Oilers v. Predators - Leviticus 19:1-19
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 4:45 PM MDT
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PrintYahweh also said to Moses, "Give the following instructions to every man who ever plays with stick and puck: you must be holy because I, Yahweh your God, am holy."
"You must always show great respect for your coach, who in turn must honor the holy Sabbath: he must never play the same goaltender in back-to-back games."
"Do not put your trust in dressing-room superstitions for I am Yahweh your God."
"When you present a goal offering, make sure that it is done properly so that it will be accepted by God. The offering does not need to be beautiful, but the puck must clearly cross the line. There must be no doubt. And when it crosses, make sure to stretch both arms heavenward to give thanks to God before embracing your teammates. If the puck does not clearly cross the line, your offering may not be recognized, and if you do not throw your arms heavenward, you will be shamed by the community. Anyone caught showboating to draw attention to himself will be punished by beating for not showing Yahweh the proper respect."
"Further, when you have already scored five or six goals, it brings no honor to anyone to continue piling on, so there is no need for worship since God will not accept it. Similarly, if you are losing by five or six, there is no reason to throw your hands heavenward in celebration or to share an embrace with your teammates for an expression of joy then would make a mockery of true worship. I am Yahweh your God."
"Do not dive."
"Do not deceive or cheat a referee and then complain about the refereeing."
"Do not bring shame on the name of God by using it to swear falsely. If you say, 'I swear to God I'll beat the shit out of you,' and do not follow through, you bring dishonor to God's name. So either follow through on your oath or do not swear at all. I am Yahweh your God."
"If you are a player, do not hold out for more money. If you are an owner, do not make your players wait until the next day to receive a fair contract."
"Do not stick out a knee for a knee or an elbow for the head or charge someone from behind without reason."
"Do not use another man's children to insult him, even if he is on the other team, or you will be rightly punished by beating."
"Do not speak of what is said on the ice in the media."
"Do not stand idly by after a teammate has been injured. You must throw punches. I am Yahweh your God."
"Do not nurse hatred in your heart for those who have wronged you or your teammate. Start a fight immediately, and you will not be punished too severely."
"Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against your teammate, but love your teammates as yourself, for they are your family. I am Yahweh your God; you must obey all of my decrees."
Nashville Predators (2-1-1) @ Edmonton Oilers (1-1-1)
Rexall Place, 7:30 p.m. MDT
Television: Sportsnet West
More analysis after the jump...
Visiting Team Scouting Report:
I don't know how much a good coach is worth, but I'm becoming more and more convinced that it must be substantial at least in part because of the Nashville's moderate success season after season. They're one of just nine teams that have made the playoffs at least five out of the six seasons since the introduction of the salary cap, and they've spent (by far) the least money on players of any of those teams (Anaheim, Detroit, Montreal, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Jose are the others). A quick look at the forward lineup every year is a tell that the coach must be playing a big role. The club's current crop of forwards looks awful, but you know what, they looked poor last year too, and yet the team kept on winning. And this season's team already has a couple of players playing way over their heads: David Legwand leads the league in scoring with eight points in just four games and first-year pro, Craig Smith, has four points in his first four games after being drafted as an overager out of the fourth round in 2009. You'd think that injuries to Mike Fisher and Martin Erat (who account for nearly 20% of the team's payroll) would slow the club down substantially, but so far this season, the team has managed just fine.
Expected Lineups:
Edmonton Oilers (1-1-1):
Hall - Nugent-Hopkins - Eberle
Smyth - Horcoff - Jones
Paajarvi - Belanger - Omark
Eager - Lander - Petrell
Smid - Gilbert
Barker - Petry
Sutton - Potter
Khabibulin
Nashville Predators (2-1-1):
Wilson - Legwand - Kostitsyn
Halischuk - O'Reilly - Smith
Tootoo - Smithson - Spaling
McGrattan - Geoffrion - Hornqvist
Suter - Weber
Blum - Klein
Laakso - Hillen
Rinne
By the Numbers:
- Corey Potter played in his first game of the season on Saturday and will be in the lineup again tonight as he tries to get a firm grasp on a spot in the lineup before Ryan Whitney returns from injury. Potter played 19:26 against the Canucks, much more than either Andy Sutton (13:16) or Theo Peckham (14:26). If Potter continues to outpace some of the other men in the lineup, it will be awfully hard to send him to Oklahoma.
- Tom Gilbert has averaged 26:27 minutes of ice time per game through the first three games, and while that number is no doubt buoyed by two overtime games, it's still an awful lot of minutes, good enough for seventh most in the entire NHL. Two of the guys ahead of him, however, play for the Predators: Shea Weber is in 5th with 27:00 minutes per game and Ryan Suter is 3rd with 28:05.
- For the first time this season (that I noticed), Tom Renney made a bonafide effort to match against an opponent's top line with the fivesome of Ladislav Smid, Tom Gilbert, Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Smyth, and Ryan Jones all getting at least ten minutes of even strength ice time against the Sedins. No other player got more than three and a half minutes. The forward line did get scored on (with Corey Potter and Andy Sutton on defense), but overall, I thought that defensive group did very well.
- For Horcoff, the tough minutes added to an already challenging faceoff load. Among players who have been on the ice for at least 25 end-zone starts, Horcoff has the seventh highest percentage in the defensive zone with 6 offensive zone starts against 22 in the defensive zone. The only players who have had it tougher are Ryan Shannon, Manny Malhotra, Kyle Brodziak, Maxim Lapierre, Samuel Pahlsson, and Derek Dorsett.
- The line of Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and Jordan Eberle took full advantage of the cover, generating the three best Corsi (+6; +6; +7) and Fenwick (+11; +9; +9) differentials among Oiler forwards, and solidly outchancing their opposition (+2; +2; +2). It's always fun to see goals, of course, but it's more encouraging long-term to see those goals come with a solid foundation propping them up.
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The bible verse posts
I love everything this site does except the bible posts… Can we not do these ever again? I like the pre game but I don’t like the bible mockery.
I’m not aware of any other hockey site with two reverends on staff, and those two staff reverends heartily approve of our Gospels of Hockey.
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P.S. I personally can’t wait for the book!
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For what it’s worth, am currently a Christian, not currently a reverend.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 6:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Sorry, one reverend, one theologian.
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because if there’s one thing that doesn’t belong on the internet, it’s bible mockery,
… wait
by Bananahammer on Oct 17, 2011 6:02 PM MDT up reply actions
This seems more fitting for the Canucks, unless you’re saying the Preds follow the instructions.
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“Do not bring shame on the name of God by using it to swear falsely. If you say, ‘I swear to God I’ll beat the shit out of you,’ and do not follow through, you bring dishonor to God’s name. So either follow through on your oath or do not swear at all. I am Yahweh your God.”
Loved it.
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“Do not stick out a knee for a knee or an elbow for the head or charge someone from behind without reason.”
That made me chuckle.
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You’re an Oilers fan, and you’ve just figured this out?
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 6:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I understand people aren’t going to all share the same views on the bible but would you be consistent and Do a write up like this using the Quran? I hope not. I just think this is classless humor
On a whole the audience enjoys them and do not find them to be offensive. You on the other hand, have never posted until now, so I question the motivation behind making these comments as it is obvious that you don’t frequent this blog very often.
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by Bananahammer on Oct 17, 2011 6:04 PM MDT up reply actions
I have been reading here for two years, no haven’t posted. Love the advanced stuff, love the thinking side of hockey. Sucks to be called a troll. I realize majority of people here aren’t offended by these pre games, I’m not trying to argue or anything. I’m just saying Yahweh is the name of my God, and he’s the one attached to these pregames. You guys are funny, smart people. I don’t want to feel separated as a fan because of what I believe I want to be able to read what’s on my favorite website. If you wrote pregames all year about the quran it would be seen as very hateful and intolerant. Can the bible get the same treatment?
Just curious, why are you viewing this as a slight against your God?
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Taking a Bible passage that was inspired by the Lord and changing it for your own devices is considered extremely blasphemous to Christians.
Now, obviously Derek and Scott do not feel this way, but I know almost all my friends avoid this site for that reason alone.
How is it closed minded that people wish the Word of God not being altered and misinterpreted?
How would you appreciate your words being constantly changed and used for other means than what there were intended for?
no wishing is not what i am concerned about. Its abstaining from the site because of Scott’s gospel that inspired my questioning
Have you seen my bear Tibbers?
When you don’t agree with the abuse of a particular writing/book, you stay away from that which you fundatmentally disagree with .
How would you appreciate your words being constantly changed and used for other means than what there were intended for?
I should probably just leave this alone… but… there’s some serious irony going on here when you consider the manner in which many of the NT writers use some of the OT writings.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 6:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Truthfully, I’ve always meant to send you an email about these altered passages as I’ve always had issues with them and a public forum like this is likely not the best place for this discussion.
Fair enough. Feel free to shoot me an email. I’d be happy to discuss further.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 7:07 PM MDT up reply actions
You should probably learn Aramaic and ancient Hebrew then, there’s a lot of ‘liberty’ taken in translations of the various books that form the various versions of bibles out there.
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ya i’m pretty sure Scott LEARNED HEBREW so he could read the original “word of god” ….how was god’s penmanship btw?
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 17, 2011 11:15 PM MDT up reply actions
If you’d take a second or two to look at the tier on the response you’d see that I was responding to DarrenV, since he seems so focused on the exact wording in the bible.
Nice sarcasm though, just terribly misplaced.
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yah i was trying to solidify your point, a great point , that the “bible” is savagely translated…
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 17, 2011 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions
and i wasn’t sarcastic….scott learned hebrew i think……scott????
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 17, 2011 11:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah, nuance is lost on the Interwebs I guess. But how the heck was I supposed to know Scott learned Hebrew? That’s freaking nuts.
Everyone knows when a guy learns a foreign language it’s to impress the ladies…and I don’t see Hebrew getting that done. Everyone knows German is the language of love.
"When you find yourself rooting for mediocrity – you might be an Oilers fan." - Neal Livingston
The ladies are definitely not impressed with my (limited) knowledge of ancient Hebrew, mostly because I have next to no practice actually formulating my own thoughts in the (admittedly dead) language.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 18, 2011 8:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Taking a Bible passage that was inspired by the Lord and changing it for your own devices is considered extremely blasphemous to Christians.
Thankfully, I’m only using the ones written by people! More seriously, we clearly have different views on inspiration, and it would seem to me that there should be room for that within the broader Christian tradition.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 6:49 PM MDT up reply actions
It’s cool Scott. Jesus would love these.
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You bringing up the topic of religion on a hockey thread loosely based on a bible verse, which quite obviously isn’t in parody, deeply offends me.
everything has a place, keep it there
by Bananahammer on Oct 17, 2011 6:28 PM MDT up reply actions
I appreciate that it takes some courage to voice your concern knowing that the response from the community likely won’t be overwhelmingly positive. Having said that, I will continue to write the biblical parodies as part of the GDT, and I’ll be up front and say that it’s mostly because I like to do it.
You are correct that I don’t (and won’t) write using the Quran, but that’s not because I would find such writing to be either hateful or intolerant (particularly if it was coming from a confessing Muslim). I write using the Bible as my base because it’s my own tradition, and thus I feel like I can actually do decent parody. I’m obviously not totally surprised by the negative reaction I get from some Christians (you are not the first to voice a complaint), but I will say that I look at things very differently.
For some people on this site, I’d wager that these threads are the only somewhat consistent exposure they have to the biblical text (and some of them complain for that reason!), and while the text is clearly being parodied, I believe that people may end up learning a thing or two.
Take this passage as an example. Many folks are probably familiar with Jesus’ “Love your neighbor as yourself” saying, which happens to be very close to the “Love your teammates as yourself” I’ve used above. And that’s because Jesus is quoting from the book of Leviticus. Now, maybe I’m crazy thinking that some people may care enough to pick up on something like that, but hey, I do.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 6:43 PM MDT up reply actions
The problem with taking passages and putting it into your own words is that it is very easy and simple to take things out of context and misinterpat what the Bible means to say.
I agree here, but am as unworried as can be. If anyone is taking the above (and other work I’ve done in this style) as serious biblical interpretation, I’d be pretty surprised. I do think that the jokes are funnier if you understand the passage, and also think that some very common cultural stories (like David and Goliath) and phrases (“Love your neighbor”) will be familiar to most readers, which helps to keep them a part of the cultural vernacular.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 7:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, context is important, but generally, no.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 7:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I apologize for taking over this thread, didn’t see all the comments coming. Very interested in talking to you further Scott, and you’ve hit the idea on the head. Between Christians the obvious issues are context and inspiration. Play with context, love your teamates, that’s funny, if isolated. To go through and parody what is inspired is different an obviously we have a difference of opinion there. Will discuss privately.
FWIW, I’m an atheist and have no problem with biblical references. In fact, I find them very entertaining.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 7:03 PM MDT up reply actions
well then you should find this entertaining
I was walking across a bridge one day and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said,
“Stop! Don’t do it!”
“Why shouldn’t I?” he said.
“Well, there is so much to live for.”
“Like what?”
“Well, are you religious?”
He said yes.
I said, “Me too! Are you Christian?”
“Yes-Christian.”
“Me too! Are you Lutheran, Catholic or Protestant?”
“Protestant.”
“Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?”
“Baptist.”
“Wow, me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?”
“Baptist Church of the Lord.”
“Me too! Are you Original Baptist Church of the Lord or are you Reformed Baptist Church of the Lord?”
“Reformed Baptist Church of the Lord.”
“Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of the Lord, reformation of 1879, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of the Lord, reformation of 1915?”
He said, “Reformed Baptist Church of the Lord, reformation of 1879.”
I said, “Die, heretic scum!” and pushed him off.
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 17, 2011 11:18 PM MDT up reply actions
You guys should look this up on Youtube or something. Text doesn’t do justice to Emo Philip’s delivery.
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by proxy on Oct 17, 2011 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ask and ye shall receive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBKIyCbppfs
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For Horcoff, the tough minutes added to an already challenging faceoff load. Among players who have been on the ice for at least 25 end-zone starts, Horcoff has the seventh highest percentage in the defensive zone with 6 offensive zone starts against 22 in the defensive zone. The only players who have had it tougher are Ryan Shannon, Manny Malhotra, Kyle Brodziak, Maxim Lapierre, Samuel Pahlsson, and Derek Dorsett.
Arniel is killing Pahlsson thus far. Toughs and zonestarts are brutal.
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We need scoring!!!
I saw over on our blog that y’all admit to having the worst blue line in the NHL….or at least you’re close.
Would you trade Hall or N-H for Weber or Suter?
Just curious, cause a lot of us are barking about “some trade” like that.
The truth is always the right answer....
by Pekka for Predator Pontiff on Oct 17, 2011 5:42 PM MDT reply actions
Cmon man, these are Norris Trophy level dudes!
You couldn’t spare one of your young guns?
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by Pekka for Predator Pontiff on Oct 17, 2011 6:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I could see a trade involving Hemsky or Gagner, but no chance of Hall or Hopkins.
by TakeoutArtist on Oct 17, 2011 7:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Horcoff has no points to show for it, but his work at the point on the PP was excellent. He’s not a threat to shoot, but he manages the puck well and he’s one of the best passers on the team in terms of hitting a players stick who is on the move.
From the point he’ll have lots of options to work that, and both of the PP goals started with him in control of the puck on the point.
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He’s such a good player. It’s a shame the media in this town can’t get on board so the guy could get some fan support.
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Like I was saying, one of the best players at hitting a guy on the move with a tape to tape pass.
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I like Paajarvi on the toughs line more than Jones.
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He did have Smyth and Horcoff on his line. His job becomes “stay over there and don’t do stupid stuff”
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Paajarvi could probably hold his own on the toughs line, but I want to see him and Omark paired with Belanger again. I think that line has a lot of potential to produce some goals against third-tier competition.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 7:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Possible, but I really like the concept of Paajarvi as Jordan Staal
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Horcoff 66% in short-handed faceoffs. That’s ridiculous.
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and unsustainable.
Fun fact:
Horcoff won 2 own zone face-offs cleanly that both ended up in the back of the Oilers net within about 10 seconds.
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8 seconds in both cases. I looked it up at the time.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 17, 2011 11:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Nerd.
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The Oilers gamecenter feed is bailing out every 10 seconds for the "commercial music". Nashville feed is showing everything.
Sounds like I get Crispy tonight…
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I changed back already.
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That’s not very Christain.
:D
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db – you’re going to have to take a look at Cam Barker in the dzone and see what’s going on. He ends up in some strange places in his own end.
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Am I wrong, or is Renney running his lines 1-2-3-4 in succession?
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So far, but he did pull the kids off a little quick for the d-zone face-off.
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http://timeonice.com/SC1112.html?GameNumber=20067&submit=Go
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Man, Gilbert is all over the ice so far this year. Joining the rush a lot 5 on 5, pinching low on the PP.
Haven’t seen this consistantly in a few years.
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He’s paired with Smid again and he’s been able to deliver some solid results with Smid
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Good to see Petrell getting onto the PK. I had thought that’s why he made the roster, so it was odd to see Renney using others, especially since he was using six forwards.
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I think he’s on the roster for dzone play. With two lines that can’t go out in the dzone, Renney might feel like he needs help.
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Who stole the puck to spring Hall & Eberle for that 2-on-1?
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Gilbert.
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Wasn’t really a steal, so much as a bad pass by Blum. Hall was in forechecking aggressively (wildly?) and forced Blum to hurry a pass – he through it too far up the boards
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That would be “threw”, not through.
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That was some display of footspeed by Sutton. I measured it with a calendar.
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And that was a Baktun calendar!
Google, then giggle.
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Looks like they’ve switched Belanger and Horcoff again.
94-20-28
91-10-23
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Looks like it was just temporary.
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Ethan Hall.
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What’s the reference?
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 8:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah, thanks. I was in university during most of Moreau’s tenure, and didn’t have time to watch many games.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 8:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Ethan Moreau.
That’s 2 offensive zone penalties for Hall this year.
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Just wait until he blames the kids for the team’s issues.
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by Derek Zona on Oct 17, 2011 8:06 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
Interesting PP formation with just one man up top.
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Good positional save by Khabibulin on what I thought was an excellent tip by Hornqvist.
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I just hate how he leaves his stick hanging off to the side on those plays.
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It’s part of his chaos goaltending.
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Ha! Taylor Hall to a streaking Andy Sutton down the slot and the pass was…fumbled.
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Annnnnd of course
http://twitter.com/WanyeGretz/status/126116734578077696
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Being an Oilers fan is all the self-flagellation anyone could need.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 8:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Horcoff is still a great skater.
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What a fun shift by Omark. The first sequence where he drew the double-team and then found the open man was the best, but that little kick up to the stick after getting pushed back by Weber was pretty good too.
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I wonder how he would work with 94-10
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I’d really like to see him with Smyth because that’s a guy with a knack for finding good position around the net.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 8:18 PM MDT up reply actions
He somehow stiff-armed Craig Smith while Smith was behind him and knocked Smith off balance.
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Petrell with the FoGo there. Puck moves forward and off he comes for Jones.
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That’s why I think Petrell is on the team. He’s going to do that for anyone under 20, Swedish or Jones.
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And time for me bid adieu for the evening, folks, there’s a curling game beckoning me to play. Don’t know why I agreed to an 8:45pm game. :p
Good luck! Happy sweeping!
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 8:21 PM MDT up reply actions
Geoffrion has now gone around Barker and Sutton.
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I don't understand...
http://twitter.com/OilersReport/status/126121545893552129
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Belanger with 4 D zone draws in the first, Horcoff with 1.
Nice to have a team of mules.
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Sutton seems to be getting more exposed tonight than he has previously. Or maybe I’m just noticing it more.
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Bad puck control by Khabibulin on that one…it looks like the second Nashville player didn’t touch it until it was already in.
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That was pretty terrible. I’m not sure what that technique is called, but it looked like “Westley on The Machine”
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I’d be interested in that play for sure. Was Gilbert wrong to pinch there? Didn’t seem so because it was a great scoring chance. But then, no one covered for him so is it on him to recognize that or did someone make a mistake in not falling back?
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 8:38 PM MDT up reply actions
I’d like to know which forward should’ve rotated back for Gilbert pinching. Jones?
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How about Khabibulin just stops the puck… saves a lot of problems.
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Horcoff wanted him to drift over and take the passing lane so he could go for the shot. Smid reacted late, Horcoff hesitated because of it and then Khabibulin blows it.
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Paajarvi was the first man back on that after Barker collided with Gilbert. Barker was backing into the spot and hit Gilbert.
Like I said, Barker does really weird things on the ice, especially his skating lines. I need to do a young Wayne Gretzky chart on him.
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The Oilers with another too many men. It’s a disease.
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28 penalties later.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 8:45 PM MDT up reply actions
It’s all MacT’s fault.
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Is it just me, or does the Nashville power play kind of suck?
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it’s not you. But with Nikolai Khabrebound in goal, it’s got a shot
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Potter and Barker are out together with Peach Fuzz and it took them 38 seconds to get the puck out of the zone.
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Interesting that he had to serve that too-many-men penalty, though…especially in light of his healthy scratch last week.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 8:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Especially since he’s a guy you’d like to have getting a jump out of the box on the off-chance a loose puck comes to him on his way out.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 9:01 PM MDT up reply actions
OK, that makes sense.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 9:03 PM MDT up reply actions
He’s been cross-checked more times in this game than all other players combined.
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Because…he’s not cross-checking people?
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Khabibulin fumbles another puck and drops it. At least the old fella is back.
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Ah, the old hard-around. A classic gifted puck-mover play from Cam Barker.
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I cannot believe he’s making $2 million
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Former #3 picks don’t come cheap.
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Stralman and Mara combined would cost less.
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Are you kidding me with that Barker? He just turned and blasted it out on the ultra-hard around, trying to hit the guy at the red line? No wonder Petry is handling so much.
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Nugent-Hopkins has yet to take a dzone draw. Circling the wagons
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If I didn’t know fans better, I’d think this was satire
https://twitter.com/#!/Rawlake
It’s the worst of all of them in one feed.
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That's Grade A Satire
No way it’s real. I can’t fathom it being anything else but comedy.
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You’re kidding yourself. There are plenty of fans who look at a hockey game and have no comprehension of what they’re seeing.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 9:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Like I said, if I didn’t get the emails I get and read the Tweets I read…I’d think so too
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How long are Jets fans going to pat themselves on the back for their “energy” in the building?
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Until they get a hockey team worth cheering for?
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 9:16 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s hilarious to see Andy Sutton pinch because you know there is no way he’s ever getting back into the play going the other way. It’s like a suicide mission.
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Didn’t we say no satire on the Quran? For shame, Derek.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 9:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Perhaps he believes dozens of virgins await his arrival at the goal line?
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by Derek Zona on Oct 17, 2011 9:46 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
At least then he’d have a good reason for trying.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 9:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Never got that reference, as others have noted, wouldn’t you want a couple of girls that know how to have a good time?
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Not if you were less than good at having a good time
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Horcoff took Smyth’s old role on the power play when Hemsky used to hit Horcoff where Hall was standing.
Nice little cycle by Horcoff, then a nice drive to the front of the net to take the D with him off of the drop.
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He also didn’t do step 1 of the Oilers PP manual, circa 1997-2010…
Pass it to the point right away.
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What a marvelous play by Horcoff.
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He was just throwing the puck away. Sheer luck that it went in. He’s totally overpaid.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 9:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Looked like Klein got caught puck-watching and Horcoff took full advantage.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 9:42 PM MDT up reply actions
What a marvelous play by Horcoff.
… and two other dudes who made a pass and a shot.
Looked like a pretty good play by all three of them to me.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 18, 2011 12:03 AM MDT up reply actions
I was so glad I put the game on DVR (even if I missed the last 2:30), just to see that Smyth goal. What a sweet pass by Horcoff.
by TakeoutArtist on Oct 18, 2011 8:15 AM MDT up reply actions
Yep, that’s Horcoff sucking the offense out of every player on his line again, let’s just waive the bum.
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Two straight goals set up by really nice work by Horcoff.
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Smid is playing a really nice game. Things are so much easier for him when he moves the puck to Gilbert and sets up as an emergency alternative.
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It’s night and day stuff when he’s with a solid puck mover. I was nail biting there for that one shift with Sutton, but Smid made three nice plays in a row to get the puck out. Not nearly as smooth and easy as Gilbert makes it looks though.
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Note the change there — Horcoff and Belanger both end up on the ice together, rather than leaving a tired Horcoff out with an inferior Jones.
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I hope JW does his counts again – Barker has treated the puck like a hot potato in this one.
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That was ridiculous generosity by Smyth
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He’s a classy guy.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Neat little read in his own zone as well.
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I know these guys probably don’t think about it too much (exception: Shayne Corson), but that’s probably a five figure donation.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 10:04 PM MDT up reply actions
That was generosity bordering on stupidity. Another half step and there’s a good chance Horcoff gets caught and the puck gets turned over.
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It was not good generosity by Jones.
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Indeed, they were playing, no you have the last fry.
Also all you Jones haters can suck it, he’ll get 30 this year!
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30 empty-netters? Fine by me.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 17, 2011 10:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Long shift near the end from Paajarvi-Omark-Belanger. I expected them to head off when they decided to try to score.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 17, 2011 10:05 PM MDT reply actions
Nugent Hopkins was 5-12 tonight on the dot.
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According to the SN crew, apparently Belanger was seen spending quality time with RHN on face-off drills. I firmly believe that Oates had a huge impact on Horcoff and Stoll, and maybe even a trickle down to Reasoner.
I was really hoping Sillinger could help in that regard, but alas no, so here’s hoping Belanger plays Oates to this generation of Oilers centres.
SN guys also made some great comments that I’ve heard before, on how face-off veterans don’t so much scout other centres, as learn the tendencies of linesmen and how much they can get away with, and that all the good ones cheat.
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That was Belanger and Horcoff.
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Of course, Oilers were 8W 6L in the defensive zone on the dot, Hopkins took none of them.
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Jonesy was about to cry it looked like, so grateful of both smyth and horcoff for giving him the empty netter
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