Cautiously Optimistic

@TopTierPucks For me to buy playoff tickets as a SSH holder of the Oilers, it's going to cost me $13K if they play 16 games. $9K+ if only 12 home games. And where's that money going? Equalization payments to prop up sunbelt teams? Thanks, but no thanks. I'm passing.

The Florida Panthers should have their cups revoked immediately - Used PEDs to win them and got a slap on the wrist - Biased nepotism from the DoPS - Dirty team - No real fans They are a cheater franchise who the NHL props up so they can get better ratings. Shameful and gross.

@NHLPlayerSafety Did this suspension come with a warning to the other 31 teams in the NHL that "playing thr Florida Panthers may be hazardous to your health"?

Florida’s A.J. Greer has been suspended for three games for boarding Calgary’s Connor Zary. nhl.com/video/topic/pl…

@oilersgm2 @fivestargc @cmcdavid97 ...buddy to everyone. Aikman has to be the bad guy and he HATES it. It was very interesting doc.

@oilersgm2 @fivestargc @cmcdavid97 I also think about Aikman. If you've seen the Cowboys Netflix doc he says when they had Jimmy Johnson he'd tear guys new ones and Aikman would play the good guy and dismiss it. Quietly, he LOVED these guys were getting chewed out. Jimmy's fired, in comes Barry Switzer and is a..

Hot take - @cmcdavid97 is burnt out and the Oilers lack leadership. Coach down. 97 had a terrible turnover that lead to the GWG against. Trying to often to do it himself. It’s obvious this team isn’t a team. 97 was a captain for Canada. I don’t see that same leader on the ice rn.

@mathewjdp I think they need to add some vets for bottom-6 & extra roles. They need to leave lots of room for kids, they need a plan to ensure no forward is played less than 12 mins a night. I think they have a lot of what they need right now. They need to stop cheating for easy solutions.

If Edm loses this year, does that mean they should clean house? It sure feels like thats what the common opinion is atm. Whats yours?

@oilersgm2 @fivestargc @cmcdavid97 I look at Michael Jordan, &on his own he was a difficult person to play around. But he had Pippen & others who helped take that edge off. I don't know if connor needs someone to add edge, or take it off, but the team that went to Cup finals had lots of voices. This one doesn't.

@fivestargc @cmcdavid97 I don’t think he’s a bad leader. I don’t think he’s being a good leader right now and parts of this season. Both can be true. I didn’t see accountability for that turnover that Lead to a GWG against after extending a long shift. A team that doesn’t start on time. Inconsistent.

@nenshi Oh. For a moment there I thought this was an attack ad on nenshi and the NDP. Strange wording.

Twice the corruption and none of the competence. Albertans deserve better than rock bottom governance.

@MarinaC34558 @grok @7pzzzz @Rightanglenews @grok is using energy for a concert in a nationwide energy crisis a good use of it or should hospitals with people on ventilators been prioritized for that energy?

@grok @7pzzzz @Rightanglenews Again. Using power for a concert while people dont have power in hospitals and holding a concert to praise the commie regime is an oxymoron. You can deliver aid without the spectacle. The Cuban people will not be mocked with this idiots.

BREAKING - All patients on ventilators at a Cuban hospital died after the Irish band Kneecap used massive amounts of electricity during a “humanitarian performance” for fellow communists, while the performers and activists stayed in a five-star hotel with power.

@SilentSnow89 @MichaelDoberDad @TorontoStar @jolie_oiseau77 I've seen jogging and staying fit as signs of being a Nazi. Having any conversation on immigration will get you called a nazi. If you guys can co-opt a word for your needs, it's okay for us to call you a fucking retard, retard.

@MichaelDoberDad @TorontoStar @jolie_oiseau77 Hey, if people don't want me to call them a Nazi, they could just stop acting like Nazis. Simple. Unfortunately for Donnie, simple is above his intellectual capability.

The 'r-word' is seeing a resurgence. What happened? #onpoli trib.al/oVCCjuk

@AdriaOfCourse @FoodProfessor @TLNewmanMTL I have been radicalized on tipping at this point. I loathe getting a prompt for tips that START at 18% & go up to 30% (even got this prompt at a convenience store in Canmore). I'm tired of it. Pay the people what you need to to keep them employed and charge me what you need to.

@FoodProfessor @TLNewmanMTL In Canada servers are paid minimum wage plus tips. So tipping is unnecessary. In USA they are paid like $3/hour & the tips bring the wage up to minimum & if they don’t the employer pays the gap.

"The survey suggesting that 67% of Canadians want tipping to disappear misses a critical piece of context: respondents weren’t asked how food service employees would be compensated instead. If the question included whether they would accept higher menu prices to offset wages, the results would likely look very different."

@nielsonTSN1260 @jvs3ph Bold take, but it's hard to disagree. People also know how good Magic Johnson was, right? He dominated as a PG but could also drop in as a power forward or even a center. Also: NBA history didn't start in 1984. The league wouldn't be here without great players before MJ.

@jvs3ph Kobe just a poor man’s MJ, didn’t change anything

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@Oil_Drop At this juncture I wish they would get Connor Unger up for 3 games. Give him at least one of them. See what you have. If you like the first, give him the second. And decide from there.

Most will focus on the coach comments, which is fine. For me, the repeated mentions of how good "their goalie" was, is what stood out to me. At the moment, Tampa's group is better & more committed than the Oilers. Players go all in, when they believe in their goaltending.

@oilersjayscan But they won with an assistant coach who was promoted to coach with 8 games left. That leaved Stuart and Coffey.

I said I wouldn’t say “Fire Knoblauch” again, but now you’ve had BOTH your superstars discreetly taking shots at his coaching in the media. The fans see it, and the players see it. Why doesn’t Katz fucking see it??!! It’s not too late to make a change! Ask the 2000 NJ Devils!!

@oilers_life @ShaneDoolittle And for the record, I knew nothing of Lacombe until recently. But i would have expected paid scouts to know a thing or two.

@andyalbertan @ShaneDoolittle Failure after failure from the incompetent franchise.

Let’s not forget our mismanagement passed on this guy during the draft and the guy they drafted is no longer in the organization as well. Sick and tired of hiring the has been losers man.

@corprice12 I could see that. I hope he first reflects on how to make his teammates better and how to make sure they feel some responsibility on the team and they aren't just passengers there for the ride. That seems to be the feeling from these guys for far too long.

I could see 97 sailing off to Tampa to play with Cooper in 2 years if the Oilers dont make key moves this summer with proper cap and player management. Lots of holes

@RichardCrouse @JonathanWillis I loved that bar. It was a slice of heaven when friends and I would meet there, walk into Cineplex/Empire/Landmark theater, watch a show and maybe partake in another beverage. Great place. Great times.

In the early 90s, I was a bartender at a place called the Elephant & Castle in the Eaton Center. John Colicos would come in from time to time and have a drink… One day he came in, sat down and the guy next to him immediately asked for his bill. I said, “What’s the rush? He said, “I don’t like drinking with Klingons.” We laughed, but the guy actually left the bar! #truestory

@oilers_life @ShaneDoolittle The Oilers drafted Broberg for defense and Lavoie as a big power forward. They could have had Matt Bolby as the power forward and Jackson Lacombe as the defenseman. I wanted Bolby in that draft.

@ShaneDoolittle Yup! Him and Boldy were touted as the best goal scores and both slipped right by us, kinda like Wallstadt slipped right by us and there’s many more examples.

@itsWozzz They need to start with focusing on making things work with their kids. Stop shopping for every middling free agent that pushes a youngster down or out of the lineup.

Steve Yzerman was 32 years old when he won his first Stanley Cup. Alex Ovechkin was 33, and Steven Stamkos was 30. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl still have time. It’s just the Oilers may need a hard reset/retool this offseason.

@unclesid44 @TSNRyanRishaug He can leave in 27 months or sooner if he asks. And when he wins, it will be an asterisk win like LeBrons have all been. And if this team locks down into a stronger system without him, the guys play it to a T, and win a Cup, he'll look even worse.

McDavid post game on the lightning “They got a great system. They’re perfectly coached. They all know what they’re doing all over the ice. It’s impressive. They are a great team.” “They’re extremely well coached they’re extremely well organized. They’re very very rehearsed in everything that they do. It’s very impressive and when you do break them down, they got a heck of a goalie to back stop them.” I Asked him how they can get to that place with their system. “That’s a coaching question you can ask Knobber that question. Obviously we’ve been play together a long time and we feel like we’re somewhat rehearsed and organized, but not to their level.”

@buperac @warhawk_109 So fucking jealous of anyone with dual citizenship.

@warhawk_109 Married a woman down there but my mom is an American as well

My brother moved to America during covid because the government of Canada was so fucking gay, he’s an electrician. He just got promoted to Forman with his company. He get full health benefits, a health spending account, pension and 401k matching, vacation fund, truck, fuel, laptop, phone, tablet and his boss just slipped him 10 $100 bills as a “thanks for not being a retard” present. He is now making $126 an hour in Illinois, the second worse state in the U.S. which is mogging every province in Canada. He called me on his vacation at Myrtle Beach, wondering why the fuck I haven’t left Canada yet. If Alberta doesn’t gain independence it’s hard to think of any reason to stay.