks the following night (say a few years ago when van was elite)

I wonder where we could find some facts on this
- HB77

By that same token, an argument could be made for using your starter against a weaker team to solidify your chances to win and then trust that your backup is capable of at least holding the team in (as they often do on good teams) against a better team.

Didnt Chia put conditions on the trade that if Jultz scores more than 2 goals the pick is - upped to a 2nd
- saskoil21

I think it was if he gets more than 2 goals Chias has first right in trading back for him

I think it was if he gets more than 2 goals Chias has first right in trading back for him
- DDM-Coga

No need to trade anything just throw out on OS during the offseason

By that same token, an argument could be made for using your starter against a weaker team to solidify your chances to win and then trust that your backup is capable of at least holding the team in (as they often do on good teams) against a better team.
- MaximumBone

I guess it's possible ......

But I dunno about the logic to this one...

Just need the meme-master Reveen to post a pic of Jim Carrey in Dumb n Dumber with his famous words. "So you're telling me there is a chance"?
- leonkennedy

Reveen is gonna be late, I'm filling in.

By that same token, an argument could be made for using your starter against a weaker team to solidify your chances to win and then trust that your backup is capable of at least holding the team in (as they often do on good teams) against a better team.
- MaximumBone

Another thing to throw in do you think sometimes a coach takes a goalies record against a team into consideration?

Another thing to throw in do you think sometimes a coach takes a goalies record against a team into consideration?
- RatedR80

Some might. Others not so much. Price almost always poops the bed when he plays the Oil, but they keep putting him in.

Some might. Others not so much. Price almost always poops the bed when he plays the Oil, but they keep putting him in.
- Wildschwein

In their defence you have seen what happens when Price doesnt start games

Some might. Others not so much. Price almost always poops the bed when he plays the Oil, but they keep putting him in.
- Wildschwein

I'd assume for the most part it's probably predetermined in terms of schedule/strength of competition as stated before. But for sure this has happened a few times. Ryan Miller owns the oilers in regulation and earlier in the year the nucks gave him the 2nd night of a back to back to face us instead of the usual first night the starter gets.

Same goes for the yotes and mike smith. He just flat out doesn't lose to us. And I assume coaching plans accordingly

In their defence you have seen what happens when Price doesnt start games
- RatedR80

(frank)ing Scrivens...

(frank)ing Scrivens...
- Wildschwein

Think its too early to say we won that trade?

Think its too early to say we won that trade?
- RatedR80

No I think the Oil came out on the right side of that one. Just pisses me of that the bastard had to play competently when he played us.

No I think the Oil came out on the right side of that one. Just pisses me of that the bastard had to play competently when he played us.
- Wildschwein

I just filed that one under "so Oilers"