Linus Rising
Linus Omark via twitter: Im ready to play but wont play tonight. Next week on thursday for sure !! I believe that’s his twitter account, buddy is so popular there’s more than one account that claims to...
View ArticleWing And A Prayer
The Edmonton Oilers are about to send away Ales Hemsky without having a clear replacement. We talked about it here and since then not much has changed. The last time the Oilers went into battle, the...
View ArticleRob Nelson
On Tuesday, April 4, 1987, Rob Nelson was the opening day starter at first base for the A’s. He played 7 games before getting sent out and by that September was in San Diego. What the hell happened to...
View ArticleVoices Carry
I’ve always felt you have to give any legit prospect 500 at-bats to see what he can do for you. That’s about one full season, and the Oilers have several wingers knocking at the door. Teemu Hartikainen...
View ArticleLINUS OMARK 11-12: HELPLESS
The Edmonton Oilers and Linus Omark never could get it together. The relationship is over, waiting only for the official papers to come in the mail. Linus Omark 10-11 5×5 points per 60: 1.78 (4th-tie...
View ArticleWITHERING LINUS?
Years ago–when Brad Winchester left the Oilers organization–Craig MacTavish uttered the famous line “I think he needs a second opinion.” I suspect we are at that point with Linus Omark. With the Oilers...
View ArticleOMARK TO ZUG
Linus Omark tweeted a couple of hours ago that he’s off to Zug of the Swiss League. Zug is a German speaking city in Switzlerland. We were JUST talking about this in the previous thread! The name ‘Zug’...
View ArticleSELLING LOW
The Edmonton Oilers won’t get much for him, but according to reports Linus Omark has NHL teams interested based on strong play in Europe. Omark’s season is going well in Zug, and in that report there’s...
View ArticleIF INERTIA WERE A SKILL, TAMBELLINI WOULD BE GRETZKY
Shawn Horcoff was injured February 4th and we heard he’d be gone a month; this means that Horc should be ready to roll early next week. Right? Well, no. For the first time in history, an injury...
View ArticleOMARK WANTS NHL
Linus Omark is coming off a very successful season in Europe and once again making an effort to find NHL employment. After winning the scoring championship in the Swiss league, this report suggests the...
View ArticleOILERS SIGN OMARK!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHA! I have to go to work. More Later. HAHAHAAHAHAAHAHA (photo by Rob Ferguson, all rights reserved).
View ArticleSTOP MAKING SENSE!
I have two kids, they’re fine young people. We’re just back from a trip to Vancouver, and we spent a lot of time together (Vancouver is uphill both ways) in Stanley Park, Bridges (Go. To. Bridges!) the...
View ArticleTOO MUCH HEAVEN
Every time Dallas Eakins speaks, the Edmonton Oilers get a little smarter. A recent example came today, as he spoke to the media in regard to one Linus Omark. Eakins: “There’s a number of ways we can...
View ArticleROCKIN’ CHAIR
Linus Omark remains in Oklahoma City. The Oilers have punched tickets for Ryan Jones, Ben Eager and 21-year old Tyler Pitlick, but the Swede is on the tarmac. Omark–now 26–can’t break onto the NHL...
View ArticleLANDER TO GET CALL?
Tyler Pitlick was injured today (knee) and Anton Lander is a healthy scratch tonight in the Barons game. Could it be? It does make some sense in that the Oilers need any available NHL calibre talent...
View ArticleSegla framåt, du begåvade
From the beginning, nothing rhymed. Drafted in 2007 (4th round), Omark was already 20-years old and should have come over that fall, or the one after, or the one after that one. He did not, so that by...
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