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If this match happens, hope they both lose. I know I know, cheer for a Canadian team blah blah blah. Edmonton has been gifted with not one, not two, but maybe three generational type players over the years. Yes I'm jealous and a petty sore loser. Go Bombers?

My wife "followed" (virtually) Selanne to Anaheim and we filled the Jets void by watching a lot of Ducks games. Can confirm that Perry was elite, but also that he has always been a rat. One of those players you love to have on your team but hate to play against. I mean, look where he ranks in goals for active players. That is some elite company. https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/records/nhl-active-players-all-time-goals-leaders.html

He's become such a rat in recent years that people forget Perry was an elite hockey player 15 years ago...

Oh wait, thorax....never mind...

Upper thorax family reasons....

Massive loss... Figuring Skinner comes back in now eh? Kane likely still best served in a lesser, checking role.... Human has been so deadly as a garbage picker in front. Especially on the PP. Tough to replace that offense.

Oilers’ Zach Hyman done for the season, requires surgery They can still get it done, but that's a big loss for Edmonton.

For the O this where it all starts so do whatever it takes please and thank you.

I don't see why Willie Jefferson wouldn't be the 8th as a naturalized. Him or Bryant.

Yeah he has. But it was used more towards the end of last year. We'll see.

True but MOS has been reluctant to really use this option.

Nice break down....beats the media fluff all ado about not much...Thanks

Remember we can start a nationalized American as the 8th. Could be Stanley Bryant, Eric Lofton, Kyrie Wilson, Willie Jefferson, Dalton Schoen, Deatrick Nichols, Jamal Parker, or Evan Holm. Lots of options. We only need 7 "true" Canadian starters.

Nothing fancy here. Just good old fashioned Rock from the 70's. RIP Rick Derringer. Derringer also sang lead on Come On Sloopy as a member of The McCoy's in 1965.

I think the drop off from Wallace to imp should be small. We gain more imo with the imp on D. As it is we have 1 starter spot and hopefully 1 back up spot for woods, adams, person, pointer and Webb. 1 di spot for griffin, valval, ayers/jones, one for Sergio and one for a kr. If we go none di for kr, and 3 ni on the ol it helps our ratio a whole lot. The injuries to Kelly and makonzo hurt a lot on D. We are gonna have soo many bodies at lber again, we need all the dl and dbs who can actually on D on the ar.

Nice to hear that Neuf is leaner and better. Maybe he had another conversation in that cabin in the mountains.

He has been hanging out at Wheelies watching Kolo hone his craft.

So Florida and Edmonton look set for a Finals rematch. Hopefully a different outcome this time around.

So 2 OL (Kolo+Neuf), 2 WR (Demski+Clercius), 1 RB (Brady), 1 LB (Kramdi), 1 DT (Lawson/Jake) and a ? as the 8th? Is 3 OL (Kolo+Neuf+Wallace), 2 WR (Demski+Clercius), 1 RB (Brady), 1 LB (Kramdi) and 1 DT (Lawson/Jake) better? I agree on the strong OL point.

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I think that’s very much the case. Down the road I can see Randolph as the LT and vanterpool as the rt. Though Wallace may polish into that role. Now inb4 vanterpool gets cut lol. Lofton might be viewed in a similar light though I don’t see remotely the same ceiling as either.

I wonder if they see Vanterpool and Randolph as our two tackles of the future. Bryant is obviously LT this season but possibly it is his last. The easiest way to keep both Randolph and Vanterpool is by starting Vanterpool at LG this season and Randolph at RT. I also think this would be our best configuration. We have enough Canadians starting elsewhere to go 3 import OL. Start Kola and Neuf. Keep all 3 of Eli, Wallace, and Vibert, using the IR/PR where necessary. Having a strong OL in front of Collaros is a must.

Didn't we start a GoFundMe to hire @Booch to avoid this scenario? 🤣

Yeah. Second to injuries, (and rider wins) the thing I hate most in sports is wasted talent. Hope he manages to get him self sorted and back to where he needs to play. it’s been a lot of adjustments and trials of different combos. I don’t think Lofton has practiced much at all. Randolph has looked better than Lofton last year though imo. Hes settled into rt nicely. Vanterpool has taken a nice step forward in general. Wallace has been good. Saw him get beat off the line couple times but recover really well. Think that’s why he got a run at rt. He’s lost 15-20 from his pro day time and he hasn’t lost strength. Run block wise, he’s our best bet at guard imo. Pass pro, he’s worth growing with at this point. Eli is pretty much the usual. Much better at C than G, though playing beside the other Cs he was better than with kola. They really like vibert, and I could see him getting groomed on the pr for a year. Hes a nasty inside guy who can snap a bit and be groomed into a back up C pretty easily. Realistically could be a 6th ol in the league this year from what I’ve seen. Gets off the ball well, strong with a good base, nasty type we always like. Neuf looks significantly more mobile than he did all of last year. More explosive than he’s been in a while. If he stays healthy he should be as good as you’d hope. Among the other rookie imps, Atkinson is a throw back body style. He’s thick and strong and significantly heavier than his listed weight. He’s aggressive and got some good attribute's, but he looks like a straight up guard in need of polish. Which doesn’t happen up here. elsbury has the measurables and it shows on the field, but he’s raw. Reminds me of Randolph last year. I like Hemphills upside, he’s more polished and probably the best of the zone run blockers among the imports. I could see us easily keeping 1-2 imp ol on the pr and 1 ni, and probably another guy on the ir. Best ol imo: Bryant Neuf Eli vanterpool Randolph. realistically, we are gonna start kola if healthy and I don’t think we have the ratio at this point to go 3 imps with our hurting the d and teams. Bryant Neuf kola Wallace Randolph with Eli as the 6th is likely. I wouldn’t be surprised to see more Wallace at RT. I could see a world where we go 4ni ol with vibert on the ar and Wallace at RT easier than I can see us going 4 imp ol. If that happened, it’d be best to slide Neuf to his side to give him more help. Over all I like our ol crop, could still use more Canadian talent as always, we likely have to face more struggles with change though. Guys needs to gel, and take some lumps as starters at their positions. But that is coming for us no matter what. It’s a good time to move forward with young guys and build in near future replacements for Neuf and Bryant.