mike morrison for the shootout

@JRocca33 @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets It’s true that Calgary and Ottawa are small Canadian markets. But there’s no other teams in the market to hide behind and the fans in Canada care more about their team than you can ever fathom. The best comparable is the South and SEC football. It’s religion not fandom

@bigoilymess @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets “Real hockey markets” 😂😂😂

Been saying it for years. Everyone called me an idiot. They shit on the rumor boys. There is no chance Brady finishes this contract in Ottawa. Zero. Nice everyone is finally coming around.

@_WellBeloved @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets Look at Kyle Connor in Winnipeg. American boy but sticks it out with the team that drafted him in the butthole of Canada. That’s a real man. He may leave eventually, but he’s gave his all to that market and he’s 10x the man the Tkachuk boys or Qhughes will ever be

@bigoilymess @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets Their main legacy will probably be their gold medals 🤣🤣🤣 Plus Matt’s two cups, and Brady’s, when he gets his. You have a weird obsession with the Tkachuk boys though, I’ve seen your tweets. What’s up with that?

@Corndogdreams @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets Look at Kyle Connor in Winnipeg. American boy but sticks it out with the team that drafted him in the butthole of Canada. That’s a real man. He may leave eventually, but he’s gave his all to that market and he’s 10x the man the Tkachuk boys or Qhughes will ever be

@bigoilymess @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets "Matthew Tkachuk will be primarily remembered as a Calgary Flame where in his final year with the team put up 42g, 62a but was also not tough enough according to Big Oily Mess on his X (twitter) account.......he would later go on to win multiple Stanley Cups and an olympic gold."

@dacshunder @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets Look at Kyle Connor in Winnipeg. American boy but sticks it out with the team that drafted him in the butthole of Canada. That’s a real man. He may leave eventually, but he’s gave his all to that market and he’s 10x the man the Tkachuk boys or Qhughes will ever be

@dacshunder @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets Exactly. If that’s how they see it, then that is my point exactly. Not tough enough. It’s very simple, really.

@Corndogdreams @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets And he asked to be traded…yes he had wanted to sign a contract but then changed his mind. Cause he realized that he didn’t want to play in a real hockey market. Not sure why this fact is so hard to grasp. Matt would say it himself.

@_WellBeloved @MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets I’m literally jus speaking the facts. They’d probly admit it themselves. They can’t hack real hockey markets so need to go chill in Florida or whatever. Doesn’t make them bad people. But it does reflect on their character. Do you have a crush on them or why so defensive?

@akaRCN As an Oilers fan, I hate it. Got a bad feeling about it.

I dunno if VGK made the right call or not, but the narrative some have around "ew Torts" & "Cassidy is great" is bullshit. Players have notoriously disliked Cassidy & while there's plenty of similar stories around Torts, there's also those who absolutely loved playing for him.

@deankal1 @Woodguy55 He will never win a Norris. Literally could have 200 pts and would not win it. People have decided he sucks and that’s that

Karlsson won the Norris with 101 pts & a +/- of -27 Say Bouchard ends up between 90-95 pts & is +25 Is he easily not the Norris Trophy favourite? And if not… how can someone get almost the identical stats and not win?? Also consider the fact Bouchs 1st 15-20 games were bad

@Lieutenant_Eric How does this affect #variousjets

It's still snowing

@FAN590 @frank_seravalli @jccuthbert @jesserubinoff All the comments literally proving his point 😂

“[Evan Bouchard] is unfairly painted by hockey fans in the east that don’t watch the Oilers, log onto Twitter in the morning and see a 13-second clip that sticks with them.” @frank_seravalli on Bouchard’s standing in the Norris Trophy race with @jccuthbert and @jesserubinoff.

@EmptyNettersPod Similar time frame to missing 97&29 last year and it kinda worked. The problem this time is that the injury reporting is so cryptic there’s a good chance he’s not ready to go for playoffs either

Spin zone. This is good for the Oilers. They'll still make playoffs and then they get a fresh as lettuce Drai in the post season. Big brain stuff

@ryanwhitney6 @spittinchiclets You know the listener location demographics for your podcast. Hockey is still a non-factor in the US sport market. Not that complicated

Like all hockey fans I’m fired up for the World Cup of Hockey to return but after winning the gold medal in EVERYTHING it’s insane to me no games will be played in the United States of America

@Goatthingssss @usertrc88 @BR_OpenIce Oh weird I thought he worked for the nhl. My bad

@bigoilymess @usertrc88 @BR_OpenIce The nhl doesn’t review majors. Kelly Sutherland reviewed it.

Big time glow up for the Oilers from the last time they played the Avalanche to tonight’s game. 😅🔥

@Goatthingssss @usertrc88 @BR_OpenIce And the NHL who looked at it carefully for 10 minutes and decided that McKinnon was recklessly flying through the crease and would’ve made contact regardless of nurse.

@bigoilymess @usertrc88 @BR_OpenIce Horrible call. Only Oilers fans agree with it

@GarrettReller @fAVoritesORnot @MolitorisNick Doesn’t matter what Ingram does. You’re not allowed to fly through the crease and if there’s contact by the goalie making a save it’s on the player.

@fAVoritesORnot @bigoilymess @MolitorisNick The still shot doesn’t show Ingram’s momentum moving him into MacKinnon’s pre-existing path through the crease, which would’ve resulted in a minor at minimum

Every angle I see makes it more obvious. This is an angle guys take 45 times a game. I genuinely am not sure he needs 2 minutes here.

@RonoAnalyst The fact you had to give 3 disclaimers first says everything about Avs fans.

I really like Cale Makar. I still think he’s the best defenseman. If I had to choose a defenseman in the off-season to build a team around, I’d choose Makar. But this season Makar does not deserve the James Norris Memorial Trophy.

@usertrc88 @Goatthingssss @BR_OpenIce According to all these experts, next time someone gets a four minute minor for high sticking they should try pleading the case that they didn’t mean to do it because apparently that’s what matters

@usertrc88 @Goatthingssss @BR_OpenIce This photo literally proves the refs correct. 29 trajectory is pointing directly thru the crease and he’s moving 22mph. Whether he was trying to miss the goalie or not is irrelevant. It’s manslaughter vs murder.