Pat Kane = Dany Heatly 2.0
STAND UP Taylor Hall FFS
Taylor Hall must learn to stay on his feet, unless he's going to crash and burn out of hockey.
My suggestion is to fine Hall $100.00 every time he falls to the ice. Make it into a contest. Whatever.
With everyone following him getting fined after every game, he's bound to get the message.
RE PREDICTIONS OILERS TANK:
With that ridiculous unbeaten run of late(5-0-2 methinks), they're now out of 29th and will probably not return to that spot, if anything time to worry about the next 2-3 teams above because none of them are tearing up much and oiler's are too close to fucking up the season, and am frankly, sick of it.
So, not many if any more posts for awhile.
Predictions to March 24, 2012
Oilers will be without Taylor Hall from the look of things.
Terrible, sad, inevitable news. Unless Taylor Hall learns how to play hockey without falling on the ice ten times a game, he's going to have a frustrating and short career.
Anyway, oiler's(I refuse to capitalise this until they start playing like a real hockey team instead of losers, sheesh) with Hall I figured were good to spit the next 8 points coming up, with games against the Yotes, Preds, Bolts, and Florida.
oilers win streak comes to an end next game, either way it's a 4 point week until March 24, 2012. Then, they will have 67 points.
New scary team to watch out for with the tank: Islanders. Habs, after seeing how good the oil were at tanking, decided not to bother, and
are out of the race.
HUNTER1909'S FEARLESS PREDICTION FOR OILERS TOTAL POINTS TO BE GAINED BETWEEN MARCH 1 AND MARCH 17, 2012:
Oiler's current point total: 56
add: Oiler's expected
points total 7 points
Total amount of points Oiler's expected to have by march 17, 2012: 63 points.
TOP TANKING RIVAL = Montreal Canadiens! All the best, Jean Beliveau let's hope the Habs can win a few for you between March 1 and 17. You guys play nearly all BAD teams, and most are Canadian; Also at least 2 games with Buffalo, all which guarantee at least 2 points between the teams on the night. Oilers need to make up ground here for sure!
hunter1909 1-0 record so far: last time, predicted oilers would end up with 57 points. therefore: WIN 1-0 record; next hunter1909's prediction on March 18, 2012.
Having calculated how many points yours truly expects the oilers(lower case until they start playing properly) to end up with close to or near to:
57 points
By the end of February.
As a wholehearted proponent of tanking the season(the higher oilers pick, the better likelihood of them adding another genius), am concerned about the following teams in the race for 29th: Buffalo worries me the most.
Lose these Turds
I haven't been watching the Oilers too carefully this year, thank fuck.
Barry Trotz should be poached from the Nashville Predators. Dude knows what day it is.
Tom Renney is a bad coach. Anyone can have superstars(he gets zero credit for the Kid Line). Renney's fucked up the Swedes, and all of those other things like pulling the goalie last night. he's lost the team, and needs to go.
Shawn Horcoff is a washed up third liner, who should be in the AHL, or pressbox. If I was the coach I'd bench him, at least make him a healthy scratch.
Reasons to be Cheerful
I like the way so many young defence prospects are getting their NHL debut out of the way this year. At least they all know what needs to be done to improve.
Of course with the Kid Line all out, they're TANKING!! I know that if I was running the Oilers today, January 2012 I'd want a GUARANTEED shot at: Ryan Murray, Grigorenko, Yakupov.
The kiddie corps defence will be useful when playoff hockey returns in 2013-14.
The rest of the NHL fan's turn green with envy when they see the Kid Line, plus other top picks and potential future. If it all works they're the Colorado Avalanche 2.0 and should be good for around 7 WC Finals, and 2-3 cups. They're potentially that good.
All talk now of course.
PS: NOTE TO KATZ - Promise to never mention MacT again, and buy out Horcoff asap, and I promise to never complain about President of Hockey Operations Kevin Lowe again.
And Then It Finally Dawned On Me
I used to love the Oilers. That of course was when I was a mere youth, and the team were awesome.
Then they started handing their players to rival teams(Paul Coffey to Pittsburgh started the trend), and at first it still was okay. Even Gretzky to the Kings was palatable, since the 1990 SC winning team had the potential to continue winning. But it wasn't to be. More players were sold, Messier decided enough was enough and when he left so did my interest in the NHL - I would spend the next decade ignoring the NHL almost entirely.
Then for some reason after college I started getting into hockey again, while living in another city. Oilers seemed far away, and their pathetic annual chase for 8th place amused me, for all the wrong reasons. Instead of a fan, I was now a fiend.
Today I see the Oilers as a team that is going down in history as one of the great sad sack franchises of all time. Ever the optimist, I predicted 6th place in the West, based on my fanciful imagination and the fact that the team had a few incredibly young gifted players. Now, halfway through the third season of absolute total suckage, I look like a moron(again). I never worry about looking dumb, but don't like being dumb.
Looking at the intelligence of the Oilers fanbase, watching their analytical skills is kind of weird. For one thing, collectively they seem to understand more about the team than the team does itself. It's just fucked up. Once upon a time I had Slats to depend on to routinely keep the team competative; but today, it's left to an impotent fanbase to wax endlessly on regarding what needs to be done, but never is.
It's insane. Beam me up, Scotty.
Oilers MO Re Their Exiting Players
Why can't the Oilers let anyone leave town with dignity?
Ales Hemsky's basically given up his future health, having been hammered into the boards so many times he's probably got permanent slivers all over his body.
But now, that he's approaching UFA status, Oiler's front office has already begun it's usual "Let's run the bastard out of town" show.
Umm, guys...this isn't a good thing. Sooner or later Oiler's will draft someone who will pull an Eric Lindros and tell the Oilers to fuck off. That player will say things like: "I don't like the way they have ruined the careers of so many of their young players." Then refuse to sign with the team.
In so many ways, this would be a good thing - other than for the fact they won't end up firing Lowe or any of the other deadbeats(Buschburger as eventual head coach hahahaha).
No Problem to Cast this Oiler
No wonder the Bruins wanted Hall - he's a ringer for Matt Damon.
Happy New Year btw.
October's Oilers
No matter how low the team sinks(currently 26th overall), I will remain giddy re the possibilities having seen the team playing great for the 1st 20 games.
Silver Linings
Since Hall went down I admit my interest in the Edmonton Oilers has plummeted. RNH is a fantastic rookie, and it's great to see him(and Eberle for that matter) thriving on the Hall-less team, but the difference between the Oilers lining up with Hall vs without are astonishing, and not in a good way.
At times like this I feel safe evaluating the 2011-2012 Edmonton Oilers:
With Hall: 6th place and win 1 round in playoffs.
Without Hall: 12 place, just out of the lottery.
This is why it was frustrating when Hall went down against the Avalanche. In the flash of an eye the Oilers became a struggling hockey team...a good one potentially, but just not right now.
Cam Barker get well soon!
Linus Omark get well soon!
PS: Anyone else notice that Taylor Hall looks like Gumby?
Emergency Post!
Last night Taylor Hall got himself crushed. It wasn't surprising, given the way he plays the game. The Oilers were a shadow of themselves without Hall, putting the chestnut of him being in any way shape or form inferior to that Boston guy finally to rest, insofar as this commentator goes.
This is partially the subject of today's lecture. That, young super players who enter the league at 18(like Hall), with their teenaged bodies run every risk of getting themselves smashed into pieces before their bodies mature.
If Hall recovers and miraculously avoids more injuries, by the time he's 23 years old I believe the Oilers will be perennial cup contenders. He's that good.
HUNTER'S FEARLESS PREDICTIONS FOR 21-26 NOV, 2011
Okay, with 4 road games all coming up before the end of the next weekend:
Mon - @ Dallas
Tues - @ Nashville
Hunter's Prediction! Oilers take at least a split of at least 2 points from these games.
Friday @ Minnesota
Saturday @ Colorado
Hunter's Prediction! Oilers take at least a split of at least 2 points from these games.
Overall, the team should gain at least 4 points from this 4 game road trip...anything less spells failure, and the odds of failure are 30/70.
On a brighter note, if the Oilers take 5 or more points, it will be a Very Successful week. Odds of this taking place, 60/40
Odds of another Oilers blowout ala the Hawks of one out of the four teams= 60/40
No More Posts Until Further Notice :(
I have to say it. Like so many Oiler fans, I hope beyond hope for these bums all the while expecting abject failure.
I confidently predict 6th place every year(LOL), then every year end up cursing as they find yet another way to end up at the bottom of the barrel. Scores of 6-3, 3-0 and 6-3 if nothing else have taught me that the Oilers have serious, serious holes to address(and since when have they ever done that post-Messier?).
Okay millionaires, enjoy your futile careers, while I focus on the rest of this year(whatever that means).
I Hate This Douchebag
I just hope Edmonton and Boston meet in the finals one day. because when they do, the Bruins won't find themselves playing a bunch of whining divers like last year.
Yes....I suppose I am a tad bitter, lol.
It's November and Oilers Still Contending
Like forever, and I've been predicting the Oilers to finish in 6th place.
And like forever, the Oilers have iced a rotten, patched up, horrible team in one way or another.
This season, I honestly think there is every chance for once I'll turn out to be correct, and here are some of the reasons:
1 - Oilers now have two bona fide scoring lines. Sorry, but since the dynasty I honestly don't remember any other time that this was true.
2 - Oilers have a coach that doesn't constantly annoy me. What I mean is, the MacT era was about entitlement - not only for veterans(who MacT loved), but for MacT and his ilk themselves; that is, clearly second rate former Oilers who rode the coat tails of the greats...then made a lifetime living off of their good luck.
3 - Everyone on the team has bought into Renney's system. Can there be anything cooler than watching mediocre players elevate their game? Compare this with the POS era - where POS(just one example) would prefer to skate 500 feet away from anything remotely painful. Now I see everyone blocking shots with glee.
I suppose these 'reasons' aren't very well thought out. So fucking what?
Welcome To The Former: thecaptainethanmoreau
Should be a barnburner Thurday November 3 when our beloved Oilers take on the LAKings, who tonight will ice not only our very former thecaptainethanmoreau, but Jarret Stoll, Matt Greene, and Dustin Penner.
7-2 Oilers.
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