Weekend Update: Smyth Deal Finally Done?
by Lisa McRitchie on Jul 16, 2011 4:30 PM MDT
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The Edmonton Oilers were not done moving players before the beginning of this week, and I'm not sure that they are now, even following the trade of speedy winger Andrew Cogliano for a 2013 second round draft pick. There are several concerns for some fans about this trade, but maybe most bizarre is the fact that it was the Oilers who requested a 2013 draft pick and not a 2012 pick.
All had been quiet on the new arena front for so long that many were starting to think that things were moving along smoothly; no news is good news. News did start breaking out on Thursday that Northlands is looking for money for new seats at Rexall Place. This expenditure of money is of course at a poor time considering the current negotiations for the downtown arena. This is not necessarily an either or situation, but the pro new arena crowd would rather not see any sort of money sent to Rexall Place for fear that it might re-ignite renovation talk. The $770,000 requested by Northlands would only replace the lower bowl seats, and not do anything to add additional seats, solve roof leaks, add luxury boxes, parking or it's location within the city.
The Ryan Smyth trade may be resolved shortly reports Helene Elliot of the Los Angeles Times. There has still been plenty of comments from Los Angeles Kings' GM Dean Lombardi, and very little from Oilers' GM Steve Tambellini. On Bob Stauffer's Oilers Lunch on July 12th, in the second hour and about midway through of the show it was discussed with Rich Hammond that Lombardi likely received a punishment (fine) behind closed doors because commissioner Gary Bettman despises having comments like this from one GM towards another made public.
The Oilers have signed Ryan O`Marra and Taylor Chorney to one year contracts on Friday. This keeps the Oilers at 49 contracts.
A few Oilers have been in Edmonton lately. Jason Strudwick is a main organizer for he Fairways Fore Hope tournament. Teammates Theo Peckham and Jordan Eberle participated in the tournament to raise funds and interact with fans.
There are a few players that have made Edmonton their home all year round. They tend to get involved in community events and train with each other. Theo Peckham was tweeting his day's events on Thursday. Peckham said he needed to get out and work on his dangles to which Oilers' prospect Tyler Bunz suggested the two work together. As there was no rebuttal or bet, I can only assume that Peckham is still not sure of all of the ins, outs and workings of twitter. It should be funny once he realises the full potential.
Speaking of twitter, many hockey fans just learned that Tyler Pitlick had to undergo surgery this week. Don't worry, it wasn't for his ankle injury. No, Pitlick had his wisdom teeth removed. This should not prevent him from attending training camp early this fall.
It's another day that ends in "y" so there are more stories circulating surrounding the Oilers trading Ales Hemsky. This time of course the rumoured destination is Columbus Ohio and the Blue Jackets. The Oilers media and GM Tambellini has been making a point of mentioning how excited Hemsky is to be playing with the Oilers this coming season. They also can't continue to trade away all of their NHL players for prospects. My bet is that hemsky doesn't move.
There has been a small leak on what the new realignment of the NHL may look like, and it's hard to say at this point how well it would work out. Nothing is said with any certainty yet as it is still unsure what will happen with and to the Phoenix Coyotes. There will still be a lot of discussion as to how to best organize the teams so as to gain the most benefit from fan interactions and enjoyment of the game. Fans love rivalries, rivalries sell tickets and make you rush home to watch games. The NHL will be smart to keep this in mind in any decision they make.
Former Oilers' tough guy Steve MacIntyre has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Oilers' home opener will be against the Penguins, it will be interesting to see if MacIntyre is in the line-up and if he fights any of the Oilers new tough guys.
Oklahoma City Barons defenseman Bryan Helmer received the President's Award from the AHL this past week. This past season, Helmer not only was the leagues top scoring defenseman, but also because the 7th player in AHL history to play 1,000 games. Congratulations to Helmer!
The Oklahoma City Barons schedule has been announced, if you were planning on attending some games, either through a trip, or because you live there, the 76 game long season will surely hold some excitement for hockey fans.
This is well after the draft, and it is my fault that I didn't post this earlier but I have a friend who is an aspiring sports cartoonist and I wanted to post this for him. This is from Jonathan Turingan and his take on how the new Canucks prospect will fit into the system:
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TALKING WITH SMAC - Oilers Nation Gregor
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE: EDITION XIV - Oilers Nation Gregor
Trade Winds - Lowetide
Finding Klefbom - Lowetide
Is there any silver lining with Khabibulin? - Cult of Hockey Staples
The westernization of the Edmonton Oilers - Cult of Hockey McCurdy
Cogliano dealt to Anaheim for second-round pick - Cult of Hockey McCurdy
Souray on Edmonton: "It guess it’s just not a place that’s attractive to go…" - Cult of Hockey Staples
Winnipeg Jets Logo Ideas - Houses of the Hockey Moldovnanyi
Alex Plante #25 In the Oilers Top 25 Under 25 - Copper & Blue Zona
Taylor Chorney - #24 In the Oilers Top 25 Under 25 - Copper & Blue Reynolds
Samu Perhonen - #23 In the Oilers Top 25 Under 25 - Copper & Blue Reynolds
Olivier Roy - #22 In the Oilers Top 25 Under 25 - Copper & Blue Knight
Dillon Simpson - #21 In the Oilers Top 25 Under 25 - Copper & Blue Zona
Colten Tuebert - #20 In the Oilers Top 25 Under 25 - Copper & Blue Reynolds
Pass or Fail: Nashville Predators’ golden new home sweaters - Puck Daddy Wyshynski
Chronicles of Stanley: Steven Tyler loving Cup, hospital surprises - Puck Daddy Wysynski
Video: Goal of the year candidate from Israeli hockey star - Puck Daddy Leahy
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The Ryan Smyth trade may be resolved shortly reports Helene Elliot of the Los Angeles Times. There has still been plenty of comments from Los Angeles Kings’ GM Dean Lombardi, and very little from Oilers’ GM Steve Tambellini. On Bob Stauffer’s Oilers Lunch on July 12th, in the second hour and about midway through of the show it was discussed with Rich Hammond that Lombardi likely received a punishment (fine) behind closed doors because commissioner Gary Bettman despises having comments like this from one GM towards another made public.
I wouldn’t be surprised if DL will likely end up with some sort of fine by the end of this business – the league hates it when front offices go public with their grievances with officials, the league, other teams, etc. For such a thing to have happened and not already be revealed though, seems a bit unlikely to me. More likely is that DL got a very pointed “you haven’t actually crossed a line yet, but shut the hell up” from the league office, and any fines may be down the road, depending where this business goes.
That said, whether or not DL was fined, or has one coming, I don’t see where this means that the whole thing is nearly or already concluded. Guys get fined for speaking out of turn all the time, regarding officials, the league and its policies, etc, and the punishments for such get doled out as the league keeps doing its thing with whatever investigations may be going on besides. Fining Lombardi doesn’t reflect anything at all about the Smyth trade and any investigation into it, it just gets Lombardi to shut up so the NHL can go about doing its job quietly.
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I got my date of Friday, and that the deal may be done from the LA Times piece that I linked to. I don’t think that Lombardi being fined or scolded means the conclusion of the deal either. I do continue to look for something, anything, saying that the deal is done.
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by Lisa McRitchie on Jul 17, 2011 10:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Good point about seeing MacIntyre in the Oilers’ home opener against Pittsburgh. That will be a big game since it should be Sidney Crosby’s return.
The realignment raises some interesting possibilities for the 2012-2013 season, since we could potentially have a shot at making the playoffs in that season. I’ll be very curious to see what the new divisions look like and whether there’s any sort of “crossover” rule given that each conference will have one 8-team division and one 7-team division.
If 4 of Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Colorado, San Jose, Anaheim, Los Angeles and maybe Phoenix are going to make the playoffs from a new Pacific Division, that would mean in the short term that we’d be competing against Calgary, Anaheim, L.A. and Phoenix for the last two spots (since Vancouver and San Jose will certainly be in the top 4, and Colorado certainly won’t). That’s a competition we could potentially win.
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