Now it's a rumor... Sounds like even Sweden wants omark to go down to the farm
The tabloids are just salivating at the thought of writing horror stories about life on the farm:
Linus Omark scores to put the Barons ahead, but there's no reaction in the eerily silent arena. Just the sound of $1 hot dogs being rinsed down with wishy-washy American beer.
And just then, from the parking lot, gunshots are heard.
"It is what it is", says Omark after his obligatory post-game wet-wipe shower, staring vacantly at the line of obese people squeezing out the exit.
"We're just praying that our bus driver dodged that bullet, 'cause it's a long ride to Newfoundland, and I sure don't feel like driving again."
His blank gaze tell a story of great hardships. Perhaps a story best left untold.
This is the AHL. Hockey hell.
I'm not too sad. He'll get another shot with another nhl team and if not he'll still make a lot of money in russia.
Glad to see the important thing is that he makes a lot of money and not that he improves his game so he can stay in the best league in the world. He will get another shot with the Oilers but he needs ice time and he's not going to get it in the NHL just now.
Do you hear Jeff Petry *****ing when he is sent down and called up like a yo-yo?
Jason Gregor with the follow-up on this at Oilers Nation. Oilers holding off on announcing this until tomorrow so Omark can make the short flight to Abbotsford rather than the longer flight to OKC.
I didn't realize we had an actual Oilers coach posting in this thread.
It's pathetic how quickly the fans have turned on this guy. Between this and the abuse that Horcoff often gets, this can be a bafflingly ignorant fanbase at times.
What I mean by uncoachable is that he does not play inside our current system at all when he is out there. He has also not learned from his mistakes since he has been up here. For him, he thinks he is good enough already and should be able to do whatever he wants. For him, being on the Oilers is a validation for his talent and the way that he likes to play.
He is also a puck hog. Sam Gagner said as much on Gregor's show LAST year and he still holds the puck way too long all the time. It's his play in the offensive zone that's particularly frustrating. As NHL teams adjust to his play style he has become a turnover and playkilling machine. While his crap works 1/100 times that nuimber doesn't work in the NHL. It's easy to come on the scene when no one knows who you are or how to deal with you. It's another thing to maintain a long productive career in the NHL. Just ask Fabian Brunnstrom.
He needs to be a role player. He will never be a star. I don't know why he or people on this board have such a tough time understanding that. He does not accept roles well. That is evident from his play on the ice. He does what he wants to do, he wants to be a star but he's not good enough to be a star.
Not having these borderline guys on our team is a good thing. It's like everyone that thinks Theo Peckham deserves a spot on this team because he gets in the occasional scrap and decks a guy once in awhile. Just because there was a spot last year for him doesn't mean there's one this year. Both of these guys are ok but not great hockey players.
I was never on the Linus bus whatsoever as far as him being a regular top 6 guy. He was the best we had while guys were out last year and we had no one else. But it's not last year.
Sorry, it's life in the NHL. He does one fancy shootout move and you guys want to be his boyfriend forever. I want this team to be good. It's getting good so it means Linus needs to be getting gone. And if there's interest from other teams I'd rather get something for him now as opposed to 2-3 years from now when he's back in Europe or some team gets him for nothing when his contracts up and we want to gain a contract.
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It's not what I hoped for, but we've come to an agreement about this. We'll see where it leads.
I can't say very much, but the NHL is where I want to play, and I know I can play at that level.
See... it's not Linus' fault he's getting sent down. It never is.
He knows he's good enough to be in the NHL.
Not on this team, bud... Not on this team...
But maybe for now his delusional attitude will help us get something from another team for him. Light it up in the A so we can trade you! That would be doing something to help this team.
It's not what I hoped for, but we've come to an agreement about this. We'll see where it leads.
I can't say very much, but the NHL is where I want to play, and I know I can play at that level.
That IMO sounds like he's playing for a trade. That's fine by me, I just hope that he's smart enough to play well enough to get interest in his services.
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It's not what I hoped for, but we've come to an agreement about this. We'll see where it leads.
I can't say very much, but the NHL is where I want to play, and I know I can play at that level.
Like Bryan said, maybe he's playing for a trade, but good on him for understanding the situation and being a professional, and good on the organization for having a discussion with him about his options.
Like Bryan said, maybe he's playing for a trade, but good on him for understanding the situation and being a professional, and good on the organization for having a discussion with him about his options.
I hope that he (or any player for that matter) can live their dream and play in the NHL, it's just that sometimes the depth chart on one team can be too deep for a player whereas a depth chart on another might see that same player getting good minutes. I wish him all the best whether he stays or goes.
Glad to see the important thing is that he makes a lot of money and not that he improves his game so he can stay in the best league in the world. He will get another shot with the Oilers but he needs ice time and he's not going to get it in the NHL just now.
Do you hear Jeff Petry *****ing when he is sent down and called up like a yo-yo?
No, he get's it.
Yes but unfortunately he doesn't seem like that type of player.
Maybe he'll be more receptive to the coaches of his next team. I found him very uncoachable while he was here. His play didn't progress at all while he was here. He plays the game he wants to and that's it. The only reason him and Maggie got tons of points towards the end of last year is because there was no one else. Maggie is adapting and brings other stuff to the table. Linus doesn't.
You were his coach? Unless you were, you don't know anything about him, his attitude, or his "coachability".
Glad to see the important thing is that he makes a lot of money and not that he improves his game so he can stay in the best league in the world. He will get another shot with the Oilers but he needs ice time and he's not going to get it in the NHL just now.
Do you hear Jeff Petry *****ing when he is sent down and called up like a yo-yo?
No, he get's it.
Precisely. When you're a player on the bubble you do what the team says, pack your bags, and go where they want you to go. While saying the least amount possible except some positive acceptance of how this will serve you, and the team well.
I made the comment that I wouldn't want him back here and I stick to that. It's not that I have anything against him, its just that OKC has a logjam of forwards. This makes OKC incredibly deep with Green, Keller, Harski, Arcobello, Brule, Cornet, Pitlick etc. OKC already had arguably best depth up front and this only strengthens it. I just hope he comes down motivated, and keeps his trap shut (regarding how miserable he is in the AHL).
I do hope this isn't the last we've seen of Omark in an Oilers jersey. He's long been a favourite of mine and I think he can still be a good NHL player. He's a victim of numbers right now with guys like Petrell playing to well to pull from the lineup, and Omark needs to play. Hopefully he can play some big minutes in the A and find his game.
Injuries and trades happen. I hope we see Linus back up here in 10 or so games.
And wow at that section from the Swedish tabloids. No wonder Swedish kids have such a skewed view of playing in the A.
I do hope this isn't the last we've seen of Omark in an Oilers jersey. He's long been a favourite of mine and I think he can still be a good NHL player. He's a victim of numbers right now with guys like Petrell playing to well to pull from the lineup, and Omark needs to play. Hopefully he can play some big minutes in the A and find his game.
Injuries and trades happen. I hope we see Linus back up here in 10 or so games.
And wow at that section from the Swedish tabloids. No wonder Swedish kids have such a skewed view of playing in the A.
I don't think that was actually a tabloid story. I thought it was just Son of Krypton's take on what they'd like to write.
If thats the one you were referring to.
Plus that we all know the ECHL is hell. Or the Quebec senior Iron league..
See... it's not Linus' fault he's getting sent down. It never is.
He knows he's good enough to be in the NHL.
Not on this team, bud... Not on this team...
But maybe for now his delusional attitude will help us get something from another team for him. Light it up in the A so we can trade you! That would be doing something to help this team.
Do you think a professional hockey player should not believe in his ability? It's not like he hasn't had success here, it just hasn't been consistent enough.
Do you think a professional hockey player should not believe in his ability? It's not like he hasn't had success here, it just hasn't been consistent enough.
He's had a 10 game stretch where he had much success. That and a few isolated games. Most of the time up his production has been poor considering his assignments and its the only thing he contributes.
If you have no intangibles you better be bringing the bacon.
He's had a 10 game stretch where he had much success. That and a few isolated games. Most of the time up his production has been poor considering his assignments and its the only thing he contributes.
If you have no intangibles you better be bringing the bacon.
This is really the gist, isn't it? Omark doesn't bring anything to the table other than points, really. And in 5 games to start the season he's done diddly.
I'd love to see him as a 3rd line scorer. I hope he comes back up sometime soon and makes it impossible to send him back down. But he needs to get his legs under him and produce at star rate in the AHL, then come back here, and contribute at least a point every 2 games, without being a liability.
I felt he just needed more icetime, so this is the right move imo.
I don't think that was actually a tabloid story. I thought it was just Son of Krypton's take on what they'd like to write.
Haha, yeah, it was a slight exaggeration on my part.
But he does have a point in that they're propagating a skewed view of the AHL, mostly to your average Swedish hockey fan, but I'm sure most young players will learn these "truths" through the tabloids.
Because however much I hate the tabloids, the do write an awful lot about hockey - some of it is even good reading - and you can't really avoid them if you want to keep up with what's happening.
If I were into conspiracy theories, though, I'd probably suspect that the Swedish Hockey Federation was in cahoots with the tabloids to lure young players back home or even discourage them from leaving the country.
Well to be fair, the AHL reports are not all doom and gloom.
Sometimes they'll just be presented as some sort of whacky travel story, pointing out all the exotic and peculiar things they run into as if they were a slightly more curious version of Karl Pilkington.
The KHL gets pretty much the same treatment - just replace buses with old airplanes and no money with easy money.
But somehow I believe there's more credibility to the KHL stories...
The tabloids are just salivating at the thought of writing horror stories about life on the farm:
Linus Omark scores to put the Barons ahead, but there's no reaction in the eerily silent arena. Just the sound of $1 hot dogs being rinsed down with wishy-washy American beer.
And just then, from the parking lot, gunshots are heard.
"It is what it is", says Omark after his obligatory post-game wet-wipe shower, staring vacantly at the line of obese people squeezing out the exit.
"We're just praying that our bus driver dodged that bullet, 'cause it's a long ride to Newfoundland, and I sure don't feel like driving again."
His blank gaze tell a story of great hardships. Perhaps a story best left untold.
This is the AHL. Hockey hell.
The tabloids are just salivating at the thought of writing horror stories about life on the farm:
Linus Omark scores to put the Barons ahead, but there's no reaction in the eerily silent arena. Just the sound of $1 hot dogs being rinsed down with wishy-washy American beer.
And just then, from the parking lot, gunshots are heard.
"It is what it is", says Omark after his obligatory post-game wet-wipe shower, staring vacantly at the line of obese people squeezing out the exit.
"We're just praying that our bus driver dodged that bullet, 'cause it's a long ride to Newfoundland, and I sure don't feel like driving again."
His blank gaze tell a story of great hardships. Perhaps a story best left untold.
This is the AHL. Hockey hell.
