Bostonoiler:
Why? Because OV is a star……In the NHL its all about the teams with Stars winning. Hence why our Oilers aren’t winning. Liker I said above good game until the 3rd, then just horse shit. OV’s 1st goal was bullshit, His 2nd was just unreal.

No, the fact that Ovie is the best hockey player in the world is a huge deal of course, but not only do we not have any one close to Ovie’s calibre, they also have Backstrom, Semin, Green, Fleischman, Laich, Knuble, and then you throw in the the likes of Fehr, Steckel, both their Morrison’s, Alzner, Pothier and Poti as fantastic role players, the team is just stacked, anyone that thinks otherwise is an idiot.

As far as the NHL being all about winning with stars…uh, duh…

of course it’s that way, name me one era of ANY sport that the wining teams don’t have the star power? however, having those superstars does not necessarily make a team good., you refer to Atlanta(Kovalchuk), Tampa Bay(Vinny), Carolina(Staal) as examples there.

Bostonoiler: Well we played pretty good the 1st and 2nd period………The 3rd period was just horrible. We looked like the Oilers in that frame. Sloppy sloppy play. Maybe its time to shut it down and wait till next year…..Get a good pick this year and build. We have a young core right now at both positions. We could be a cup contender in 2-3 years if we do things the right way. We tank the year and get Taylor Hall. Ok now I’m about to playarmchair GM hereTambi makes a move at the deadline, shipping out Moreau to an eastern contender.To Bos:
MoreauTo EDM:
Bruins 2nd round pick this seasonOk this gives us a 2nd round pick, and by the Oilers drafting the past few years it should turn out goodAT THE DRAFT: Tambi goes and takes Hall 1st overall. Giving the Oil another gifted forward that is young. Then he trades off O’Sullivan and Staios in a package deal for another defenderTo MTL:
O’Sullivan
StaiosTo EDM:
O’Byrne
3rd rounderThey have to let Pisani walk, Strudwick is gone too. I think sadly we will hang onto Khabibulin even though JDD is the way to go. DD is out due to contract issues and is sent off in a trade.To Tampa:
DubynkTo EDM:
4th rounder in lets say 2010 hereOk, now assuming with the cap space we were able to get out here, that Gagner and Cogliano each get 4 year deals, while Brule gets 3, Stone and Potulny get 1, Grebs gets 1 and JDD gets 2On July 1st: Tambi does the right thing and does nothing. We already moved the vets minus Horcs and signed our core up. I think a few guys will be signed to AHL contracts to help out on the farmNext years lineup:Penner-Gagner-Hemsky (These guys were good when together this season)
Eberle-Brule-Hall (Just a great line skill wise, should put up pts)
Coglano-Horcoff-Stone (Stone plays the body,cogs and horcs do it up)
Stortini/JFJ-Potulny-Nilsson (Nilsson and Pots with the offense, Storts/JFJ with the body presence)Souray-Gilbert (One ‘young’ guy one vet. Gilbert plays good with Souray)
Smid-Vishnovsky (See above, oh and Smid is a great young dman)
O’Byrne-Grebeskov (Two young guys here, love this pairing)
Peckham
Khabibulin
JDD
(In net it WILL be a time share between these guys)Ok, thats just my take on a rebuild. I think it would work out for this team in the long run and make us a cup contender. Blast me or praise me if you want. After tonight’s collapse I think that its time for Tambi to just rebuild the right way.

just two things. 1) If you’re going to rebuild then you get rid of all vets that you can (khabibulin and horcoff can’t go anywhere) so the icetime can go to the young players…that includes visnovsky and souray and 2) some of those trades are pie in the sky type deals. moreau for a 2nd won’t happen, the trade to montreal won’t happen for cap reasons and the drafting of hall is a HUGE unknown.

just my thoughts

Btw whoever was in net for the Captials, I believe that was his first win.

LateNightOilFan: Check out the pic of Ovi on the home page of TSN.ca.In the crowd, at the bottom right by the 8 on Ovi’s jersey – dead ringer for Ales Hemsky (IMO anyway).Spooky, he’s quite happy for Ovi too…

That made me laugh and it would be great for a comic caption too. “Hemsky like’s what he sees.”

BO: Haha do you like making trades after every game? And you really would like to see Moreau out of here eh? If they do trade Moreau expect it to be around trade deadline if playoffs aren’t in the picture.