GDB 36: Ring in ye New Year
Tonight’s game against the Flames cannot be accurately described using any of the primitive languages developed on Earth to date. Instead it only be described by interpreting a smell: The smell of kicked Calgary Ass.
Tonight’s game against the Flames cannot be accurately described using any of the primitive languages developed on Earth to date. Instead it only be described by interpreting a smell: The smell of kicked Calgary Ass.
Here’s Mathieu Garon’s stats line from the last couple of seasons
So let’s get this straight for those of you who weren’t paying attention last night.
There were massive changes on the Oilers’ ECHL affiliate last night.
The Tootoo train has derailed another player, and this one hurts the Oilers. Ales Hemsky won’t dress tonight, and is highly doubtful to play tomorrow in Calgary as well. Hemsky is still a bit fuzzy after taking a clean, but hard hit from Jordan Tootoo on Sunday night. Hemsky is playing the best hockey of…
Forget the theory Robert Nilsson missed Monday’s optional practice as a way of flipping off coach Craig MacTavish or that he simply couldn’t be bothered to lace ’em up despite his recent stint in the doghouse.
The official AHL website isn’t as easy to use as the NHL’s, but it does have some really interesting data.
In your last 22 games you’ve scored a measly two goals and four assists, your head coach benched you, publicly chastised your play and then sent you to the press box and you respond by skipping an optional practice.
On Christmas Eve, I did a statistical evaluation of the defence pairings. By those numbers, it looked like Jason Strudwick was easily the worst defenceman on the team.
Robin Brownlee made a comment a few posts down suggesting that Tom Gilbert, as an older rookie, likely had a lower ceiling than many fans (myself included) were projecting
Let’s start this GDB off by saying we have a special level of hatred for the Nashville Predators.
How do you feel after gorging yourself with two dinners a day for three days?