c.g great can I use that?
- A_SteamingLombardi

No, you can't. Guys, we've been over this. Knock it off.

Samulesson and Sturm...they were both pretty dece at one point.
- sanfordnson

They certainly were. But not when they were traded from the Canucks, they weren't.

No, you can't. Guys, we've been over this. Knock it off.
- micah555

Can we use the word 'idiot' when warranted?

Edit: fully expecting the pink screen of death after I pressed Send.

As embarrassing a deal as it was, you could probably slot Ballard in there too.

Lappy and Higgins were decent deals as well.
- IanEsplen

I can't agree with that one...Grabner is a better player than Ballard...AND a 1st? which turned out to be Quinton Howden...Bernier was meh...but the other 2 hurt them...regardless of what Florida did with Grabner right afterwards...that was just a mistake by gillis compounded by a mistake in florida by their management...that trade created a clusterf*ck of stupidity...on both ends!

Samulesson and Sturm...they were both pretty dece at one point.
- sanfordnson

So was Jagr at one point...whats your point?

So was Jagr at one point...whats your point?
- annoyance_101

Nothing actually. Just reminiscing.

Nothing actually. Just reminiscing.
- sanfordnson

So you're reminding yourself that at one point they were decent players but not while on the Canucks? well its late, i should go to bed before i read anything else like that

Nothing actually. Just reminiscing.
- sanfordnson

who's newmy?

So you're reminding yourself that at one point they were decent players but not while on the Canucks? well its late, i should go to bed before i read anything else like that
- annoyance_101

No. Jeez man I was just recalling that they were dece at one point. It was a mustard burp of a post.Briefly tangy then...gone on the wind.

who's newmy?
- bloatedmosquito

A cornucopia of insider hockey info. Also possibly a budding porn starlet.

No. Jeez man I was just recalling that they were dece at one point. It was a mustard burp of a post.Briefly tangy then...gone on the wind.
- sanfordnson

Serious question, are you drunk tonight sir?

A cornucopia of insider hockey info. Also possibly a budding porn starlet.
- sanfordnson

Now you have my interest.

*Googles newmy*

Serious question, are you drunk tonight sir?
- annoyance_101

Day 10 of not smoking anything at all and detoxing my system. I havent been this sober in years. Sobriety is a rush.

Oilers turned Gretzky into Jimmy Carson and Messier into Bernie Nicholls. No franchise in sports can match those.

Oilers turned Gretzky into Jimmy Carson and Messier into Bernie Nicholls. No franchise in sports can match those.
- sanfordnson

if you completely ignore the massive amount of money along in that trade, you are correct...canucks tried though...neely comes to mind...

Day 10 of not smoking anything at all and detoxing my system. I havent been this sober in years. Sobriety is a rush.
- sanfordnson

you're re-setting you cherry. The next time you have a 'smoke' it's going to rock your world.

if you completely ignore the massive amount of money along in that trade, you are correct...canucks tried though...neely comes to mind...
- annoyance_101

You are the very first, and I mean the very first, non-Oilers fan that I have not had to point out the 15 million dollars involved in that trade out to. Well done sir. Well done.

your re-setting you cherry. The next time you have a 'smoke' it's going to rock your world.
- bloatedmosquito

Still gonna be a while too. Up for a pretty big opportunity after an extensive period of being a consultant and need to piss pristine. Going to be weird working for someone else again.

You are the very first, and I mean the very first, non-Oilers fan that I have not had to point out the 15 million dollars involved in that trade out to. Well done sir. Well done.
- sanfordnson

Well that was the main part of that trade I thought...I'd never forget that part of it..I personally cant think of another trade like that...ever...but there probably has been...i dont think 15 mill was enough TBH

Still gonna be a while too. Up for a pretty big opportunity after an extensive period of being a consultant and need to piss pristine. Going to be weird working for someone else again.
- sanfordnson

a lot less stress. Everyone thinks consulting is a breeze.

a lot less stress. Everyone thinks consulting is a breeze.
- bloatedmosquito

Tell me about it. Crews think youre sitting in your truck pulling it when youre on the phone with high level guys, occasionally boardroom level, about decisions that can cost millions. Wont deny, Im (frank)ing tired.

Well that was the main part of that trade I thought...I'd never forget that part of it..I personally cant think of another trade like that...ever...but there probably has been...i dont think 15 mill was enough TBH
- annoyance_101

in today's dollars that $15m is worth $34,089,000

Well that was the main part of that trade I thought...I'd never forget that part of it..I personally cant think of another trade like that...ever...but there probably has been...i dont think 15 mill was enough TBH
- annoyance_101

Nothing was enough. It was the beginning of the dismantling of an epic dynasty. Most of those guys said they think they could have won 3 or 4 more Cups had they stayed together.

I like you guys. Undeserved bad rap.

in today's dollars that $15m is worth $34,089,000
- bloatedmosquito

for Gretzky in his prime? If I were running the Oilers right now and Gretzky was in his prime, you could not give me a $100 mill to trade him...he was that valuable...I didn't follow what happened to loyal oilers fans and their attendance through out that trade...before and after...but it couldnt have been that pretty

I only watched the Kings when I was a kid because of Gretzky...I can't stand him as a person (and yes I've met him in Whistler one year) but his on ice talents were just amazing...I was just getting into hockey when the Oilers were a dynasty, but I've watched their games from back then...he was a fun player to watch...no amount of money could make me trade him if i were the oilers management...he was literally worth everything to that franchise...