Peru is an incredible country with great culture and people and for that reason alone I will be cheering for them.

Time to put that knockoff 2014 World Cup qualifying jersey to good use.

Viktor Arvidsson also had 30 goals last year, and he’s no slouch either.

Meet me by the igloos in Moose Jaw at 4:30.

Straight tequila with orange Crystal Light drink mix.

What was I thinking?

Can you like... leave the city if you hate it so much?

Nuge for Gionta sounds right up Pete’s alley.

Need that veteran grit for the draft lottery.

I’m not saying that he doesn’t play until he’s 27!

Just that he sucks it up and leads the league in scoring while missing the playoffs then jets at first opportunity.

Fact of the matter is that he’s an Oiler for 8 more years.

I get that.

When it comes down to it his best option if he really hated where he’s playing is to hold out until he turned 27 and then have the pick of the litter.

He signed until he’s 31, he got a handsome salary out of it but you can’t tell me that no other GM would have offered the same salary or more at that point.

Of course the Oilers weren’t going to give him a bridge deal, but the player has some say in the negotiations you know?

If he hated it so much in Edmonton he has every opportunity to say “I’m only playing here for the bare fucking minimum amount of time that I have to and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

I’m all for this post, but for the record Chia is still an imbecile.

He could have, you know... chosen to not sign any longer of a contract in Edmonton than he had to. 

He could have hit free agency at 27, and gone anywhere he so damn well liked.

Every GM in the league would have been tripping over their own damn asses to sign him to what ever dollar amount he wanted.

He chose to sign…

Yes, because the 107 point campaign and back to back Art Ross trophies that he just won playing for the Oilers totally reflects how bad he is on a not so good team.

I’ll be rooting for Peru amongst a few others.

A soccer mad South American country that hasn’t made the World Cup since 1986.

They have a good team, just very tough to qualify out of CONMEBOL. If they can go on a run it will be a nice underdog story.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, is that you?

They’re certainly better off in the departments of cap space (For now... Marner, Nylander, and Matthews won’t come cheap.)

What they really have going for them is competent management.

If the Oilers could ever hire a brain trust that could bring along prospects properly, manage cap space, and you know... make good use…

Except that the Leafs don’t have bad goaltending.

Freddie Andersen carried them through a lot of games this season and especially in the playoffs.

Inconsistent perhaps, but bad, no.

I’m a devout Oilers fan. I’ve been watching garbage hockey for the most part of 12 straight seasons. 

Nearly 1000 unwatchable games in a row... and I’d still take reliving it from the start, sober, over watching 300 games involving the Cleveland Browns.

Luckily for fans in the days of yore, the wicked witch forgot to lure the Mess Iah until a few seasons later and fans of the great Oilers of old could revel once more before the full curse that haunts until this day set in.

Here’s to hoping that one day McJesus can help break the curse.

Yeah, what exactly is this “second season” that we’re never invited to attend?