Iggysbff
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Location: Peter Chiarelli is a fking moron, Calgary, AB Joined: 07.12.2012
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Agree with the above, but I also don’t think the Oil will be near as bad as last year. Even slight improvements to the special teams, Klefbom, Sekera and Talbot should garner notable results. - Wildschwein
So again we are hoping for rebounds from Lucic, Klef, Talbot, Sekera and hoping the whole right side plays above their pay grade. And hope no one else gets injured or regresses. That’s a whole lot of question marks still. |
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So again we are hoping for rebounds from Lucic, Klef, Talbot, Sekera and hoping the whole right side plays above their pay grade. And hope no one else gets injured or regresses. That’s a whole lot of question marks still. - Iggysbff
Well to be fair I’m not hoping, but rather I’m expecting rebounds from Klefbom, Talbot and the special teams.
But yes, for the rest it’s a poopload of question marks. |
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HB77
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Location: PC is a genius for drafting mcdavid Joined: 02.20.2007
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So again we are hoping for rebounds from Lucic, Klef, Talbot, Sekera and hoping the whole right side plays above their pay grade. And hope no one else gets injured or regresses. That’s a whole lot of question marks still. - Iggysbff
It’s pisses me off cause we've dealt two of our big assets, and NOW have huge questions on the wing. But STILL having questions on the backend.
It’s almost comical |
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HB77
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Location: PC is a genius for drafting mcdavid Joined: 02.20.2007
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Well to be fair I’m not hoping, but rather I’m expecting rebounds from Klefbom, Talbot and the special teams.
But yes, for the rest it’s a poopload of question marks. - Wildschwein
I respect your positivity
Wish I shared it
I do think special teams will be better. Kinda has to from that debacle last year.
Reasonably confident seks will too.
Klef and talbot I dunno |
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I respect your positivity
Wish I shared it
I do think special teams will be better. Kinda has to from that debacle last year.
Reasonably confident seks will too.
Klef and talbot I dunno - HB77
I’m feeling like this will be the year we see what this team ACTUALLY is. Last year damn near everything went wrong, the year before that damn near everything went right. This year ought to give us the mean. |
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I respect your positivity
Wish I shared it
I do think special teams will be better. Kinda has to from that debacle last year.
Reasonably confident seks will too.
Klef and talbot I dunno - HB77
Even getting league average special teams results equates to around a +29 jump in goal differential. That by itself is enough to get us to being a bubble team. Further, factor in how those 29 goals would've impacted the confidence of Talbot or momentum in a game and it's not a huge leap to envision a playoff result. This team died on the sword of its special teams last year; I can't imagine we'll be close to league worst in both again. |
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HB77
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Location: PC is a genius for drafting mcdavid Joined: 02.20.2007
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Even getting league average special teams results equates to around a +29 jump in goal differential. That by itself is enough to get us to being a bubble team. Further, factor in how those 29 goals would've impacted the confidence of Talbot or momentum in a game and it's not a huge leap to envision a playoff result. This team died on the sword of its special teams last year; I can't imagine we'll be close to league worst in both again. - MaximumBone
It’s certainly not a leap. I stated that pretty plainly. We’ve got Connor who can own games by himself.
Talbots a good goalie and ups and down are part of the position . Special teams can go nowhere but up really
I just think on paper today we’re on the outside looking in and a lot of things need to go right to change that. If san Jose gets skinner, that’s another big hit to our chances |
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Problem is the team hasn't improved much if at all. Still rumours of Risto.
Other teams in the Pacific and West have improved on paper. Neal signed in Calgary.
I'm happy Chia hasn't done anything really stupid, but he hasn't done anything to help either. - Iggysbff
I think the new coaching staff will drastically help our special teams. I'm also confident that Yawney and or Coffey can help Nurse and Benning take a step forward.
Vegas won't be as good as last year and we all know what happened when the Flames had the best defense in the league. |
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RonPielep
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Location: "Welcome to HockeyBuzz. Come for the rumors. Stay for the idiots." - Feds91Stammer Joined: 08.21.2014
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It’s pisses me off cause we've dealt two of our big assets, and NOW have huge questions on the wing. But STILL having questions on the backend.
It’s almost comical - HB77
Thanks for ruining my day pal. |
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HB77
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Location: PC is a genius for drafting mcdavid Joined: 02.20.2007
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I think the new coaching staff will drastically help our special teams. I'm also confident that Yawney and or Coffey can help Nurse and Benning take a step forward.
Vegas won't be as good as last year and we all know what happened when the Flames had the best defense in the league. - Little Ricky
I think it’s the added scoring and depth up front that Calgary needed badly, and probably just got, that scares me the most from them
LA added kovalchuk who I’m extremely confident still has gas in the tank. 20 and 50 for sure imo
San Jose - potentially skinner
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HB77
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Location: PC is a genius for drafting mcdavid Joined: 02.20.2007
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Thanks for ruining my day pal. - RonPielep
😂
I’m hungover and want everyone else to feel as sh1tty as I do |
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RonPielep
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Location: "Welcome to HockeyBuzz. Come for the rumors. Stay for the idiots." - Feds91Stammer Joined: 08.21.2014
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I’m feeling like this will be the year we see what this team ACTUALLY is. Last year damn near everything went wrong, the year before that damn near everything went right. This year ought to give us the mean. - Wildschwein
If this season goes to poop and ownership plans to torpedo management/coaching then I hope they go for a short term re-tool, get Sekera and Lucic the (frank) out of town before the next expansion draft, make space for good FA signings post-expansion and sell assets that don't fit that time-line for futures that don't need to be protected during expansion. |
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RonPielep
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Location: "Welcome to HockeyBuzz. Come for the rumors. Stay for the idiots." - Feds91Stammer Joined: 08.21.2014
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😂
I’m hungover and want everyone else to feel as sh1tty as I do - HB77
Heeeey. I'm already there but just drank some Apothecary Cranberry Ice Tea and now I'm feeling decent enough lol. |
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Lemmewinks
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: Edmonton, AB Joined: 02.05.2015
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I'm looking at this roster and we have one winger that I expect 20 goals from
Nuge 20+
Lucic 10-15
Caggiula 10-15
Reider 10-15
Puljujarvi 10-15
Khaira 10-15?
Yamamoto 10?
Kassian 10?
Aberg 10?
Rattie 10? |
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RonPielep
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Location: "Welcome to HockeyBuzz. Come for the rumors. Stay for the idiots." - Feds91Stammer Joined: 08.21.2014
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I'm looking at this roster and we have one winger that I expect 20 goals from
Nuge 20+
Lucic 10-15
Caggiula 10-15
Reider 10-15
Puljujarvi 10-15
Khaira 10-15?
Yamamoto 10?
Kassian 10?
Aberg 10?
Rattie 10? - Lemmewinks
I think Nuge and Leon both score 20+ and split time at C and W. |
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HB77
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: PC is a genius for drafting mcdavid Joined: 02.20.2007
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Heeeey. I'm already there but just drank some Apothecary Cranberry Ice Tea and now I'm feeling decent enough lol. - RonPielep
A couple caesars and eggs benny has me rejuvenated me somewhat. Got a tee time in a couple hours so I’ll need to hammer one or two more to stay awake |
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Lemmewinks
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: Edmonton, AB Joined: 02.05.2015
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I think Nuge and Leon both score 20+ and split time at C and W. - RonPielep
Well that's a wash if they split time then we still only have one 20 goal scoring winger at a time |
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HB77
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: PC is a genius for drafting mcdavid Joined: 02.20.2007
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I'm looking at this roster and we have one winger that I expect 20 goals from
Nuge 20+
Lucic 10-15
Caggiula 10-15
Reider 10-15
Puljujarvi 10-15
Khaira 10-15?
Yamamoto 10?
Kassian 10?
Aberg 10?
Rattie 10? - Lemmewinks
Puju 15-20 is needed imo
Reider can skate and has the chops to score 15. But he’ll need time with leon. I dunno if he’s really a top 6 guy tho |
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benmacw
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: edmonton, AB Joined: 01.09.2013
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I'm looking at this roster and we have one winger that I expect 20 goals from
Nuge 20+
Lucic 10-15
Caggiula 10-15
Reider 10-15
Puljujarvi 10-15
Khaira 10-15?
Yamamoto 10?
Kassian 10?
Aberg 10?
Rattie 10? - Lemmewinks
Yam is probably good for more than 10 too depending on deployment. i wouldnt say 20-30 in his first season but hes super slick id feel safe saying 15ish |
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HB77
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: PC is a genius for drafting mcdavid Joined: 02.20.2007
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Well that's a wash if they split time then we still only have one 20 goal scoring winger at a time - Lemmewinks
Yep. Only One “winger” that we know can score 20+. Problematic |
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HB77
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: PC is a genius for drafting mcdavid Joined: 02.20.2007
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Yam is probably good for more than 10 too depending on deployment. i wouldnt say 20-30 in his first season but hes super slick id feel safe saying 15ish - benmacw
He may not even make the team. And forcing it cause we’re so desperate doesn’t help anyone either |
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RonPielep
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Location: "Welcome to HockeyBuzz. Come for the rumors. Stay for the idiots." - Feds91Stammer Joined: 08.21.2014
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A couple caesars and eggs benny has me rejuvenated me somewhat. Got a tee time in a couple hours so I’ll need to hammer one or two more to stay awake - HB77
Good weather for it. |
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RonPielep
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Location: "Welcome to HockeyBuzz. Come for the rumors. Stay for the idiots." - Feds91Stammer Joined: 08.21.2014
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He may not even make the team. And forcing it cause we’re so desperate doesn’t help anyone either - HB77
If they force Bouchard and then try to run him out of town as a bust in 3 years I'm going to become a Seattle fan.
I shouldn't be so cynical though because I appreciate the way they developed Nurse. |
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Lemmewinks
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: Edmonton, AB Joined: 02.05.2015
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Puju 15-20 is needed imo
Reider can skate and has the chops to score 15. But he’ll need time with leon. I dunno if he’s really a top 6 guy tho - HB77
Yeah this is the season we need him to step up but as of right now I haven't seen any evidence that it's a lock to happen... especially if he isn't getting PP mins and is put on the third line again...
Reider could be getting 15+ he definitely has the ability but I mean hes coming off a 12 goal season so who knows |
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benmacw
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: edmonton, AB Joined: 01.09.2013
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He may not even make the team. And forcing it cause we’re so desperate doesn’t help anyone either - HB77
he could have made the team last year, im pretty sure they just wanted to get him out of the fragile zone in terms of size lol get him another 10-15 lbs skill wasnt an issue |
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