appleboy Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Just now, Rob_Zepp said: I can only take so much of your anti-Canuck whining at at time. Sorry. Anti Canuck. LOL You have no clue! We will see how you react if this club sucks again this year. The real Canuck fans are here through thick and thin. What I am is very realistic about the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob_Zepp Posted September 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2018 Just now, appleboy said: Anti Canuck. LOL You have no clue! We will see how you react if this club sucks again this year. The real Canuck fans are here through thick and thin. What I am is very realistic about the future. How can they "suck again this year" when they didn't suck last year? For a rebuilding team who was introducing one of the better rookies in team history and developing some tremendous prospects at many different levels, it was a very positive year for the franchise. The "real" fans, by the way, cheer hard for their team when they win but cheer harder when they have tougher times as that is when a team needs true fans. You seem to have nothing but disdain for anything remotely "thin" and there has been very little "realism" in any of your whiny posts that I can see. You are relentless negative and use terms like "suck" etc on a regular basis. Yup, what a true fan. 6 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goal:thecup Posted September 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2018 6 minutes ago, appleboy said: Anti Canuck. LOL You have no clue! We will see how you react if this club sucks again this year. The real Canuck fans are here through thick and thin. What I am is very realistic about the future. What you are is, "On Ignore". Most of us don't even see your drivel unless Rob chooses to put you in your place. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, appleboy said: Do really need to run down McDavid just to make ourselves feel better? How about under 25. Do you feel better now? How is posting a picture of the actual best player 'running down McDavid'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Fingers Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 12 hours ago, appleboy said: How do you know? A supposition, I don’t think many oilers fans are much into conversation. I picture them saying a version of ‘I am Groot’ back and forth to each other. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 So, any news on Hughes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Green Building said: So, any news on Hughes? Lots of different views, but doesn't seem to be any news on our boy Hughes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gaudette Celly Posted September 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2018 16 hours ago, appleboy said: McDavid is the best player scorer in the league. Consistently reducing everything down to simply scoring numbers is why you cannot for the life of you understand the value of players like Beagle, Sutter, and Gudbranson. 1 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 11 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: Consistently reducing everything down to simply scoring numbers is why you cannot for the life of you understand the value of players like Beagle, Sutter, and Gudbranson. And we have a winner!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleboy Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Hutton Wink said: Consistently reducing everything down to simply scoring numbers is why you cannot for the life of you understand the value of players like Beagle, Sutter, and Gudbranson. I fully understand the importance of players like Beagle. Just not four years for a 32 year old when you are in a rebuild and have kids pushing to make the club. Sutter is also important but if Gaudette is pushing his way on to the team then we don't need Sutter and Beagle. Someone will need to make room. Maybe gain assets at the same time. You don't want too many players of the same ilk. You need offense too don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 5 hours ago, appleboy said: I fully understand the importance of players like Beagle. Just not four years for a 32 year old when you are in a rebuild and have kids pushing to make the club. Sutter is also important but if Gaudette is pushing his way on to the team then we don't need Sutter and Beagle. Someone will need to make room. Maybe gain assets at the same time. You don't want too many players of the same ilk. You need offense too don't you? ...and Gaudette has a higher offensive ceiling than either of those guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specz Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 LOL, was watching draft videos of our current core and guess who I find making a guest appearance when DiPietro gets drafted by us in 2017. P.S. Quinn stop staring at Mikey's butt! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 19/09/2018 at 12:04 PM, appleboy said: I fully understand the importance of players like Beagle. Just not four years for a 32 year old when you are in a rebuild and have kids pushing to make the club. Sutter is also important but if Gaudette is pushing his way on to the team then we don't need Sutter and Beagle. Someone will need to make room. Maybe gain assets at the same time. You don't want too many players of the same ilk. You need offense too don't you? See the kind of shape Beagle showed up in? He will be fine for four more years and a steadying presence throughout the term. Its not like we are busting at the seams with center prospects trying to take his job in the next four years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attila Umbrus Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) On 9/19/2018 at 9:14 AM, Hutton Wink said: Consistently reducing everything down to simply scoring numbers is why you cannot for the life of you understand the value of players like Beagle, Sutter, and Gudbranson. Last time I checked hockey is still a team game. Look at all the "phenom" players in the leauge. Eichel, Matthews, McDavid all are upcoming but you don't win unless you surround them with the proper players. They ain't raised no stanley cup yet. And to get that far you need to play a solid team game. Highest scorer means JACK come play off time. Edited September 22, 2018 by Attila Umbrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kootenay Gold Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 28 minutes ago, rekker said: See the kind of shape Beagle showed up in? He will be fine for four more years and a steadying presence throughout the term. Its not like we are busting at the seams with center prospects trying to take his job in the next four years. Your wasting your time replying to appleboy. He just likes to troll with the same old rant about the 4 year term. He obviously has no @#$% clue that length of term is irrelevant as long as it is not a NMC or NTC contract. If Gaudette out plays him in the next two years, Beagle will be moved. appleboy would have to be incredibly dense to not see that but the constant rant continues never the less. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attila Umbrus Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) Anyone else thinking we're gonna carry 2 extra forwards and 1 extra d man going into this season? It's so hard to tell thru these exhibition games how the offensive lines will be made up. With all these question marks it makes sense to carry 2 extra forwards going into the season to see how things really shake out. This may be a moot point with Rousell and Eriksson down at the moment. But if they do come back sooner rather than later I can still see this scenario playing out till they are sure where the offense is going to come from. EDIT: And I know it's Bennings preference to have 2 spare D instead of 2 spare FWDs. Sorry moving post, meant to post this on the game thread lol. Edited September 22, 2018 by Attila Umbrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 2018-09-19 at 12:04 PM, appleboy said: I fully understand the importance of players like Beagle. Just not four years for a 32 year old when you are in a rebuild and have kids pushing to make the club. Sutter is also important but if Gaudette is pushing his way on to the team then we don't need Sutter and Beagle. Someone will need to make room. Maybe gain assets at the same time. You don't want too many players of the same ilk. You need offense too don't you? There are 2 things we need to consider here: where we are now and where we are in the future. Beagle and Sutter are about the here and now. We need these players for mentorship, protection, and assurance for in case if a player like Gaudette actually becomes a flop (not saying he will but there is always that chance of which I hope your "realistic" thought process will understand). The term for Beagle may seem long but, to be honest, does it really matter at the moment? In 3 years time, we could bury Beagle in the minors, trade Beagle, maybe he retires, maybe he's key in the continued development of your youth, who knows. It's not a lot of money we are spending on him each year: at least not to the point where it will affect our future contracts with our young players. You mention having "too many players of the same ilk". Yet, how many players here are you considering to be of the same ilk? I'm curious. Do you just think in terms of top 6 and bottom 6? Do you look at what each player brings and compare them? Some "spots" may have quite a few players at the moment competing but, right now, does it really matter? If a young player doesn't earn his spot, do you think he should be handed it on a silver platter? The way I see it: we have the toughest team we've had in a while. We don't have a good team, but our youth at least have someone to stand up to them. I do think Sutter or Beagle or both could be out eventually, but complaining about their stance in the future? That's not realism. That's complaining. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 (edited) On 20/09/2018 at 3:04 AM, appleboy said: I fully understand the importance of players like Beagle. Just not four years for a 32 year old when you are in a rebuild and have kids pushing to make the club. Sutter is also important but if Gaudette is pushing his way on to the team then we don't need Sutter and Beagle. Someone will need to make room. Maybe gain assets at the same time. You don't want too many players of the same ilk. You need offense too don't you? Beagle,a guy that has won a cup, heart as big as Pharlaps, great bunch of rookies who need to learn from players like Jay and you do not understand his importance of the length of his contract ? Even I an Aussie who knows far less about hockey than most posters here realise why Jim signed this guy and for how long. Takes time to learn any trade. Over here trade apprenticeships are 3- 4 years Edited September 24, 2018 by Ilunga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Just now, Ilunga said: Beagle,a guy that has won a cup, heart as big as Pharlaps, great bunch of rookies who need to learn from players like Jay and you do not understand the importance of the length of his contract ? Even I an Aussie who knows far less about hockey than most posters here realise why Jim signed this guy and for how long. Takes time to learn any trade. Over here trade apprenticeships are 3- 4 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The_Rocket Posted September 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2018 Looking forward to coming to this thread throughout the season to make myself feel better after a loss 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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