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They make Galchenyuk look like Zetterberg How can Blashill possibly survive this? He can't I don't believe it He's fired

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I bet u had a gulet full of hummus as you typed that

Oilers AA injury reported not to be serious You can quit stroking yourselves now AA haters

WTF I love Svechnikov now

These are the posts I come for. Holy s*** it's basically just redneck anime.

AA is a point per game and +0.5 per game in the Oilers era for the foreseeable future. I win.

I really don't think missing a 39 year old Kronwall is all that impactful. Maybe we lose games 3-1 instead of 4-1 with Dekeyser in the lineup. Mantha being hurt is the biggest blow but almost expected at this point. Howard regressed big time, but Bernier also stepped up big time. In general, it's the regression of a lot of the team (especially young players) I'm concerned about. Larkin regressing. AA regressing. Bowey playing awful. Cholowski playing awful. Hirose couldn't get anything going. Perlini and Erne couldn't get anything going. Dare I say it?... Blashill is NOT good with da keedz. He's just a below average NHL coach trying to keep his head above water. Not to mention the entire team just looks sloppy and unprepared every night. I definitely don't get the impression that anyone is fighting for it anymore. He lost the room, and that's probably one of the reasons AA just said screw it and did his own thing. Probably wanted to be traded TBH. Yzerman gimme dat Babcock nut Boiling RN

Yup my first thought was I may not watch next year if Blash is still in the drivers seat. Hoping he's just trying to inflate the guy a lil bit before letting him go. I used to think he could possibly get an NHL HC job elsewhere, after this year I'm not so sure.

FYI there's a "water cooler" section for non-hockey related. Except no one uses it and no one will see you posting there. Membership and posting is way down due to the Wings being bad, so we're just keeping everything in general discussion for now it seems. Also WWF creeps into every thread regardless lol

Too long didn't listen: Yzerman gives pretty BS reasons for trading AA. For cap reasons (even though he will have plenty of room) and that he was the most in demand (maybe of that you offered). I think it's pretty fair to say Yzerman wasn't a fan of Mr. Athanasiou. On Timashov, he says this is a player they've tracked and been interested in but is pretty modest in his assessment of him. Golobeof is just a warm body. Kinda expected. Says the team will be very selective in FA (Which makes me wonder WTF he was thinking with Fil and Nemeth). They're not gonna sign anyone just to sign them. If they give out term it's only gonna be for someone they REALLY want. He says a bunch of happy talk about Larkin and the entire teams professionalism and work ethic and Blashills great job coaching and blah blah blah BS BS BS. He proceeds to really stand behind Blashill ANDDDDDDDDDD holeeeeeee f*** am I worried he's gonna keep this guy in town WTF Stevie. "The team has played hard and that's a sign of a good coach" Holy god Yzerman Yzerman almost says, on Svechnikov, that to expect to see him in the NHL soon, then sorta catches himself and says "when need be". Take that one however you want. Says he wants to leave most players in GR so they can push for the playoffs. Only gonna bring someone up if he sees a real need and benefit for them to join the NHL.

I don't doubt it. Geese are assholes.

I've never watched this kid and ever noticed anything. He's boring and not all that great at anything. I like his size I guess? I'm always a fan of a big skilled guy, but then he's also completely undeveloped away from the puck. My honest projection of his cieling is big Patrick Eaves 2.0. I guess I just dont care about him at this point. Hopefully he's actually really good and the injury is still holding him back, I just doubt it. *Depress*

31 thoughts Suggests Yzerman was trying to get a 1st out of Holland, but Kenny wouldn't do it. Also that other teams wanted Glendog, but Yzerman was demanding a lot for him and nothing materialized.

I'm gonna take my shoes OFF I'm gonna put my feet UP and I'm gonna push you AROUND Cholowski recalled by Detroit Stoppppppp, he's not friggin ready recall Hicketts or McIlrath, Yzerman you dumb ******* retard

Military appreciation night. Coach wears duck hunting camo. Is Bednar wacky in the head or something? Canadians do you know what military is?

I think the answer is even more simple than you're suggesting. Yzerman traded his worst RFA that still had value. Simple as that. No one was gonna take our UFAs besides Green, and no one was gonna take Erne or Perlini, so AA was that guy. Smart to sell your weakest sellables first and work your way up. And of course I think that scenario could have been radically altered had Blashill played AA with Larkin and Mantha, and say Fabbri was stuck playing with crap players. But that's too late now.

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That vast majority of that is due to Dekeyser. Our newer crappier version of Brad Stuart. Maybe we lose some games 3-1 instead of 4-1 with him the lineup, but his presence doesn't radically shift this team in a profound way unfortunately. Mantha was probably the biggest blow, but almost every team deals with a star player being out for some time in a season. Regardless, we are typically always one of the teams up there in man games lost. It's not like this is a radically new thing for us. Not sure what love you have for Blashill. He's accomplished nothing here, and this season is the nail in the coffin for him. I figure since your in GR you want to come to the defense of the guy who formerly coached the Griffins? Admirable, but this hoser is 100% gonzo already. He was gone in November and he knows and coaches like it.

Going into this season, I don't think anyone expected THIS level of awful. We finished last season strong and the team looked refreshed after the TDL. I think many people, including myself, expected that post TDL success to carry over into next season a little. I wasn't expecting the playoffs or anything, but I was expecting progress from young players and some steps in the right direction. Instead we have experienced humiliating full on regression of the entire team. What changed? Yzerman took over. I think Blash saw the writing on the wall same as we all did. He knew this would be his last season. He just let the chips fall with no regard. He went from a below average NHL coach to a pride-less apathetic imbecile in one summer. Nothing will assuage my bloodlust for his head. I've been drinking.

If he was as cancerous as you describe Holland would never have traded for him. A GM who doesn't know his poor work ethic and bad behavior like Kekalainen would have nabbed him. Instead Holland actually stepped up and outbid CBJ for this player. Larkin isn't exactly rumored to be an angel himself either. Now he's a plus player with McDavid and a 700K Tyler Ennis. Do you really wanna suggest his plus/minus wouldn't be significantly better playing with Larkin and Mantha over Filppula and Glendening? Are Larkin and Mantha really that much significantly worse as a pair than McDavid and Ennis? Blashill clearly had it out for him. He rewarded Zadina, Fabbri, and Bertuzzi all with top line minutes and AA barely sniffed that line despite being a recent 30 goal scorer. You can't stick a young talented player like that with a washed up Fil and 4th liner for an entire season and then ask him why he's not performing. Compare that to Larkin, who is babied by Blashill. He gets all the best line-mates and support despite his own play also being significantly worse than last season. You'd think Blash would be smart enough to recognize that Fil is clearly not a 2C, and he could even try moving AA to that position with some competent supportive wingers like Fabbri and Bertuzzi. One things for certain; Blashill has got to go. He clearly phoned it in once his protector in Holland was gone and lost the room. The same idiotic lines every night, the entire team falling apart in terms of discipline, detail, and composure. AA is a victim of the idiotic coaching and cancer ridden lockerroom the empty headed Blashill created. We just sold low on an insanely offensively gifted, insanely fast, future 80 pt winger, to Edmonton for a lousy pair of 2nds. He's about to go beast mode on that top line. I don't even blame Yzerman. But he better get Blash outta there ASAP or he's gonna be selling low on more young players next year too unless he can suddenly put together a competent middle 6 that can outplay Blashills pissass tactics.

It's not for drinking, it's for trading (with people like you) after the initial plague wave has passed and I need to seek provisions in the Mad Max hellscape

He played much more with Larkin and Mantha last year and was only -9. This year he got saddled with 21 pt and -41 Filppula. Whose to blame there? The 25 year old who scored 30 goals and was -9 just last year? Or the 36 year old Filppula who wasn't good enough to be our 2nd line center back when he was 30. Guy was handed a death sentence by Blashill and Yzerman this year.

God help you it's coming Rate my prep: 1 respirator, 4 respirator filters, 6 gallons drinking water, 36 cans chef boyardee, 4 large jiff crunchy peanut butters, 2 boxes of dry ramen 12 packs, Costco size bottle of multi-vitamins, 6 bottles assorted whiskeys, 1 box surgical gloves, 1 box surgical masks, trash bags and duct to build a going outside suit, 850 rounds 9mm. I probably need more proteins I'm thinking

>AncestryDNA Great, now the People's Republic of China has your DNA and they will use it to synthesize more corona viruses that attack genetic European immune systems. Nice goin Frederick. PS you seen any corona cases in Milwaukee yet? I saw there was an active shooter in Milwaukee today, and I assume that was just a coverup to hide the corona deaths and avoid general panic by the populace