SBNation Debut
by Jonathan Willis on Apr 13, 2009 1:34 PM MDT
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Welcome to the Edmonton Oilers arm of SBNation - The Copper & Blue! I guarantee ranting, tangents, and microscopic inspection of trivialities past, present, and projected. Along the way, I may stumble into some genuine analysis and useful insights, but if expectations are kept low then disappointment will hopefully be avoided.
This isn't my first blog; I've been running the original Copper & Blue off and on for a year now, and I also do a regular column over at OilersNation and CanucksArmy, so my thoughts will be preserved by the power of the internet for generations to come. Oh, those lucky future generations.
I am new to the SBNation blog format, but hopefully I'll pick things up quickly and with a minimum of embarrassment so that I can get on with the important work of embarrassing myself in other ways.
In any case, we'll all get to know each other soon enough and I expect this is going to be a lot of fun!
And, if you're coming here from the original Copper & Blue, I'll get the blogroll and everything else figured out as quickly as I can, but in the meantime the articles will continue.
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Welcome to the SBNiverse, Jonathan. Glad to see a capable blogger for the Oilers — it’s been too weird with that blogging vacancy.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Welcome, guys; now you can get on with the summer-long hand wringing like those of us down in Nashville.
More fun than a stick to the face!
On the Forecheck is SB Nation's blog covering the Nashville Predators.
Get on with it? The season’s been over for a day and we’re already well into the swing of things here ;)
by Jonathan Willis on Apr 13, 2009 2:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Hell, we’ve been wringing our hands over this team for the last three years, if we’re being perfectly honest. ;)
SNN Sports - A theoretical Oilers blog (i.e. theoretically, I write stuff there)
Welcome
If you have any problems with the SBN features don’t be afraid to fire off an e-mail or a text message.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Welcome! Now where did you guys bury Ryan O'Marra?
He doesn’t call, he doesn’t write…
Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.
But but but, I have this card, it says right here he is our future. Mad Mike told me so. No one believes me…they say I’m hallucinating, but I know…I know.
Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.
Oh, you mean that great player from the World Juniors! I wonder whatever happened to him.
by Jonathan Willis on Apr 13, 2009 2:35 PM MDT up reply actions
When I saw the picks for the SBN NHL awards, I knew it had to be either you or LT. Congrats on the new digs.
SNN Sports - A theoretical Oilers blog (i.e. theoretically, I write stuff there)
Damn you.
You made me create a new account. I’m angry. You better actually write some stuff instead of doing nothing :)
Conciliatory...
I’ll try and mend my ways by writing more. I understand that my current level isn’t up to snuff – only 5 blog posts today ;)
by Jonathan Willis on Apr 13, 2009 3:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Welcome!
I remember when you guys were the Alberta Oilers. Got any old Jim Harrison jerseys lying around? ;-)
I wish. Though I think that vintage-hockey auction place that sold Beliveau’s stuff had one from an Oilers auction a couple of years ago.
SNN Sports - A theoretical Oilers blog (i.e. theoretically, I write stuff there)
CanucksArmy?
You give that right up now good sir.
And welcome aboard. Thanks for smacking Calgary around this weekend. Much obliged.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
I can say that the logo to this site is already one of my favourites, if not my favourite in the entire SBN. Welcome aboard!
Supporter of the Sergei Berezin "Give and Go" - You give me puck, then you go to hell
I know – the designer did an awesome job on it.
by Jonathan Willis on Apr 14, 2009 12:55 AM MDT up reply actions
You should’ve used this picture for your “Turnover” entry.
That could only be from 2 years ago, and Greene, Bergeron, Lupul, Torres, Stoll, Reasoner, Petersen, Winchester, and Sykora are all gone.
Anyway, I’m glad I accidentally clicked on a link to your old blog (which I had just assumed you’d stopped updating once you started posting over at ON) and was able to find a link to this place. I particularly like your blog because we always seem to be thinking about the same stuff at the same times, so I know I can usually find an interesting view on exactly what I want to read about.
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Hey JW, you’re tougher to track than Lawrence Nycholat. :)
Look forward to following you in the new blog, even if somebody else has got my name in this domain. :(
http:www.oildroppings.blogspot.com
welcome!
As head of the Ranger blog, I am obligated to steal your old posts. Some of them will work well for me at first, maybe even win me some kind of award. But in the end, I’ll hang on to them entirely too long, pay them way too much money, and they will set my blog back years.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Apr 15, 2009 7:35 AM MDT reply actions
but if history holds true...
Shouldn’t I have incredible success here for a few years, followed by some miserable failure as my blog’s budget is slashed, before defecting to take over your blog – where the fans will chant “Fire Willis! Fire Willis!”?
by Jonathan Willis on Apr 15, 2009 8:56 AM MDT up reply actions
btw
the logo is awesome!
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Apr 15, 2009 7:35 AM MDT reply actions
sweeeet
so pleased to see the move to SB nation. one of my favorites helped lead to the beginning of the ‘nation’ and now one of my other favs is finally on board.
love, mike in canada
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