Bonsignore Citizens Brigade: Oilers At Predators

All three of these men just got word that they don't, in fact, play for the Edmonton Oilers.

The NHL is back baby! *crickets*

Okay, well, I'm sure no group of fans could care less about NHL hockey for the next couple of months than Oiler fans. Especially considering we are going from witnessing one of the most magical moments in our hockey watching lives back to watching the absolute worst team that the majority of us have ever cheered for. I imagine this is exactly what it's like to come down from heroin. The highest of highs followed by the lowest of lows.

So where were we when we left off? Oh, right. By far the worst team in the NHL. With one minor difference however; the landscape of this franchise was forever altered today with the blockbuster trade of Cody Wild in exchange for Matt Marquardt!!!!!!!!
I'll give you a minute to try and comprehend all this madness.

In all seriousness though, what the hell does this mean? With the Grebeshkov trade and now Wild I think it's pretty clear that Steve Tambellini hates defensemen. Silver lining is at least we know for sure he didn't die in a horrible industrial accident (you win this round Tambo!). And that someone finally told him he does, in fact, have the ability to talk to other GM's around the league and make "trades". I would have thought Kevin Lowe would have filled him in while he was moving to his bigger, nicer office, but I guess he couldn't get out of that GM's chair fast enough.

Going back to the Grebeshkov trade, I think a lot of people out there are making way too big a deal of this. Okay, I understand that he's 26 and is theoretically entering his prime, but have any of you that are sad to see him go actually seen him play before??? I'm pretty sure he already hit his prime in Jr. Realistically, on any other team he's a number 5 defenseman at best. He's just too inconstant and soft to be anything more than an average puck moving D-man getting soft minutes. And with a 3 million dollar price tag that many assume will either stay the same if not inflate, I think Tambo made a not-mind numbingly bad move for the first time during his tenure. I think he easily could have gotten more than a second rounder, because let's face it there is no way he is worth the same as Dominic Moore (seriously two years in a row he's traded for a 2nd rounder? What the fuck?) and it looks to me that Tambo took the first deal presented to him where he wasn't getting absolutely fleeced. But the move now frees up a spot for Theo Peckham to finally come in and impose his will (or god forbid Taylor Chorney gets a regular spot on an NHL team *shudder*) and frees up 3 million dollars in cap space, which is never a bad thing. Unless of course you have a crappy GM who tries to throw way too much money at shitty players who don't deserver it (oh fuck, we're screwed). And who knows, if Grebs does end up bolting for the KHL in the summer Tambo could come out of this looking like a man of average intelligence!

Speaking of Grebeshkov, we won't have to wait long until he gets a chance to play against the Oilers and get a career high in points, goals and pregnancies! The Oilers take on the Preds tonight, and "unfortunately" I won't be here to see how this whole thing turns out.

Umm, so, uhh, it appears the game is already on. For the first time in my life I was late on the draw instead of incredibly pre-mature.

Anyway, blah, blah, blah, Oilers still suck. Preds are in the mix for a playoff spot. Why is Ethan Moreau still on this team? Shea Weber is fucking awesome. Remember when we won the gold medal in men's hockey?

jeanshorts prediction: Oilers 2 - Preds 4. Shea Weber blinds everyone with his new bling.

TylerSeguin

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-jeanshorts

P.S- Apparently Baggedmilk gets back to Canada tonight. So if you feel yourself shudder for no reason and/or vomit uncontrollably then it probably means his plane has touched down.