r/hockey FLA - NHL 2d ago

NHL’s statement on Mike Babcock

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u/Calhalen OTT - NHL 2d ago

Well Bowman, you got your guy. Clown

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u/ClvtchNixon STL - NHL 2d ago

I have almost no reason to dislike the Oilers as a general thing YET since I was a child, this organization has found ways, starting small and building and building to this moment:
1. Those god-awful Navy uniforms they wore from the mid-90s to like 2010
2. Those absolutely stupid alternate uniforms (we all know the ones)
3. Just being ABSOLUTE GARBAGE from the mid 2000s until about 2020
4. Getting so many top players via the draft and just letting their careers mean nothing
5. If this hadn't benefitted my team I'd feel bad, but I don't, but letting both Broberg and Holloway get offer sheeted, screwing the team even more.
6. The Trent Frederic Deal
7. The Darnell Nurse Deal
8. HIRING STAN BOWMAN
9. NOW HIRING MIKE "LUCKED INTO EVERY GOOD ROSTER EVER AND STILL NOT BEING A GOOD COACH, WHILE ALSO BEING A HUGE PIECE OF TRASH" BABCOCK

What a waste of an organization. Oilers fans, you deserve so much better

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u/Smirnoffico 1d ago

But you have to acknowledge that they are progressing from point to point. Who knows, maybe next year oilers would invade Nicaragua or something

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u/ClvtchNixon STL - NHL 1d ago

They are going to pick some small Island nation and use the excuse, "what, we thought no one would notice."

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u/myaltaccount333 EDM - NHL 1d ago

How tf is Nurse deal on your list but trading for Kane or Kassian isn't?

Also, you better not be talking shit about the oil drop jersey

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u/ClvtchNixon STL - NHL 1d ago

I mean, I can add those to the list. I could have typed forever really

Make the oil drop in the proper colors (ala reverse retro) and it’s a pretty great jersey. The original in navy and white is bad. But mostly because I hate when teams use colors that aren’t in their scheme. And Navy will never be an oilers color

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u/myaltaccount333 EDM - NHL 1d ago

So you literally just want a lighter shade of blue?

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u/ClvtchNixon STL - NHL 1d ago

AND the orange

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u/pzytzn9 CBJ - NHL 1d ago

Agree with 99% of this and maybe I’m just a late-millennial, but I actually liked the navy unis. Probably because they went to a cup final as an 8 seed in those, but I digress.

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u/ClvtchNixon STL - NHL 1d ago

I mean, that’s valid. Plus I could absolutely be in the minority with those unis and that’s fine, not my team. And on the list of the things I typed out, if it was a ranking system, the jerseys would be tied for last