Today I’m beginning a new series called “Fewer Than 30 Thoughts.” And, yes, it’s a rip-off of Elliotte Friedman’s “30 Thoughts” articles, which are always filled with lots of great information and insight. This series will consist of fewer thoughts and a lower quality of information and insight. Enjoy!
1. Do a Google search of Peter Chiarelli images and you’ll discover that the Oilers’ GM has had many different looks over the years. Below is a sampling of some of his recent looks.
Above we see Chiarelli clean-shaven, with a a regular mustache, with a horseshoe mustache, with a mustache and a soul patch, with a mustache and a goatee, and with a full beard. Personally, I like the full beard the best. I asked my wife (a hairstylist by trade) about her preference, and she said the clean shaven look was her favourite.
2. I saw that Bob Stauffer tweeted the other day that he’d be “stunned” if Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was traded before the start of the season. Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid, and Leon Draisaitl now make center a position of strength for the Oilers. Long gone are the days when Dallas Eakins declared, “We have two NHL centremen.” Is it time for three scoring lines, or will Todd McLellan deploy Leon Draisaitl as a winger?
3. Sportsnet’s Mike Johnson got into a bit of a dust up with former Oiler Patrick O’Sullivan on the subject of analytics:
Hey @realPOSULLIVAN , nice to meet you, I'm Mike, I have a degree in finance, have lost many battles in the corner. https://t.co/SNl3Rn7uMm
— Mike Johnson (@mike_p_johnson) July 19, 2016
O’Sullivan had previously tweeted that no “analytics person” had ever gone into a corner with Shea Weber. I don’t think O’Sullivan saw Johnson’s reply coming.
4. On Saturday I went with a couple of my kids to the parade in Cole Harbour for Sidney Crosby. Cole Harbour is also the home of Nathan MacKinnon. Trivia: what two major hockey trophies did MacKinnon win that Crosby didn’t?
Here are a couple of photos of the parade:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH7VgVWACeXUpouoonWrtPyj3t6TblZ28RP3bg0/?taken-by=jonrmcleod
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH7WJTJgAUC/?taken-by=jonrmcleod
5. Mark Fayne is supposedly in the best shape of his life. If the Oilers acquire another top four defenseman, he will get pushed further down the lineup. Depending on the development of both Brandon Davidson and Darnell Nurse, Fayne might end up being the Oilers’ seventh defenseman.
6. Looks like “Visually Better” will have competition next season for the Photoshop Blogger Award from Mikey Von Doom. Take a look at this beauty:
https://twitter.com/NewfieMikey/status/749728195004346368
7. While I’m sharing Twitter finds, here’s a funny one from Bruins blogger Dan Ryan:
I updated my Bruins-Habs cartoon that @Dave_Stubbs referenced earlier to be a more accurate depiction of our times. pic.twitter.com/7Sgo8CL5Jm
— Dan (@bruinshockeynow) July 19, 2016
8. I’m sure that I’m not the first to notice this, but David Cross of Arrested Development fame could be Chiarelli’s doppelganger. What do you think?
9. Next time we’ll take a look at Chiarelli’s fashion choices. Below is a sneak peek.
https://twitter.com/David___Co/status/749714689341349888
Swagger indeed.
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