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His wife has already said that she doesn't want to live in Edmonton.

I don't think he was good and regressed so much as he seemed decent and people projected an improvement in his play that was unrealistic for a converted forward picked last overall in the draft. If the Wings had a decent blueline, Ericsson would not be on the top pair and he'd look much better. He should probably be a #4 guy who also plays on the PK. But he has great size and actually uses it, not as much as I like but he's our most physical defenseman. He's one of the few guys who can actually clear the crease. Generally he has a good first pass, especially for a defensive d-man, though this year his decision making some games has been suspect. He hasn't been a stabilizing force for the defense like you'd like him to be, but I wouldn't put him at the top of the list of the Wings defensive problems.

I wonder what the reaction would be if he pulled a Lindros and refused to report? I actually wouldn't hold it against him.

I can't believe this is a real thread

Dad lied. Desire and hard work get you Edmonton.

True. But McDavid also didn't deserve the Oilers.

Weiss for Ovechkin and then trade Marchenko and franzen for Weber. That's basically how this thread sounds.

@THNRyanKennedy: This is like if Augustus Gloop won at the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

It's really quite amazing how many careers Edmonton has ruined.

It's funny to me that Ericsson gets killed every mistake he makes but dekeyser who makes plenty of mistakes gets a free pass

As a Lions fan, I feel bad for Oilers fans having to watch that disaster of a franchise. That being said, I can't believe the Oilers get 1st overall again. Four 1st overall picks in six years is nuts. Somewhere built into the playoff lottery system should be a factor that accounts for when you last had the 1st overall pick. And how many times that's happened.

The only physical edge Smith gives us is poorly timed penalties for lashing out in frustration.

Simple. It's all in on Tuesday. Are they going to make a series out of it or is this like Boston last year when they stole game 1 and stunk the last four. No excuses, game three Tuesday 7:30

I just think Smith brings a physical edge to our team and can chip in offensively. Amazing that he got a total of five minutes of PP time with that shot this year and had 3 pp points. Its my opinion that he hasn't been given the chance to grow offensively and maybe that's because of his shortcomings defensively. However it is tough to grow when your D partner is constantly changing and your forced to play a completely different style. Put him in for game 3 and actually play him to add some punch to your team.

Not mine, saw it on twitter...

An OEL hanifin pairing though...

I would go with... Helm-Datsyuk-Tatar Abdelkader-Zetterberg-Nyquist Weiss-Sheahan-Pulkinnen Miller-Glendening-Jurco But I'm guessing the bottom six will be this instead... Andersson-Sheahan-Jurco Miller-Glendening-Ferraro

After McDavid, Hall, RNH, Eberle, Yakupov, and maybe Ference, the drop off on that team is enormous. Their ability is acquire zero decent D-men, goaltenders, and roleplayers is staggering. They'll probably get the 1st overall again next year too.

Just switch Detroit with Edmonton....sorry had to post it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-OOW5CP7NQ "Trade me right f****** now!"

from the "Buffalo Clinches Last Spot" thread...too funny! NHL too transparent! Wow! I must check the magic 8 ball more often! I was being funny, but damn, I am not surprised!

I don't see the NHL on any kind of mission or having some conspiracy to make Edmonton better. Makes no sense. What do they possibly have to gain from trying to make a small market Canadian team that still draws well into a more competitive team? Seems more like if they were to conspire, Arizona would be the team to get the #1 pick.

f***en oilers man ... Quick let's offer up a package of howard smith and young d for yakupov and a 1st so we can get the 1st overall next year cause we all know they'll suck again next year lmao

I'm not going to go crazy over this loss. This was never going to be a short series.

Screw Subban. Sens need to concentrate on winning and not that d-bag.

Quick one from me, considering the above ^^