This list was meant to be released on New Year’s day, but the internet is hard and I didn’t hit send so we figured that the bye week would be the perfect time for launch.
Before we look back at last season, here is last year’s list:
The Oilers have yet to throw down the gloves in 2019 so let us take a minute to look back at the five best fights of the 2018 season for the Oilers out the 22 total fights for the year.
Number Five:
C. Folin (LAK) vs. J. Khaira (EDM)
Nobody touches Jesse like that. Jujhar Khaira swings a heavy hammer and in this fight it was no different. Making the big man Folin bend a knee and beg for it to stop.
Number Four:
T. Brouwer (FLA) vs. Z. Kassian (EDM)
Brouwer ran away to Florida to escape the beat downs like this. Well, that didn’t work out well for him as the Zack attack never forgets.
Number Three:
D. Shore (DAL) vs. D. Nurse (EDM)
Chiasson greased Spezza into the corner and there was no call coming. Hintz went after the Answer but Nurse would have none of that and stepped in to stop that. Shore would probably go back in time and not try to stop Darnell because the wild man came out of Nurse and he was howling after this one.
Number Two:
J. Khaira (EDM) vs. C. Clutterbuck (NYI)
Clutterbuck had a dirty hit on Pakarinen. Jujhar would have none of that and as a result he went looking for Cal. He found him.
Number One:
T. Glass (CAL) vs. M. Lucic (EDM)
The Nation was there for this one. Lucic was pushing around the hot head Smith on his previous shift. Glass came out and asked him to answer the bell for it. Answer he did.
Khaira has regressed in both fighting and his play this season. He needs to pick both up the rest of the way this season. Hopefully he does.
If they (Khaira, Kassian & Lucy) are not going to retaliate against the Flames while their meal ticket is being roughed up and bloodied, the least they could do is respond in kind with their stars, but no, not even that. Back to not only being a bad team, but a bunch of wimps yet again. The gong show continues.
That was the end of the season IMO. Once McDavid got cut it should have been line brawls and hundreds of dollars in fines etc. to hell with the score.
NOTHING HAPPENED. And a message was sent that this team was not to be feared and that mcdavid was fair game.
Do not know who would trash this or why?
I agree.
I understand Connor wants the team not to go to the mattresses every time someone hits him. BUT… Sometimes enough is enough. Someone needed to come undone once Connor was bleeding and the game was out of reach.
I have to agree with you, I almost wonder if he got hurt somewhere along the line or maybe a concussion that the public doesnt know of, because we are seeing totally different play out of him this year then last, last year the guy was on fire
About the only positives I can come up with. I am positive they will come out flatter than a pancake from a 10 day break on Saturday so scheduled loss, Sunday afternoon game so scheduled loss. That should drop us close to the basement where they belong, and then people can stop fantasizing about the playoffs. I wont watch either one, gonna be a cold weekend, stocked up on firewood for the fireplace and my girlfriend cant believe I am putting her ahead of my hockey team. She better get used to it, season will be over by Sunday afternoon. We are going to redecorate, which is her double speak for take all the Oilers stuff down and pack it away. Usually at this point, it would be there is always next year, but next year will just be more of the same.
Idk man, maybe take some time off and travel outside of Canada. You may find out that there’s more to life than cheering for a sports team.
Or playing for a bad one…
Hearing:
Lucic w/ $2M eaten + 2019 2nd + 2020 3rd to ARI for UFA Richard Panik. ARI then eats $2M & flips $2M Lucic to PHI for 2020 2nd?
ARI gets two 2nds & a 3rd to eat $2Mx4yrs, EDM gets out of Lucic with just $2Mx4 in dead $, PHI gets a $2M Looch to be the new Broadstreet Bully.
Before you trash. Stauffer mentioned this on the radio. A players salary can be retained twice and each team can retain up to 50%. This is in the CBA. Very plausible deal, and makes sense for all teams involved. Also Hawks are attempting a similar trade with Seabrook being moved.
If true, get it done. 2mill for nothing is better than 6 mil for Looch.
Can Arizona afford to eat money? They only average 13.5K attendance per game – 29th overall
They can barely get to the cap floor. They have good owners and prospects and picks is the best way for them to stay competitive while not spending in FA.
LOL.
Moving Lucic would be good for both parties. Not sure he would waive his NMC. Good rumour though.
He would waive in a heartbeat, and he is not fulfilling his role anyhow. And I dont mean the scoring.
The oiler had five fights in 2018?
22 Total fights in 2018
These are the top 5.
https://www.hockeyfights.com/teams/12/schedule/reg2018
Can’t even post a Top 5 Fights article without the endless negative comments. #negativenancy
Feel free to list the positives. Bottom 5 team, fold under any pressure, made T-Mac look like a rookie coach, and the same management team remains in place despite the rhetorical BS from MSM (Edmonton only) and Oilers head office, the rest of the hockey world continues to laugh at the laughing stock of the league and deservedly so. I could come up with many more without doing any research. Please regale us with the list of positives?
Why do all the things you listed bother you? Unless your part of Oilers management there is literally nothing you can do. “There are thing in life that we cannot control, what we can control is how we react.” Marcus Aureilus
Connor McDavid is on this team and is ready to “prove people wrong”
Outside of McDavid what is there to be positive about this season?
I’m not sure why people are so gullible they fall for the Oilers change is coming crap decade after decade but the same clowns remain.
Mathematical elimination is not that far away. 1 player does not make a team. Quite obvious they do not have each others back, so much for Hitch teaching them to play for each other, not with each other. Roster full of uncoachables except for a few? Or like their bosses , they just do not care as long as they get their paycheque? Leadership in any organization comes from the top, and this is a rudderless ship being piloted by those who could not navigate a canoe at a kiddy park. The problem is management and continues to be so.
Other honorable mentions… Oilers v Respectability…. Oilers v .500 hockey… and Baggedmilk v Beets on a nightly basis.
Slow days in ON.
Sooo slow… Can’t wait to see rested Connor and his Art Ross Trophy push.
And a ten lbs heavier supporting cast.
Not sure that I agree with #4 being on the list, wasn’t much of a fight there but, they rest of the list was great. The elusive Lucic fight at number one reminds me why no one is willing to drop the mitts with him.
Slow news day.
My fav oilers fight is Nurse’s hand in that guy’s mouth, hence my Profile pic
Had that backwards, lol. Nurse fighting with some guys hand is HIS mouth!