@KJ_Lups@GibelliBean Skinner was never a terrible goalie
Average tandem guy prone to giving up some bad goals .
But got rushed into the starter spot at 23 because of Campbell flaming out
A USHL junior team in a town of 60,000 in Iowa became one of the best player-development pipelines to the NHL in American hockey.
The architect: Kalle Larsson.
A Swedish Division-III college player who built a pathway machine.
A thread on development done right.
Most important offseason in Oilers franchise history. Let’s see what they’ve been up to…
•Hire a coach that no one wanted
•Polishing shoes
•Making Oilers plus content
•Daryl teaching his kid about 50/50 fraud
• Maureen Babcock telling Stan Bowman how it’s gonna be
•Naps
The Pennsylvania teams are going to low ball the Oilers into keeping Dr. Icing and then they'll re-sign Ingram and Kapanen 'because they want to be here' and we'll get gaslight into 'moves at the deadline' again and we will accept it like the good peasants we are.
Sabres: Make the playoffs once in 15 years and are the most aggressive team in making trades this off-season
Oilers: Supposed perennial cup contenders happy to wait until July 1st to sign someone like Ilya Mikheyev and call it a day. Might bring Nurse back might not. Ho-hum 🤷♂️
Jason Robertson is exactly who he thinks he is, by the way.
If Robo asked for $15 million AAV, the response should be “yessir, anything else?”
One of the best in the NHL, and it’s not up for discussion.
Recording New episode tonight!! Please send us your questions!!! Today the person who submits the best question will win a free strictly hockey talk t-shirt!! #HockeyX
@SCTShow If you had a front office how would you build it , assume it’s 3 AGM’s a GM and President
I would go:
(Nerd,experienced guy, mix of both ), Analytics GM, Hockey guy president
@stopeatingfaces@TheMugNHL This is when you go all in with futures
Howard, Akey 2 firsts and 2 seconds . Add if
You need to we have this year only guys
@MarcSavvy I used to work at a firm that did tax planning for cross-border athletes and celebs (we rep’d many NHLers). None of them paid 53% effective tax rates.
Tax free states win you liquidity, any sensible tax planning negates this difference to almost 0
For all the bellyaching about the big, bad hockey media, these are the kids of questions that World Cup media asks. Not to Brazil, Spain, Germany…to South Korea.
Can’t even imagine the whining that would occur if feet got put to the fire like this in hockey 😂
@jpolly22 Who is saying this? Show me 🧾
Some fans around the league feel he might have reached his expiration date
I call him “stand pat” Cheveldayoff— the friend at poker table that is just happy to be there , here for a good time , fold most hands/ content just being part of crew 🤝