Oilers v. Canucks - Something Completely Different
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 3:30 PM PST
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Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks, Nov 28, 2009 7:00 PM PST
The story after the jump.
Most of you (all of you?) don't know that my girlfriend is both an amazing girlfriend, an Oiler fan and a wonderful artist. Just over a year ago we'd recently moved to Vancouver and didn't know too many folks so she decided to buy us tickets to see the Canucks and Oilers for my birthday. What a great gift. The Oilers proceeded to celebrate my birthday in style with a 6-3 loss. Thanks guys.
So what's the deal with this flag? Well, when we arrived at GM Place we found these ridiculous mini-flags sitting on all of our seats. They sucked and we had no idea what was going on. Did Trevor Linden where the number seven on his underwear? Is Cliff Ronning suddenly the kind of player who gets a jersey retired? Well Cliff Ronning was there but... well, let's let this... uh... "fantastic" ceremony speak for itself. It turns out they were retiring the fans. Oh. My. God.
Well, this just wouldn't do. Fortunately my girlfriend brought markers with her to the game and we were early enough that she had plenty of time to improve what Canucks' management had done. She was even kind enough to make a few for some of the other Oiler fans in our section. We waved our flags happily as we cheered for the Oilers and what were fans of the Canucks to say? They weren't impressed with us for sure, and made that clear but in the end saying, "Cliff Ronning retired US! You can't make fun of THIS!" just isn't going to work. The promotion lasted about two or three games before the Canucks realized that the whole thing was extremely embarrassing to their fans and they shelved the promotion, although the number seven is still in the rafters of GM Place celebrating the fact that the Canucks have very little to celebrate. Nice work guys. So tonight, as we look at a present that's nothing but bleak and a future one might describe as uncertain if one is optimistic, let's take a moment to remember our past and smile. At least we'll never need to retire the fans. GOILERS!
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The Canucks should really retire the Stadium SkyTrain station, which has saved a generation of drunken, lecherous Canucks fans from having to even worry about driving home in their brand new hybrids, freeing them up to drink plastic cup after plastic cup of watered-down $12 beer and try to stare down the female ushers’ cleavage.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 3:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah cause Hybrids suck. Oilers fans, I guess based on the name I should have guessed this, are in favour of what will likely be catastophic climate change that will cause billions of people to lose their lives? Sounds about right. You gotta figure with most of the people in North America dead there would finally be a chance for the Oilers to win another cup.
by Section 312 on Nov 28, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps we should retire the Vancouver fans too ?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 5:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d prefer to just shut them up.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 6:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Do you know that handling of spent Lithium ion batteries is going to cause a huge problem. CO2 emissions are manageable but ultra-large scale disposal of lithium isnt. Also if you want to recycle….what fuel will the recycling industry use? Carbon based?
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 4:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
CO2 emissions aren’t managable in the current global climate. This is because the third world, the developing world and places like China are unwilling to manage their CO2 emissions unless the Western world does so as well and on an even larger scale. Read Climate Wars it will open your eyes.
As for the tranist system in Vancouver. That is a joke. I lived there for 25 years. The buses are slow, never on time and don’t go where you need to go. The skytrain is great if you happen to be gong somewhere close to the skytrain and if you live anywhere other than downtown you have to drive everywhere. At least we don’t leave our vehicles running even when it’s like minus 1. I mean really? It isn’t that cold. I live in Fort St John and never leave my vehicle running in the winter. And surprisingly I am still alive.
And I am not bitter. I was just making a joke.
by Section 312 on Nov 28, 2009 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve used a lot of transit systems in a lot of places, and I’ve got to tell you that Vancouver’s transit system is the best in Canada by just miles and miles.
Which is depressing, I admit.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Never lived in Montreal then. And good in Canada still rates as horrible compared to most places in the Western world. I mean if you have a car in New York or London or Paris you are an idiot.
by Section 312 on Nov 28, 2009 5:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Never lived to Montreal but traveled there. I do approve of their transit system but I can tell you for a fact their metro cars sway alarmingly when a couple dozen Canadian soccer fans are jumping up and down in them chanting.
(This is a niche issue, I admit, but s serious one!)
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 5:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“Cliff Ronning retired US! You can’t make fun of THIS!”
They were correct. This makes fun of itself.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 3:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
As a Canucks fan I can say for the record that our organization, and a lot of our fans, trying to act like we have a tradition is laughable. We should embrace our status as losers like my Cubs do. I mean let’s be honest Trevor Linden and Stan Smyl were good players but jersey’s retired? That is just sad.
by Section 312 on Nov 28, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was a funny incident Scott. Haha
I did not know about this. Retiring the fans…lol
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
We didn’t know about until we arrived. But boy was it bad.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 6:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sedin Sisters
For the Vancouver Canucks, when it comes to the Sedins, much like eyebrows, having two is better than just one.
Here’s another one of my brutal photochops: The Sedin Sisters:
by Hockey Noob on Nov 28, 2009 5:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That’s creepy.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 5:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Listening to Mike Milbury makes me feel far, far smarter than I actually am.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 5:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
And so does Whoever This Other Guy in the Glenn Healy Role Is.
You know how sometimes people defend funding the CBC on the grounds that it is intellectual and not pandering to the lowest common denominator like commercial television? That makes me giggle.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just enjoyed watching him actively shit a brick. It was hilarious.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t actually know which one’s which.
by Hockey Noob on Nov 28, 2009 5:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Haha! Nice work with the #7 flag! I mean..it really was a treacherous idea to retire a #7 in the first place so it deserves any defacing that it gets!
by Sean Zandberg on Nov 28, 2009 6:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Is the #7 really retired retired? Like nobody can wear it again? Immortalized by Gary Lupul?
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 7:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure this is the case. No one was wearing it last year and no one is wearing it this year and they said it was retired so…
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I still love Don Cherry, if only for sentences like “I’m talkin’ to Crown Royal.”
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Lemme tell you guys, playing Deslauriers tonight is a mistake.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Me too
Was too late to say so in advance, other than all week I was calling for the two to split these two games. JDD was nothing short of gawdawful in that cameo appearance. Now Dubnyk gets his first game anyway with no chance to win it.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 7:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is this your reverse curse again?
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hopefully
oh wait cant show confidence can i?
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did the Oilers leave their whites at home? Did I miss something at the start?
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
sometimes home teams are aloowed to wear the whites but they have to let the visiting team know this in advance so that the equipment manager can pack the home gear
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The blues don’t show brown as clearly, which is good because the Canucks are going to shit all over us.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Still, strange. I know some teams, like Phoenix, have asked the Canadiens and Leafs to wear their coloured jerseys, but I can’t imagine the Canucks wanting so badly to see the Oilers’ vintage getup, all things considered.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Canucks with an early power play (ranked 8th) against the Oilers penalty kill (ranked “participant”).
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Not even honorable mention.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn…..i was scared the by the amount of shots from the blue by the nucks
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If your penalty kill is running out Ryan Potulny and Jason Strudwick to defend Jeff Deslauriers’s goal, you might be a lottery team.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Terrible penalty by Penner, and worse kill by the Oilers, even worse positioning by JDD
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DESLAURIERS!
I dunno, I think that was a deflection, but it’s no less depressing.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Even if it was, Deslauriers was 2 feet out of position.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Like Clowe’s goal last night, beat JDD’s pad by a good 2 feet and was still inside the post. The guy has a dreadful time following the puck, and if you can’t do that you will be absolutely Exposed in this league. Didn’t take long tonight.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 7:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Too far in? Sum, he was too far to the right. By two feet.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Glad to see Strudwick’s feet are no less steady than they were last night.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
LOTTERY!
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
What is Staios doing?!
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Paging Trevor Jung.
Or whatever the hell his name was.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That last one was on Staios. He decided to defend the slot with a man in the crease and a man in the circle.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Watch this one on PVR – Staios gets full value for the GA and chance against
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What’s with this “Woo!” at the end of the goal announcement? Nashville isn’t that redneck.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
It's a Carolina thing that Vancouver has apparently stolen
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Which is Ric Flair thing that Carolina stole
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, I think Ric Flair made an airplane connection in Vancouver once, so he’s practically a native son.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But at least Flair is from North Carolina.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t Ric Flair a season-ticket holder or something? I know he’s at a decent number of ’Canes games.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In Carolina it’s a stupid goal celebration.
In Vancouver…it’s hackneyed and awful.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Deslauriers just landed more solid blows than Strudwick did.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
TAYLOR HALL!
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
What a line change by the forwards and Staios should be shot on sight for that half-assed block.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Dubnyk! Turn your pager on! We tried this after the last one!
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Devan Dubnyk is just staring at Pat Quinn right now, getting his mask on, saying things about how good his warmup was…
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Although… they may as well let Deslauriers play thirty minutes so this game counts toward his not becoming an unrestricted free agent. May as well have something good come from this one!
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Serious question:
Do you think that Oilers management is even aware that he can become a free agent?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Serious question #2:
Why would any of us be worried about losing him?
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, no. But everything the Oilers have done over the last two years suggests they want to keep him.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, you can see why.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fortunately, they signed an old goalie who likely be hurt enough that it won’t matter. Er… well… I guess that’s fortunate. And I don’t know if they’re aware. Someone should ask Tambellini and then we’ll know that he knows.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He would stare at the questioner like a deer in headlights. And look like he was going to cry.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Taylor Hall will be great next season on the coppernblue
I will like Tyler Seguin too. Can we somehow get the Toronto 1st rounder as well?
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well, Brian Burke likes talentless hacks and god knows we have enough of them.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
JF Jacques just played the worst possible defense EVER on that goal.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m telling you guys. Patron Saint of Lost Hockey Causes.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
right now Stortini plays a more sound game than JFJ
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Always has
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 7:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He was just standing there watching the Sedins behind the net. He didn’t do anything.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, no, no. Doogie had it last night. Jacques is a lost hockey cause and Pisani is the saint of lost hockey causes. Jacques ain’t no saint (imagine me repeating these last three words in wrestling chant style).
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus Christ, I get up to get supper and ANOTHER one goes in? Where the shit is Dubnyk?
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So he is. We weren’t back from commercial yet when I posted that.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 7:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DON’T WORRY SUM RYAN O’MARRA AND COLIN MCDONALD ARE HERE.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good news, everyone: we’re going to do the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first stars tonight.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You’ve been waiting to use that for a long time.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Right now, Staios is 21. JDD is 20.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking about hopping on a ferry and going to this one. Boy, dodged a fucking bullet on that one.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Do ALL the Oiler fans on this site live in B.C.?? (myself included :P)
by Simon M on Nov 28, 2009 7:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am in edmonton. I am sure Bruce is here too
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m in Calgary.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 9:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To riff on a famous quote:
Calgary is Calgary and hell is hell. And of the two, Calgary is worse.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 9:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Roberto Luongo with the first “I’m just bored” huge-skate-and-pass of the night.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Stone and Nilsson
I’m sure glad that Renney skated the hell out of them today so that they couldn’t go tonight.
That was genius.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I suspect Shawn Horcoff’s going to be shut down and Dustin Penner is about to suffer a strained get-me-the-fuck-out-of-here ligament.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Horcoff is one good hit away from being shut down
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Staios
These last three games – a slump or the start of the long kiss goodbye?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
2 years in a row
Can we please be bad next season too?
I really like that Ryan-Nugent Hopkins kid too
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Penalty shot! That’s a textbook fucking penalty shot!
For Zack Stortini!
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
There is no justice. That should have been a Zorg penalty shot and how awesome would that have been.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I would rather take the 2 min powerplay
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Even though they scored, I’d still rather have watched Stortini take the peanlty shot.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bruce would need a cigarette if he potted it.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was hoping
If it was Burrows or somebody it would have been a PS, but Stripes couldn’t believe Zorg got behind anybody.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 7:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that’s just another $100,000 on Gagner’s next contract though.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice loud “fuck off!” on the CBC microphone.
I agree.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Dubnyk
Is a tall mfer
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
And somehow gets beat high
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh tipped. Nevermind.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty hot shot by Andrew Cogliano.
You know, Jacques aside, the forwards haven’t been 4-1 worth of awful.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Jacques, Staios and Deslauriers have
And that’s enough.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When the shots are 13-1 there’s lots of blame to go around. Shots would have been even higher if JDD had kicked out a couple rebounds rather than, you know, letting the first shot go straight in.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 7:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Staios again.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lovely night by Steve Staios. Just fantastic. I’d rather see Ryan O’Marra on defense tonight.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I mean, I have to work with a bunch of Canucks fans tomorrow.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Our goalies may be tall ...
… but this reminds me of Tom Thumb. Put it over the goalie’s head and in
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 7:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That wasn’t on him – it was tipped because Staios did nothing except coast backwards and watch the puck.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 7:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
didnt see the tip….will watch it in the highlights again
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bad luck
Staios could dive and tip that puck 1000 more times and it wouldn’t go up and off the crossbar and in.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 7:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s too bad for Dubnyk. I thought that he’d looked pretty good so far tonight. He’s certainly stronger positionally than Deslauriers.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 7:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
And more aware …well that might be the result of being strong positionally
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 7:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Play genre 'I hate this team'."
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 7:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I want to punch that guy in the face every time I see that commercial. This game isn’t helping.
by Simon M on Nov 28, 2009 8:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Patron saints of lost causes…(writing this makes e smile) is still with horcoff
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now now, play nice
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 8:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Didn’t shoot it hard enough, Sheldon.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good to see Sheldon Souray knows what the name of the game is.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Staios’ chance differential on the year: -2.354 / 17
17 is his ESATOI
So every three games, he’s down a goal.
For a comparison, Souray is -1.645/17
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
No doubt pairing with Staois is causing that
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So what you’re saying is that he’s getting them all out of the way.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
COLIN!
FUCKING!
MCDONALD!
I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THAT KID!
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Runs off to post on his facebook page…
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
2/3 of the car bomb line!
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I credit the whole line
Zorg took a huge run at Hordichuk, then the old O’Marra – McDonald combination did the rest
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 8:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, Lanterns was supposed to make up the Car Bomb line, but if we want to call that line the Car Bomb line with Stortini out there, I’m okay with it.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Colin will be telling his grandkids about the time he scored his first goal in a 17-2 loss…
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
On Roberto Luongo. And what if they come back to win on a Safeway Score and Win 5-goal game from Colin McDonald?
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 8:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
While sporting a Fu Manchu
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Someone might just regret not getting on that ferry.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 8:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I will say that if we score 2 more goals
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Penner and Brule are like Peaches and Herb.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Brule has absolutely been awesome with penner
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The only possible nickname: Penn Brule.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hope we’re not using up all our 5v4 goals the same night Staios is using up his 5v5 goals again.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hope we’re not using up all our 5v4 goals the samenightseason Staios is using up his 5v5 goals again.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Goal Line
It should be noted where that goal came from. Brule started below the goal line.
Why aren’t more power plays run from below the goal line, or at least feature movement down there?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Good question. You’d think the opposing team wouldn’t want to chase down there since it would open up all kinds of space in other areas. Plus if you’re moving from the half-wall and then down below the goal line you’re opening up quite a few different angles. It could work.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 8:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Gretzky had an office down there. Lemieux used to cycle with himself down there. The Wild used to operate from down there sometimes.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
With goals from Brule, McDonald, and Penner, are we officially the Vaguely Unfit All-Stars?
Eddie Caron is going to regret retiring.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
BRUCE! BRUUUUUCE! I SMELL A POST!
(Or maybe I’ll do it. God, I loved Cupcakes Caron.)
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you taking about this guy??
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/eddie_caron
0.5A?? Wtf?
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So he retired at 23…and looks like oilers management were blind-sighted by this. What happened?
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For a few games running, Ladislav Smid has been the best part of Smid – Visnovsky.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Not that shift. And what was Cogliano doing?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Smid was the only one anywhere near the puck in that entire five-some. A couple times he played the puck up to the forward and the forward just dicked on it.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat that was a bad bad bad call
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that was a pretty terrible call.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 8:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Brutal
… and just like that it’s 6-3. Thanks Ref for the bullshit call
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t worry. We’ve got four more from McDonald coming tonight.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is soooo bad. A goal on a non call!!! If it was some actual fuking penalty it would have been easy to accept
This is bad ….real real bad
I am MAD
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That really was the best shot possible, though.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Craig Simpson just seriously posited that aggressive penalties are easier to kill. Well, that explains a thing or two.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Who in the hell started that?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re not going to believe it, but it was Jason Gregor.
“[Ethan Moreau] is second on the team in hits, and has more than Pouliot, Brule and Nilsson combined, yet many of you think he is better suited on the fourth line. Yes, he takes a few too many aggressive penalties, but it’s easier to kill off that penalty than a lazy hooking or tripping penalty any day.”
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I believe Gregor said it, but he didn’t start it.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Didnt cogliano say something similar too?
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, it’s a hokcey falsism
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 8:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hmmm…..Sometimes it might happen. Because of some of those non-calls, the team be a bit dejected and might not have the same energy during the kill
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So that should show in the numbers, right?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, we’ll see if they can kill this needless aggressive penalty! That was so needless and aggressive it should be really easy to kill!
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This explanation of icing/penalty call is convoluted.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 8:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Havent heard Visnovsky’s name today at all
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
We got our makeup call. Not doing much with it, though.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Like Tambellini and the franchise?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 8:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If your second-line right wing and power play point man got seriously outmuscled by Mikkel Samuelsson, you might be a lottery team.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
you need to record these quotes and post it during the off-season
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In honour of our goalscorers, I am grilling up a double cheeseburger.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Its funny that many commentators and media personnel describe a goalie’s play and ability using his GaV and sometime dont even mention his Sv%
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 8:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
There’s more to goaltending than Sv%
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
of course but Sv % is the most accurate raw data availble for a goalie performance…
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 9:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
6 Bettman Points so far tonight
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 8:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Man, if somebody told me the Oilers would get a Bettman Point tonight…
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 8:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’d be taking the ferry to see them? Or do they need to come to you?
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Including three shootouts in five minutes on Hockey Night.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 9:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So a loss in regulation tonight gives the Oilers the worst points percentage in the Western Conference. They have a lot of work to do to get worst in the league though. The Hurricanes have really thrown down the gauntlet for futility this year. We’re actually closer to the playoffs than we are to last overall.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 9:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
We wont be able to be worse than Canes. However we can be 2nd worst and hope to win the lottery!!!
I am off..gnight all
by SumOil on Nov 28, 2009 9:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, they did rattle off that ‘93 Sens-esque losing streak a few weeks back. That’ll give you a huge advantage in the Race to the Bottom.
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by Doogie2K on Nov 28, 2009 9:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now, at least this penalty was a defensive zone penalty for Moreau.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 9:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Really, it’s as good as his scoring a goal.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 9:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good thing or you might think he should have hit that open net.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 9:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Little bit of Grant Fuhr action from Dubnyk.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 9:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Three goals now by Dubnyk yet somehow I’ve been pretty pleased with him tonight. It’s only one game but I certainly “see” him better than I have Deslauriers so far. He’s apparently had trouble on the PK at other levels. Makes you wonder.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 9:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So, he’s going to end up being like Khabibulin?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 9:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d have to think Dubnyk would take that.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 9:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m beginning to think we might not win this one.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 9:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
But Hemsky’s WOWY results are going to take a nice bump!
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Oil really missed Hemmer on the PK tonight.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 9:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It wasn’t Hemmer, but they sure missed something on the PK tonight. Probably could’ve used 83 at EV though.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 9:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The game seems to be ebbing now. I know they were just out there but I’d like to see lots more of the AHL boys. They know that they’re playing for an NHL paycheque every shift. Something fun about watching them.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 28, 2009 9:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I forgot how contemptible Hughson is
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 9:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
He’s hard to take on nights the Canucks are winning
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 28, 2009 9:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
P.J. Stock just lit Milbury up. I think I like Stock now.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 28, 2009 9:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Stock 1 Milbury cob
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by Derek Zona on Nov 28, 2009 9:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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