Now that Oilers are coachless...

I am finally purged of all former anti-MacT sentiment.

It's over. I wish him well, in all that he does for the rest of his life. 

I've even heard a few Flyers fans talking about him coming to coach them next season.  That would be cool.

Now Tambellini: Dump the following players: Nilsson, Moreau, Staios, Pisani(ok keep him as a token of the 2006 run)...

Then try to get Bouwmeester before the Flames or Nucks  get him...

Don't I repeat DO NOT HIRE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COACHES: Tom Renney, Marc Crawford

Oh yeah. Fire Chad Moreau, and Kevin Lowe's brother. Make a statement to the organisation, that you're finally going to shake up this throughly rotten team, once and for good.

Hmm...this needs a token pic so

Tambellini Is Scarier Than Anything We Imagined

The Stiff is GONE!!!!!

Will we ever live to see anything like this again? probably not. 

Perhaps in 2088 Oilers return the cup to what I've always perceived as it's rightful home. 

Meanwhile, what have we got? A coachless(THANK FUCK!!!!!) team, with what appears to be the makings of a cool General Manager/Owner.  Kevin Lowe is getting kicked higher and higher, where he won't be able to fuck anything up, and despite the fact this team has almost ZERO top line talent, so what? 

At least I won't ever have to look at that dried out alkie staring from behind the Oilers bench, licking his lips like the thirsty man he no doubt is, all the time appearing like he just dropped a couple of hits of purple microdot.

Fearless Prediction: Next season Oilers will struggle to make the playoffs, then fall short.  The plain truth is, this team hasn't got very much going for it.

Bye Bye MacTavish

Just take a butcher's at this pic. It sums up the MacTavish Oilers better than any words I could compose. 

Just for fun, let's compare it to the iconic Washington crossing the Delaware.

LOL @ Oilers beating the Quacks

I'm pretty certain Oilers finish in 8th. Technically since New Year, I've been imagining 7th, but always felt Oilers are just too fucked up to get that "high".

It also appears there is a civil war going on in the dressing room. On one hand a mediocre 'core' of vets, and a pretty decent but still developing bunch of kids.  Add a coach who for all intents and purposes is a basket case(alcoholism kills MILLIONS  upon MILLIONS of brain cells), and you end up with a paper mache kind of team.

I'm glad they will play the Wings in round 1. Wings will think Oilers are roadkill, after the hammerings they've given them so far, but, in the playoffs, Oilers aren't as shit as the record suggests. 

Eight Long Years of Shit Hockey

I'm currently on a 4-0-0 win streak predicting the Oilers last games. 

It's easy! You just figure out the loser psychology of this sad sack MacT "led" team, and the results come your way.

Now Hemsky wants out, LMAOOOOOO!!

Cue the Oilers  "MY HOCKEY TEAM CRAP OR GOOD" brigade. 

Then Hemsky can go to a real team, and everyone can start hyping Eberle, or whatever teenaged 'sensation' the party line tells us to salivate over. 

Along of course, with the annual 'let's fuck up the future to bring in a washed up old star player', that the old time expansion teams used to play. 

Correct Me If I'm Wrong But...

Here is my analysis re the NHL since last time Oilers won the cup. If there are errors, please feel free to correct me.

This is based on league success and cup winning success since 1991:

Boston - league success     no cups

NJ        - league success           cups 

Wash   - no league success   no cups    BUT WITH OVECHKIN SHOULD WIN CUPS IN FUTURE

Philly   - league success        no cups

Habs    - no league success     cup

Panthers  - no league success  no cups 

NYR     - league success           cup

Pitts     - league success           cups     WITH CROSBY ETC IN LINE FOR MORE SUCCESS

Buff     - league success       no cups

Carolina - no league success   cup

TO        - no league success    no cups

Sens     - league success        no cups

Tampa - no league success     cup

Atlanta - no league success    no cups

NYI      - no league success    no cups

Wings   - league success     cups

SJ          - league success    no cups

Flames  - no league success    no cups

Hawks  -  no league success    no cups

Nucks   - no league success     no cups

CBJ      - no league success     no cups

OILERS - no league success  no cups

Preds     - no league success   no cups

Ducks    - no league success      cup

Stars      - league success          cup

Wild      - no league success   no cups

Blues      - league success        no cups

Kings    - no league success    no cups

Yotes     - no league success   no cups

Avs        - league success           cups

We are now left with 14 teams who have neither had much success in the league, or in cup wins.

Now, subtract the expansion teams since 1991:  Florida, Atlanta, Columbus, Nashville, Minnesota

We are now left with 9 teams: 

From this we subtract the Capitals, because with Ovechkin only an idiot would argue they aren't virtually guaranteed a cup or more.

We now have 8 teams. 

Of these, it's fairly obvious that the Hawks might be about to make a move to the top of the ladder. 

We now have 7 teams: Toronto, NY Islanders in the east; Calgary, Canucks, Oilers, Kings and Yotes. 

I would probably argue that the Flames look pretty decent right now, as does the Kings future-wise. 

We now have 5 teams: Toronto, NY Islanders, Canucks, Oilers, and Yotes = the dregs of the NHL