Parture Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Nurse is too focused on Call of Duty, hence his -6 this season and -21 career. I would be too. Call of Duty is way more fun than hockey. He doesn't have enough energy to play hockey after playing Call of Duty 12 hours a day. Draisaitl's career at -25 and -6 this season shows he absolutely useless unless he has a good compliment on his line with Maroon and Puljujärvi to help him and even then I am not sure. Lucic doesn't produce unless he is with McD. Lucic and Draisaitl are not a good fit. Eberle has always been useless with his career -57 and -6 this season. Klefbom is another piece of the nightmare because at least 4 games Oilers lost were directly attributable to Klefbom not clearing the puck which he could have easily done. Klefbom is a lost cause at -33. Every year these specific players their +/- gets worse and worse. If Oilers are serious about winning they need to trade the bottom +/- players. Oilers have nobody who can produce a powerful snap shot from the blue line. Trade Sekera to get that d-man with the big slap shot. Gryba is too slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 No offense, especially coming from a fellow negative nellie, but are you ever positive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 I was just going to say holy nattering nabobs of negativism batman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, Podein25 said: I was just going to say holy nattering nabobs of negativism batman! Spiro Agnew, is that you? (or are you William Safire?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Just now, ruxpin said: Spiro Agnew, is that you? (or are you William Safire?) It was Agnew, no? I used to work for a politician who used to say it all the time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 5 minutes ago, Podein25 said: It was Agnew, no? I used to work for a politician who used to say it all the time.... Yeah, it was Agnew that said it. Safire was the speechwriter that wrote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDevil Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Geez, did Eberle **** in your cornflakes or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 8 minutes ago, MadDevil said: Geez, did Eberle **** in your cornflakes or something? Worse, MUCH worse.... Eberle is a minus player for all but ONE of his seasons in the NHL with Edmonton. The cornflake thing....that...well, THAT can be forgiven... But career -57 and already -6 THIS season? Nope. For that....for that....he must be excommunicated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parture Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 2 hours ago, ruxpin said: No offense, especially coming from a fellow negative nellie, but are you ever positive? I'm positive when there is something to be positive about. Delusional positivity is delusional and all untruths eventually break down to harm you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parture Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 If you don't get rid of Eberle you're just putting lipstick on a pig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 @Parture Since you seem so down on the three thread title players....in a hypothetical trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning, would you do this trade? To the Lightning: C-Leon Draisaitl RW- Jordan Eberle D- Darnell Nurse To the Oilers C-Tyler Johnson LW- Jonathan Drouin 2nd round pick, 2017 draft I am just curious because Johnson is considered a usually reliable established player, while Drouin (once he gets back) is viewed as being top six material and getting better with more time spent at the NHL level. Personally, I think both Johnson and Drouin (both players I like on the team) are excess of what TB has plenty of already: fast, skilled forwards. I think a 26 yr old Eberle, removed from the same ol, same ol in Edmonton, can find new life alongside the likes of a Steven Stamkos (once HE gets back...grrrrr), while Draisaitl can start on the TB 3rd line (TB tries to roll 3 scoring lines and 1 checking line), but if he shows he has mettle (which I think he does), he can quickly become the 2C. Darnell Nurse, behind a solid group of TB defensemen, can continue to develop as a 3rd pair guy, then quickly take his place amongst the top 4 within the next two seasons or so. And really, I think given the up tempo and many times hard nosed style the Bolts have learned to play, the 'minuses' those guys have produced for the Oilers, a team still trying to find an identity, will be a thing of the past, and can prove that too much may have been made of it. Again, all hypothetical of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 A couple of posts were hidden to keep this thread on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 23 minutes ago, hf101 said: A couple of posts were hidden to keep this thread on topic. Ohhhhhh man. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FD19372 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I have Draisatl in another league. He's been disappointing to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parture Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Nail Yakupov is slowly working his way down to the bottom of the list +/- for the Blues. Change can temporarily uplift. No amount of long term change can save Eberle or Yakupov, Draisaitl or Nurse, Klefbom or Sekera, Letestu or Lander, RNH or Kassian, Pitlick or Slepy, Maroon-McD-Puljujärvi Poul-New Guy-New Guy Lucic-New Guy-New Guy Benson-Cagg-New Guy Davidson-Larsson Russell-New Guy New Guy-Gryba Chiarelli has to go on a trading rampage to change everything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parture Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 hour ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: @Parture Since you seem so down on the three thread title players....in a hypothetical trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning, would you do this trade? To the Lightning: C-Leon Draisaitl RW- Jordan Eberle D- Darnell Nurse To the Oilers C-Tyler Johnson LW- Jonathan Drouin 2nd round pick, 2017 draft I am just curious because Johnson is considered a usually reliable established player, while Drouin (once he gets back) is viewed as being top six material and getting better with more time spent at the NHL level. Personally, I think both Johnson and Drouin (both players I like on the team) are excess of what TB has plenty of already: fast, skilled forwards. I think a 26 yr old Eberle, removed from the same ol, same ol in Edmonton, can find new life alongside the likes of a Steven Stamkos (once HE gets back...grrrrr), while Draisaitl can start on the TB 3rd line (TB tries to roll 3 scoring lines and 1 checking line), but if he shows he has mettle (which I think he does), he can quickly become the 2C. Darnell Nurse, behind a solid group of TB defensemen, can continue to develop as a 3rd pair guy, then quickly take his place amongst the top 4 within the next two seasons or so. And really, I think given the up tempo and many times hard nosed style the Bolts have learned to play, the 'minuses' those guys have produced for the Oilers, a team still trying to find an identity, will be a thing of the past, and can prove that too much may have been made of it. Again, all hypothetical of course... I would accept that trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 11 hours ago, hf101 said: A couple of posts were hidden to keep this thread on topic. If you're going to keep threads on topic we're going to lose half our posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 25 minutes ago, flyercanuck said: If you're going to keep threads on topic we're going to lose half our posts! Trust me FC, they were OFF-Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 29 minutes ago, hf101 said: Trust me FC, they were OFF-Topic Just got a pm from JR...sounds like I missed a doozy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 16 hours ago, ruxpin said: Spiro Agnew, is that you? (or are you William Safire?) If you rearrange the letters of Spiro Agnew they can be made to spell grow a penis. That has nothing to do with nothing but it is still better than this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 hour ago, flyercanuck said: Just got a pm from JR...sounds like I missed a doozy! This is why I login! I feel cheated. I want my money back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGreatGazoo Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 13 minutes ago, yave1964 said: If you rearrange the letters of Spiro Agnew they can be made to spell grow a penis. That has nothing to do with nothing but it is still better than this thread. I don't know if I'm impressed or disturbed that you know this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordsOfWisdom Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 From what I gather, I get the distinct feeling that he does not like Eberle. There should be bonus points given for biblical references though. The 666 thing was original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordsOfWisdom Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 18 hours ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: Worse, MUCH worse.... Eberle is a minus player for all but ONE of his seasons in the NHL with Edmonton. The cornflake thing....that...well, THAT can be forgiven... But career -57 and already -6 THIS season? Nope. For that....for that....he must be excommunicated... I think @Parture is just stating what we've known to be true about the Oilers for some time: they're not a good team defensively. They have a gifted player named McDavid and a lot of players that "float" around on the ice. The Leafs have a lot of players like this in their lineup too. It's hard to get rid of so much crapola in one swipe. It takes a long time to unload the dead weight players and get the group you want together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordsOfWisdom Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 15 hours ago, hf101 said: A couple of posts were hidden to keep this thread on topic. I guess my only suggestion here is that one thread on this topic should suffice. We seem to have five or six threads in the Oilers forum about the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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