chaps80

All in for tank.

Nah, i'm good with rooting for Larkin and the Wings. Edmonton has set themselves back quite a bit with the handling of their top players/prospects, whether losing them through dumb trades or just not putting effort into developing them properly and expecting them to jump right in and be stars. Yakupov may have simply been a bust, but didn't seem like they put much effort into his development either. Nuge is an NHL player, obv, but he's not what i would consider great. Again, not much effort in development. Hall and McDavid are both so talented that that lack of effort didn't matter. Hall is gone in a lopsided trade, and McDavid is stuck there. It's not just the US that doesn't care about the Oilers. Most of Canada doesn't either. Mostly all Habs/Leafs slappies, only the hockey fans in the cities that have franchises out West care about those teams. The Jets have more fans than the West teams, so does Detroit, Boston, Chicago. Ottawa, well nobody cares about Ottawa. Not even their owner. In part of Alberta, yes. Theres some fans from the dynasty days still holding on elsewhere, but nothing major.

Oh for sure. I'd probably get him s***faced and convince him to trade Howard to Carolina for Mrazek and a third.

Go help Kenny work the phones and kick tires.

Howard would fetch a second, at best. Unless a team suffers an injury and is desperate for a veteran goalie heading into the playoffs. He might get a first then. I have no issue with Howard sticking around, but Holland has always overvalued him, even when he was trying actively to trade him a few seasons ago. With Bernier still around for another two seasons at $3 million, giving Howard $6 million a season until retirement is too much. Reasonable deal, or find someone else to fill the gap.

Should, but Holland wants too much for Jimmy, again, by the sounds of it. Hasn't he already said that he doubts he'll get what he wants for him, and would rather re-sign? First rounder or bust? Jimmy has been solid this season, and we all know Holland LOVES him some Jimmy, but if he get's offered anything decent, he has to let him go. I swear iv'e never seen a GM spin so many reasons to hang onto a goalie who's never really brought him any success like Holland does with Howard. He is replaceable.

Hawks. Blargh.

True, he barely even played at all in Detroit. Spent most of his first season in LTIR then he was bought out. The goal that lost the Calgary series i've always blamed mostly on him though, just standing around, like a pylon, instead of having his man. Might be the reason why i can single him out.

Oh, Oiler fans are saying Chia would have had to have had top brass approval for the Koskinen deal. They let him him complete the deal with plans to fire him. Apparently as the fall guy for how bad they've all screwed up with the gifts they've been given and deals they've approved to burn those gifts, and this signing was the excuse (not like they needed one before that?). And because looking forward to UFA, who could they realistically sign to take over the net? Bobrovsky is too expensive and Smith isn't worth $5.5 (but Koskinen is worth $4.5?) Lowe and MacTavish stil run the team too, or something... So glad i'm not an Oilers fan. They're team sucks and they're all out of excuses, and a bit loopy it seems.

HAHAHA Looks like that Koskinen signing was the last straw after the three shaky goals he allowed last night to a cellar dweller. Maybe he should have consulted higher up before giving a goalie with not even 30 games of NHL experience that kind of deal, when Talbot's expires this season? Could have had a clean slate at the position and taken a run at someone like Bobrovsky. The Hall and Eberle trades were horrible at the time, and look much worse now. Lucic signing, mannn. He's become a plug. I wouldn't even give Chiarelli credit for McDavid. His team sucked and he hit first overall in the lottery. Grabbing McDavid was a no-brainer, even for him. This part made me laugh the most though: The Oilers have $31.1 million committed in cap space - 39 per cent of this year’s cap - to McDavid ($12.5 million), Leon Draisaitl ($8.5 million), Lucic ($6 million) and Oscar Klefbom ($4.17 million) through 2022-23, when Lucic and Klefbom’s contracts will expire. All teams hunting for a GM should steer clear of this clown, he's a franchise wrecking ball.

Could be.

Both valid. Essensa was the epitome of lazy and sucks though. Hatcher was a f***in pylon too.

Bet that guy in the Flames hat got his ass kicked outside. The Battle of Alberta is no joke. Drunken fistfights between family members happen over that s***. Mike Smith is a pansy!!

That quote has gotten many miles put on it over the years. I can't even remember who the OG lazy and sucks was anymore. Franzen?

Big Goal Bob.

Abby hits the post. lol WIN.

No interference. Jimmy bit, couldn't recover.

Saw that one coming the minute Jimmy bailed.

How did someone not pop it in that open net there? lol

Fight him Green!! lol

Ya, different. Belfour and Nabokov wore 20, but those were tributes to Tretiak. Holtby wearing 70 is odd too. Few others. Goalies... NOOOOOO He best be ok!

Howard just stop an AA own goal there?

LUKE!!!! Koskanin leaking oil, breaking down already after Petey dumped a bunch of money into him.

That wasn't a penalty on the hit from behind on Jensen? And E...come on...put your face in front of that one!!

Bernier needs to have a chat with him about showing him up so much. "Come on Jimmy, were not makin' the playoffs, help a bro out...."