text:
How Banks are Freeing Up Capital with a Deferred Compensation Hedging Strategy
12.09.22 | Articles
High Capital Requirements for Hedging with Physicals
Reprinted by permission from Atlas Financial Partners:
Banks and other financial institutions are required to hold a certain amount of capital to reduce the risk of insolvency. The amount of capital each bank must hold is determined by the risk level of its assets. This has become costly for the many banks that are hedging their Deferred Compensation Plans (DCPs) with physical assets, such as mutual funds. It is not uncommon for 75% of the hedge assets to be allocated to equities, to "mirror match" the DCP. Equities have a high risk-weight and require the bank to tie up significant capital.
Freeing Up Capital With a TRS
To solve these issues, many banks now use a Total Return Swap (TRS) to hedge their Deferred Compensation Plans:
The bank pays SOFR plus a spread and receives the returns of its DCP.
The transaction may be settled in cash on a monthly or quarterly basis to limit credit exposure.
DCP liabilities are typically monitored daily and the TRS is reweighted as necessary, so the TRS and plan liabilities remain highly correlated.
The use of a TRS allows the bank to either liquidate the physical asset hedge, and reinvest the capital in its business, or reallocate the existing assets to bank-eligible investment grade fixed income assets. This can free up significant bank capital:
The fixed income assets attract little or no risk-based capital.
The TRS, as structured, typically attracts no risk-based capital.
One bank Atlas spoke with recently has a $150 million DCP hedged with $150 million of mutual funds. Due to the equity component, this approach requires $31 million of bank capital. Given that this capital could otherwise be invested at the bank's return on capital (likely 12%+), the after-tax cost of tying up this capital is $3.7 million per year.
In addition to the cost due to risk-weighting, the mutual funds are taxed currently, and there is an accounting mismatch – the plan expenses are recorded in Compensation Expense, while the earnings on the assets are recorded in Other Income.
The TRS also offers a tax benefit, as taxes may be deferred on TRS gains, losses and expenses until the underlying DCP obligations are paid to executives and an offsetting deduction is received. TRS gains and losses are typically recorded in the same line item as plan expenses as well, eliminating the accounting mismatch.
Atlas Financial Partners is the leading administrator for TRS hedges of DCP liabilities, currently administering $6+ billion for various financial institutions and corporations. Atlas would be happy to put you in touch with experts who could advise you on the legal, tax, and accounting benefits to this strategy and/or to put you in touch with banks which are executing this strategy for corporations.
Atlas Financial Partners and its associates do not give legal, accounting, tax, or investment advice. Please consult with your own advisers. Atlas is not a third-party control person under CFTC Regulation 23.402(c); a designated evaluation agent under CFTC Regulation 23.434(b) nor a qualified independent representative under CFTC Regulation 23.450(b). Atlas is a third-party administrator performing purely administrative functions with respect to the management of the transactions discussed herein. Atlas is not a swap advisor or a swap dealer and will not provide recommendations or advice on swap strategies.
Many banks now use a Total Return Swap to hedge their Deferred Compensation Plans."
— Atlas Financial Partners
Our Other Perspectives
Market Perspective: January 2023
How We Partner With Plan Advisors
Market Perspective: Special Edition
MARKET PERSPECTIVE: OCTOBER 2022
CapAcuity Appoints New Director of Marketing and Managing Director, as Business Expands
How We Partner With Plan Advisors11.22.22
Back to Perspectives
Market Perspective: January 202301.10.23
CapAcuity, LLC; CapAcuity Consulting, LLC; and CapAcuity Securities, Inc. (collectively referred to as "CapAcuity") are affiliated entities. CapAcuity, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisor. Securities offered by CapAcuity Securities, Inc., member FINRA.
CapAcuity, LLC; CapAcuity Securities, Inc.; and their associates provide services to institutional clients only.
Background and qualification information can be found at FINRA's broker-check website: https://brokercheck.finra.org/.
© 2023 CapAcuity. All rights reserved.
300 International Pkwy, #350


text:
Mr Richard Thomas
" I totally and completely unde..."
Longest speech
Hearing, 9 December 2011
4:37 p.m., Dec. 9, 2011
I'm not asking any more at all.
Link in context Link
I was very, very concerned indeed at the reporting of Monday's hearing in the Independent newspaper on Tuesday of this week. It came very close indeed to accusing me of misleading Parliament. It quoted the legal advice which was revealed here on Monday, which was the 2003 advice, which ...
Sir, there was one matter I was told I would have a chance to -- I understood I had a chance to share with you?
I raised it my statement. That's why --
Could I just raise this question, if I may, because I was very concerned to see Mr Whittamore being used in 2007, two years after the trial.
Certainly by the time I retired in 2009, my impression was that this was being taken a great deal more seriously across all the press, and I welcome that and the sort of steps you've mentioned I was being told were put in place. I haven't checked, nor ...
But --
Well, I don't want to put out a hostage to fortune there. I'm not not engaged in these matters directly now but I've noted and shared with you what the current Commissioner has said. I hope that is the case. I hope it lasts and becomes permanent ...
Well, I think the amendment was more that digital information was included in the definition of stuff which should not be accessed by subterfuge, and I welcome that and there is a letter on record welcoming that.
I still felt it was rather buried away. It wasn't quite highlighted ...
Yes. It had taken quite a long time, it had been a bit begrudging and a battle, but I did feel at the end of the day we had been vindicated in our approach.
Well, I mentioned the meeting I had with him after the battle had finished, as it were, in June 2008, and he shared that sort of approach with me, and his speech at the end of 2008 at Bristol said the same sort of thing and I really did genuinely ...
Yes. I mean that's all very welcome news.
I don't know the exact dates, but when I met him in 2008, he told me he had taken quite a few steps in his own group and he understood elsewhere and that sort of training, changing contracts for editors and journalist he is, and so he was giving ...
That may have been a big mistake on our part, to have included the press. If we had just focused on all the other activity and said that people are being damaged by this activity, I suspect we would have had our law passed in 2008 without any difficulty and ...
That's right, and that's why I would love the press to say now: "Let's bring the stronger sanction into effect right now." If the Daily Mail were to write an editorial next week saying, "All this outrageous activity going on, we need a tougher approach", I suspect ...
I think that's broadly right. There may be one or two, but not many.
Although I have to say if I can say now, your clients' witness statement said they were still using Mr Whittamore in 2007. That really surprised me. It may have been a mistake but I ...
He was very, very forthright on that occasion. I give him credit to that and he said, "You've really told us things we didn't know about before. We're now really cleaning up our act."
But it seemed a tough fight at the time and it didn't seem we were making very much progress. But I suppose my meeting with Mr Dacre, which I mentioned earlier --
Well, we're not going to go over all the same ground today clearly.
Yes. There's quite a big question there. When I started, data protection had quite a poor reputation. It was seen as a bit nerdy, not taken very seriously across many organisations. I think my office probably had some responsibility. I used to say that, you know, we were seen ...
Yes, we came across some examples of local authorities who were using this sort of activity to chase up council tax and all that was stopped as soon as our report was published.
Yes. There's an example of an insurance company in our report, which I needn't go into detail now, but a quite shocking example of where somebody's mother -- 85-year-old mother was telephoned by a blagger and was impersonating a tax official saying that her son was entitled to ...
Mainly finance houses, but they were often subsidiaries of banks.
There were some examples of law firms, particularly in the matrimonial area. Indeed, I had a letter from a Court of Appeal judge saying that he was starting to ask questions where evidence was coming in to cases where prima facie it had come, for example, from a bank account ...
Apparently. I may have stuck my neck out by saying that anecdotally it appears to have been cleaned up, but just let me quote from the current Commissioner going to the Justice Committee in October. He said:
"My great concern about Section 55 is not very much to do with ...
But my goal with the PCC, yes.
My goal was to stamp out the market. I don't know that I -- that was talking to the Press Complaints Commission. My wider goal was focused on the market as a whole.
Sorry, could you --
I wouldn't want to finalise that as analysis, but it's along those lines, yes.
But I have to say yet again, that was not typical, nothing like typical of the cases that we were seeing. And although you made the point that the majority of the cases were, in your language, only addresses or phone numbers, I would also say the vast majority were ...
And that's why I speculated that the case of the minister resigning over a weekend and just getting his number, although prima facie that may have fallen within the section, that might well have been a case we'd say we wouldn't take any further because probably a ...
I said earlier in one of Mr Jay's questions that when you start to look at the public interest test, you look at public interest justification, but it's also a balancing proportionality aspect there.
Don't forget, the British Telecoms were amongst the strongest organisations saying to us, "We want to work with you to stop this sort of activity." They knew they were exposed.
Section 55 is cast in terms of a data controller is the victim of the crime. The individual is ...
And you could say that criminal records and tax records are at one end of the scale and addresses at ex-directory phone numbers are at the other end of the scale.
The point I want to press very firmly indeed is if they have been obtained illegally from inside British ...
You can put these on a scale, of course you can. I can understand that.
No, I'm sorry, you keep saying innocuous, but I have to strongly disagree with that. If information has been obtained in the sorts of ways that Mr Whittamore was using from a data controller without the consent, that is a criminal matter.
I'd also say it's an ...
You're drawing me and I was drawn this morning to speculate. I don't know about this. I think these are questions, frankly, for the current Commissioner. If he's going to be called later, I am sure he can brief himself before he comes here and give you ...
Nor to pay £65, £70 to do it.
Well --
Frankly, this quite shocked me. I only glanced through this, but when they're claiming to have a virtual database of every ex-directory number and mobile phone directories, I was really quite shocked by this. Your clients have done a great service to bring this to the surface, and I ...
Well, I saw somewhere else a reference to "consultation". I mean, this means nothing to me. Lots of organisations make this sort of claim. If I was Commissioner right now, I'd be wanting to look into this in a great deal more detail.
But I generally got the impression that here's a company claiming to have lots of ex-directory numbers and that surprised me.
Can I say, I only had these papers on Tuesday. I've had a very busy week before now. I've not looked at these in detail at all.
← Previous 1 2 3 ... 11 12 Next →

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Q: Caluculate green area between two curves on left hand side and right hand Hello how can i calculate the value of the green area (in python) which lies on the left from the blue line and on than the others on the right of the blue line?
so only where the black line is above the yellow line (the lines are resulting from an array not a function)

A: Let the black line be a function f(x) and yellow be g(x). What you want to do is calculate the integral:
 where a and b are intersection points of f(x) and g(x) at the interval where g(x) < f(x). In your example you will have to calculate 3 such integrals.
Algorithmically speaking what you have to do is:

*

*Find the intersection of the blue line and the x-axis to split to left and right interval.

*For each interval do the following:
2.1. Find intersection points of f(x), g(x)
2.2. Find the intervals for which g(x) < f(x)
2.3. For each interval of step 2.2:
2.3.1 Calculate the integral mentioned above to find the green area
I haven't worked with Python for Mathematical computations so I can't really guide you through the Python steps but hopefully my comment along with your googling skills can give you the specifics.

A: Provided your vectors of your black line f and your yellow line g are defined at the same points, you can integrate the curve h = f - g where h is greater than zero:
h = f - g
h_positive = h * (h>0)

If your x values are stored in a vector xx and your cutoff between the two parts of your plot is cutoff (the blue line) then you can calculate the integral of h_positive numerically with numpy.trapz:
cutoff_idx = np.where(xx >= cutoff)[0][0]

left_area = np.trapz(h_positive[:cutoff_idx], xx[:cutoff_idx])
right_area = np.trapz(h_positive[cutoff_idx:], xx[cutoff_idx:])

print(f'Left area: {left_area}')
print(f'Right area: {right_area}')
print(f'Difference: {left_area - right_area}')

Example output (with estimated input data):
Left area: 0.0034731843629035204
Right area: 0.021175629261965995
Difference: -0.017702444899062475

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Q: Унифицированные шаблоны представления для PHP и JS Существуют ли шаблонизаторы, которые возможно применять как на стороне backend (PHP), так и на стороне frontend (JS)? В частности интересует решение, позволяющее использовать единый синтаксис в шаблоне и реализующее три основные операции:

*

*Вставка переменных

*Условие

*Цикл

Прикладной задачей является реализация виджетов, которые возможно рендерить на backend:

  <?php foreach($todos as $todo): ?>

<?= $todo->content ?>

  <?php endforeach; ?>

    <input type="button" value="add"/>

с добавлением логики на уровне frontend и последующим изменением состояния путем применения тех же шаблонов:
function TodoListView(ul){
  var $ul = $(ul),
    // Дублирующийся шаблон
    liTemplate = tempalte('
{todo.content}
');
  $ul.find('input:button').on('click', function(){
    $ul.prepend(liTemplate({
      content: 'FooBar'
    }));
  });
}


Photographically 2013 began on a high note, with two first places in the January competition at camera club. I was quite taken aback as the subject was landscapes and there are some much more experienced landscape photographers in the club. It did make the early mornings and crazily rushed evenings worth the effort.
This image won first place in the Subject projected section. I'm glad someone else liked it – I was so pleased to capture and bring out the lovely lighting.
"Watching the storm" came first in the Open projected section. I have to say a big thank you to my daughter for being my muse and model for this one. Without her this image wouldn't have the same impact.
I love this image – and it got a merit in the Subject projected.


text:
Site: English
ELIGE TU PAÍS / ESCOLHA O SEU PAIS / CHOOSE YOUR COUNTRY / WYBIERZ SWÓJ KRAJ / 选择您的国家
Country GlobalPortugalChinaLatamPoland
Garrigues Facebook
Garrigues LinkedIn
Garrigues Twitter
About Garrigues
G-advisory
Practice Areas More
Areas and industries
Accounting Law
Corporate Law and Commercial Contracts
E.U. & Antitrust
Human Capital Services
Securities Markets
Startups & Open innovation
Corporate Governance and Corporate Responsibility
Technology & Outsourcing
Telecommunications & Media
Transport & Shipping
Locations More
ChileSantiago de Chile
ColombiaBogota
United StatesNew York
MexicoMexico City
PeruLima
MoroccoCasablanca
ChinaBeijing
BelgiumBrussels
United KingdomLondon
PolandWarsaw
PortugalLisbon
Asia-Pacific Desk
Brazilian Desk
Indian Desk
US Desk
Team More
Search a lawyer
Garrigues and society
Garrigues Sustainable
Garrigues news room
Legislative developments
Garrigues Op Ed
Garrigues Digital
Work with us More
Join Garrigues
Employment forums and presentations
Home // Garrigues news room // Specials // Infrastructure projects
Infrastructure projects in Mexico
Construction of the Libertad water dam to supply the suburban area of the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León
Construction of a dam to take advantage of the runoff from the Potosí River. The intake site will be close to the existing aqueduct (Cerro Prieto-PP San Roque), with a conduction line and pumping equipment, the water from this new dam would be incorporated into that aqueduct.
Modernization of the national meteorological service
Design, expansion, modernization, equipment, operation and maintenance of the National Meteorological System.
Design, construction, equipment, operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment plant (wwtp) of San Antonio de los Buenos, Tijuana
Design, construction, equipment, operation and maintenance of a WWTP in San Antonio de los Buenos, Tijuana.
Modernization, equipment, operation and administration of the management of the potable water system in the municipality of La Paz, Baja California Sur
Modernization, equipment, operation, administration of the Municipal Operator of the Potable Water System of the Municipality of La Paz, Baja California Sur.
Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Desalination Plant
Design, construction, operation and maintenance of a desalination plant in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur.
Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP)
Construction, operation and maintenance of 21 wastewater treatment plants, in the State of Mexico and Mexico City.
Data collection from the national surface water measurement networks, groundwater piezometric monitoring and water quality monitoring
Modernization, equipment, operation, administration, maintenance and conservation of the national networks for measuring surface water, piezometric groundwater monitoring and water quality monitoring.
Tourist urban lightweight transportation system of the city of Cancún
Design, construction, equipment, operation, administration and maintenance of the urban tourist lightweight transport system of the city of Cancún, Quintana Roo.
Cancun-Tulum Train
Design, construction, equipment, operation and maintenance of the Cancun - Tulum train, in the state of Quintana Roo.
Mayan Train
Construction of a 852 km railway system from Cancun to Palenque to link various cities in southeast Mexico.
Jáltipan gas pipeline - Salina Cruz (Interoceanic Corridor)
Design, construction, operation and maintenance of the transport infrastructure of the Jáltipan Pipeline, from Veracruz to Salina Cruz, in the States of Veracruz and Oaxaca.
Construction and Operation of a Strategic Natural Gas Storage Facility in the States of Chiapas, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Tabasco [1]
Tender for the provision of strategic natural gas storage service, limited to sites declared as economically unfeasible for the extraction of hydrocarbons, previously nominated and will consider the constitution of at least 10 BCF (Billions of cubic feet).
Road infrastructure
Maintenance, rehabilitation and operation of the roads and bridge of the southeast package
Modernization, operation, maintenance and conservation of the roads and bridges that make up the southeast package, in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco and Veracruz.
Maintenance and Conservation of the Las Brisas-Los Mochis Highway
Maintenance and conservation of the Las Brisas-Los Mochis road section in the States of Sinaloa and Sonora.
Expansion of Federal Highway 307 in the Bacalar-Tulum section
Expansion, modernization, maintenance and conservation of federal highway 307 in the Bacalar-Tulum section, in the State of Quintana Roo.
Trans-Isthmic Corridor
This corridor would connect Mexico's Pacific coast with the eastern coast of the United States.
Construction of 300 rural roads
Improve the country's transportation network, particularly in the State of Oaxaca and the State of Guerrero.
Macro project: expansion of the port of progreso
The macro-project consists of carrying out a construction dredging, of approximately 5 million m3, to increase the capacity of the port's navigation areas. The navigation channel would go from 150 to 180 m wide and from 8 to 10 km in length, the ciaboga dock would go from 400 to 600 m in diameter, all at a depth of 14 m to achieve an official draft of 12.8 m.
Expansion of the Port of Manzanillo: Specialized Containers Terminal II
Design, construction, equipment, installation, operation, maintenance and exploitation of the specialized containers terminal II, in the port of Manzanillo in Vaso II of the Cuyutlán lagoon, Colima.
Macro project: design, construction, equipment, installation, operation, maintenance and exploitation of the expansion of the port of Manzanillo in the vaso II of Laguna de Cuyutlán, Colima
Design, construction, equipment, installation, operation, maintenance and exploitation of the specialized containers terminal I, in the port of Manzanillo in Vaso II of the Cuyutlán lagoon, Colima.
Terminal specialized in cruises in mazatlán, Sinaloa
Design, construction, equipment, installation, operation, maintenance and exploitation of a specialized cruise terminal in Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
Management and use of organic waste of Naucualpan
Design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of a complementary sanitary landfill to the existing one.
Integral management of urban solid waste and special management in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Solid waste treatment plant.
Extension of Line A of the Collective Transportation System Metro: Chalco-La Paz
Construction, expansion and modernization of the subway line of the collective transportation system, Chalco-La Paz section, in the east of the State of Mexico and Mexico City.
Extension of Line 4 of the Metro, Martín Carrera-Tepexpan
Construction, expansion and modernization of line 4 of the Metro Collective Transportation System, Martín Carrera-Tepexpan section, in the State of Mexico and Mexico City.
Reconstruction of areas damaged by the September 19, 2017 earthquake
Reconstruction of areas affected by the September 19, 2017 earthquake.
Search team
Extranet and online tools
©2023 J&A Garrigues, S.L.P. All rights reserved


text:
Un banco de sangre es el lugar donde se almacenan y procesan sangre y componentes sanguíneos. Los bancos de sangre se localizan tanto en los centros de transfusión como en los servicios de transfusión hospitalarios. Los centros de transfusión son centros encargados de la extracción y verificación de la sangre humana o sus componentes, sea cual sea su destino, y de su tratamiento, almacenamiento y distribución cuando el destino sea la transfusión. Los servicios de transfusión son unidades asistenciales localizadas en los hospitales, en los que se almacenan los componentes sanguíneos y se realizan pruebas de compatibilidad y otras pruebas de inmunohematología para su transfusión a los pacientes que lo requieran.

La sangre extraída de los donantes se fracciona, obteniendo los componentes sanguíneos: eritrocitos, plaquetas y plasma. A su vez, del plasma se pueden obtener hemoderivados como la albúmina humana, inmunoglobulinas y factores de coagulación no recombinantes.

Véase también
 Aféresis (medicina)
 Donación de sangre
 Transfusión de sangre
 Medicina transfusional

Referencias

Sangre
Medicina transfusional

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Little Ray knows the Bronx better than anyone. He has been a proud train operator for many years. But while the Bronx has always held memories of his mother, Gloria, and his daughter, Lorraine, it also reminds him of the pain of losing the love of his life.
Jasmine Castro was the woman of Little Ray's dreams. Beautiful and brilliant, she wouldn't let anyone define or control her. But Jasmine does end up being controlled by something: her addiction. Now the vibrant woman Little Ray fell in love with is hardly more than a ghost. Little Ray is determined to raise their daughter on his own.
When Lorraine meets the impulsive street artist Jason, who's determined to go "all city" with his work, she has to make her own decisions about life and love.
In this ode to the romantics and artists of the world, Joshunda Sanders has crafted a beautiful testament to the power of family. You can buy it here.


The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado supports the Military Religious Freedom Foundation's effort to change or discontinue the use of the Evans Army Community Hospital emblem.
The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado is an 800-member organization that protects religious freedom in Colorado. Its members come from 20 different faith traditions, as well as those without a faith tradition.
Please keep us informed of progress and let us know if we can be of further assistance, including sending action alerts to our members. Good luck!
The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado (TIA-CO) promotes social justice, religious freedom, and interfaith understanding by educating, organizing, and equipping progressive people of faith and goodwill for advocacy, dialogue, and celebration. Founded in 1998, the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado has 14 congregational partners and more than 800 individual members across the state from 20 faith traditions, as well as those without a faith tradition. For more information, visit www.InterfaithAllianceCO.org.


Last night I joined a friend at a new-to-me Paris restaurant, Clover. (http://www.jeanfrancoispiege.com/fr/restaurants) It's a recently opened, well reviewed, informal place created by a well known chef. The kind where you have to plan in advance to reserve and still are told you can come at 7:30 or at 9:30 pm. Always a full house.
Given that this is a tiny spot, full house means about 20 people. It's a long rectangular room with seating on one side, with an open kitchen taking up about quarter of the space. With three servers, four in the kitchen and 18 guests the space was full but didn't feel cramped.
Part way through the meal I realized it was quiet enough to easily converse with my friend across the table. Quiet I thought even though, as I looked around everyone seemed to be engaged in conversation. Even the people sitting next to us were talking but unless we were silent and strained to hear them, their conversation didn't interrupt ours.
For someone from Los Angeles this was noteworthy. Fabulous actually. Accustomed as I am to restaurants so noisy that you'd best only go with one person so you can shout across the table and hope to be heard – it was a happy surprise.
It reminded me once again that one of the reasons I love Paris is the quiet. In a restaurant. On the metro. On the street. Conversations take place only between the parties involved. Seldom is someone shouting into a mobile phone and certainly not at dinner sitting next to you.
And how was the food you ask? Delicious. As lovely as the murmur of conversations up and down the room.


text:
Home School of Nursing The Purple and Gold, 1923, Page 32
Class of 1923 Yearbook - "The Purple and Gold"
The Purple and Gold, 1923, Page 32
104.pdf [33.74 MB]
Link will provide options to open or save document.
Title Class of 1923 Yearbook - "The Purple and Gold"
Description The School of Nursing Year-book "The Purple and Gold", edited by the Senior Class of 1923.
Publisher Senior Class of 1923
Format Original is Glossy paper, letter size, text & images in Black & White
Title The Purple and Gold, 1923, Page 32
Description The School of Nursing Year-book "The Purple and Gold", edited by the Senior Class of 1923. Page 32
Add tags for The Purple and Gold, 1923, Page 32
Post a Comment for The Purple and Gold, 1923, Page 32


text:
A Probability Matrix for Identification of some Streptomycetes
S. T. Williams, M. Goodfellow, E. M. H. Wellington, J. C. Vickers, G. Alderson, P. H. A. Sneath, M. J. Sackin and A. M. Mortimer
First Published: 01 June 1983 https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-129-6-1815
SUMMARY: The character state data obtained for clusters defined at the 77-5% S SM similarity level in the phenetic numerical classification described by Williams et al. (1983) were used to construct a probabilistic identification matrix. The 23 phena included were the major clusters (19 Streptomyces, 2 Streptoverticillium and 'Nocardia' mediterranea) and one minor cluster (Streptomyces fradiae). The characters most diagnostic for these clusters were selected using Sneath's CHARSEP and DIACHAR programs. The resulting matrix consisted of 41 characters × 23 phena.
Identification scores, determined by Sneath's MATIDEN program were used to evaluate the matrix. Theoretical assessment was achieved by determination of the cluster overlap (OVERMAT), the identification scores for the Hypothetical Medium Organism of each cluster (MOSTTYP), and the scores for randomly selected cluster representatives using the classification data of Williams et al. (1983). The matrix was evaluated practically by the independent re-determination of the characters for the same cluster representatives, which-also provided a measure of test error. Finally it was used to identify unknown isolates from a range of habitats.
The results showed that the matrix was theoretically sound. Test error was within acceptable limits and did not distort identifications. Of the unknown isolates, 80% were clearly identified with a cluster. It is suggested that the matrix could form the basis for a more objective identification and grouping of the large number of Streptomyces species which have been described.
/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-129-6-1815
http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-129-6-1815
10.1099/00221287-129-6-1815


Is there something going wrong with your SEO campaign?
The importance of an effective search engine optimization, SEO, strategy cannot be ignored today. However, it's not always an easy thing to achieve! After all, SEO is changing all of the time, and you need to keep up with the pace.
Do you stop working on SEO? Even if you only do so for a short period of time, it's a bad, bad move! This can disrupt your website's organic presence in the search engine result pages. Google is looking for a website that is active and well optimized. You need to generate new inbound links and post new content on a consistent basis.
Another indicator that you are going wrong with your SEO campaign is if your website is too slow. If you think that SEO is merely about keywords and links, think again!
User experience plays a key role, and load speed is a huge part of this. If your website is slow to load, people are going to go elsewhere. There are a number of different ways you can speed up your website, from changing web host to compressing your large files.
When writing content, you need to have a purpose. Don't write for search engine bots; write for your target audience. All of the content you produce needs to add value.
Hopefully, you already recognize that inbound links are vital for SEO. It's not about quantity, though; it is about quality. Inbound links need to be relevant and they must be via high-authority websites. If you sell car parts, an inbound link from a blog on romance novels is going to do more damage than good.
Data? What data? If you do not have a solid plan for capturing and tracking data, you will never achieve SEO success.
Spend time evaluating your efforts so that you can build on your achievements and troubleshoot your weak spots. Plus, you should put together a strategy that includes A/B testing various versions of pages produced on your website. You will then be able to find a clear loser and a clear winner once this data has been gathered.
There are a number of different ways you can go wrong with keywords. Keyword stuffing is a prime example of an outdated strategy you should not be using anymore.
In addition to this, you should not leave out long tail keywords. Basic keywords are not enough. Your efforts must be focused on conversion. This means you need to opt for keywords that are long tail, meaning they will be less competitive and more targeted. This will lead you to targeting and capturing consumers that are genuinely interested in your products or services, i.e. those with a purchasing mindset.
Last but not least, how do you gather ideas and content for your website? Your content should set you apart. It needs to be unique. When someone lands on your website, you need to give them what they want. You need to inform and delight. If your website reads like every other, what's going to compel people to choose you?
Is your Meta tag copied and pasted from a part of your website like your About page? If so, you need to update this as soon as possible!
So there you have it; some of the clear signs that there is something wrong with your SEO campaign.
If you have noticed any of the indicators that have been mentioned above, there is no need to panic but you do need to act. Take note of the points that have been discussed so that you can rectify your efforts sooner rather than later!
Regardless of event type, attendance is always a key indicator of success. While there are several channels a business can use to promote an event, email happens to be one of the most effective. That is why 85% of event marketers use email for their promotions.
Email marketing has the potential to deliver good results for event promotions, but you have to follow some best practices if you want to maximize your returns. Those can include tracking performance metrics and using an email address verifier. Here are some additional tips for businesses that want to use email as a part of their event marketing strategy.
Your event is likely to appeal to a variety of people. When you segment your list, you can send different emails to distinct groups. You might have people of different age groups, people from varying regions, people that work in diverse industries, and more. Instead of sending the same generic email to everyone on your list, segmenting gives you the opportunity to craft the perfect message for each specific audience.
The subject line is one of the most important elements of any marketing email campaign. According to research from CMB, 47% of consumers view the subject line as one of the most important factors in their decision to open a marketing email.
You want a compelling subject line that catches the reader's attention. The subject line should reflect the intention of the email and give audiences a reason to click on it.
Consumers also take the sender into consideration when deciding whether to open an email or not. People are more likely to open an email if they recognize and trust the sender, be it from a close friend or a respected organization. When you send out emails for your event, make sure your company name appears as the sender.
Event emails need to provide potential attendees with some basic information. Most importantly, you are going to want to sell recipients on the value of attending.
To make sure you hit all of the necessary points, and that they come across in a logical and easily digestible manner, you should make an outline of the information and how you want to lay it out in the email. This could include a description of the event, details like time, date, and location, a value proposition, ticketing info, a CTA, and more.
Adding your company logo can be a good way to tie both the email and the event in with your business. Along with your logo, the email should contain your organization's contact information. At the very least, you should include your address, a phone number, and an email address. You should also make sure the email address and the phone number are both active.
The CTA buttons are important because they tell the reader what you want them to do, and the link helps them to move on to the next stage in the process.
The average marketing email has about 2.1 CTA buttons, and for good reason. If you have too many, it can make it difficult for the reader to know what to do next. As a rule of thumb, event emails should have a single CTA that directs the reader to a registration form or a ticketing page. In some cases, however, you may also want to include a "learn more" CTA that provides additional information about the event.
Thank you emails are a good way to express appreciation. When your audience feels valued, they will be more likely to engage with your brand again in the future. You could send thank you emails for signing up, registering, or buying a ticket for the event, and you should also send thank you emails to attendees after the occasion has taken place.
It's not just time to set the clock ahead an hour or change your smoke detector batteries. Its also time to optimize your website speed and do a website cleanup.
If you don't already have a cleanup, back up, or website speed optimization plan in place for your WordPress website then its critical you read this as the web is changing.
When I began using WordPress as my platform of choice for website design and development, I had to understand the full scope of the platform and its effects on the web. Plugins and other elements of every WordPress site play a role in the speed of your site, but more importantly the footprint of WordPress CRM across the internet has forced WordPress to stay ahead of the scope of its users.
Around 19,500,000 websites on the entire web use WordPress.
120 languages are in use at WordPress.com sites.
71% of WordPress.com blogs are written in English / 5.1% of are written in Spanish.
Yes, I know, you don't own WordPress.com! These stats are critical because your website, if it isn't already, should be on the WordPress CRM. When I started in web design in 2003, I was an avid user of Dreamweaver which was all the code and fancy stuff from back then. But today, I believe, I write about 2% of actual code for any website I manage. This has allowed me to boost my web design business, expand service vs. writing code and analyze data and reach more frequently with proper integrations.
With 95% of my clients using WordPress and me using Managed WordPress to manage my sites I can say resources are much faster and these are some key tips for improving your website speed.
Increasing your WordPress website speed.
Images are often the culprit for sluggish sites. If you are saving your images be sure you are saving images as optimized jpeg, gif, png formats. From Photoshop its as easy as saving for web vs just saving or exporting an image.
Minification is simply the process of removing unnecessary characters, and whitespace from source code without changing the codes functionality.
A badly coded wordpress theme can make your site move as slow as molassis. Look for themes that provide the visual aspect of your site and leave additional functionality to the plugins.
All of these tasks may seem tedious. At most, for the non-web designer like me, you should get accustom to using three (3) critical plugins to assist with website speed on my WordPress sites.
W3 Total Cache is a free plugin with Premier upgrades, that I personally do not use. This plugin allowed me to increase the website speed of my sites by 29% simply by utilizing these methods.
The second plugin I utilize is SmushIt. This plugin is a free image optimize that reduces the file size of an image on your site and increases your website speed. For every 1M content is 10 seconds of load time. Reducing images on my site has increased the load time by 4.32 seconds.
The last plugin Yoast SEO. I went back and forth between All in One and Yoast SEO but recent updates to the WordPress community and both these plugins pushed me to use Yoast SEO over All in One. Yoast not only allows you to improve your site SEO, but includes optimization extensions that connect both W3 Total Cache and SmushIt which allows increased website speed load times. Now, if you aren't an SEO expect this wonderful plugin guides you through improving your site's presence on the web.
I recommend you run a website speed test on your site if you haven't already. Either you or your website develop can run a quick test with Google Developer Tools>Page Test Insights. Its free and quick and easy to run.
Ticket Sales are low! No one is registering for my event. . .
Oh the sounds of clients who repeatedly say this because they don't have an event marketing plan in place for their event that will ultimately break the bank if no one shows up. Don't let this happen to you in 2018.
Event Marketing takes strategy and promotion in order to get people off their butts and to your venue. Eventbrite is a great platform to help promote your event and get in front of a lot of people. Their site processing the following and is growing at astonishing rates.
$1.5 billion processed in 2014, which I am sure is much higher for more recent years.
outside these phenomenal stats on what they process each year, they offer a great source for setting up marketing for your event. In the Eventbrite Event Industry Report 2017, which covers the 2016 marketplace. The marketing trends are surprising because as noted in our last blog post related to email marketing, most people promote their event through email. Then second free social media. But with the trend that organic social is steadily fading this number will likely change in the 2018 report as more people are having to pay to play.
The best strategy I have found when marketing events in the US from experience is follow the media trends. And in those trends are as follows.
Eventbrite also suggests that most organizers of events use 3 to 4 channels to market their event to ensure an impact is made to drive traffic.
As an event marketer for many years I can say that the biggest mistake past clients have made is time. It takes time to plan, promote and profit from an event. It cannot be done in a two-week period of time or even a 30-day period of time. I can do a 30-day marketing plan for an event that happens on a regular basis and people are waiting for the next chance to participate, but if its a new event that no one has ever heard about it will take at least 6-months of promotions to gain the exposure it needs to drive people through the doors.
The event type with determine the event marketing strategy.
In my experience with Expo Marketing it takes 18-24 months for a successful first year expo. The first nine to ten months is focused on selling booth space, marketing to sponsors and gathering the partners to make the event worthy of promoting to the public. Months eleven through eighteen are used to establish the outreach of the target of who will attend the event based on the booth participants. Then months eighteen through twenty-four are to deliver the message to the public and sell tickets. Selling tickets is tricky and you should consider using a ticket sales platform like Eventbrite, Eventbee, Ticketmaster which are among the most popular.
As one of the most popular event types according to Eventbrite its important that you market heavily due to competition. Speakers who are national travels generally have a following and will sell tickets to VIP members prior to selling general admission to the city their next event will be held.
Speakers whether it be motivational, educational or inspirational will pack a room if their message is delivered appropriately. However delivery can be tricky. On the digital landscape speakers should consider video messages as well as highlight reels from previous cities on their tour to deliver their message. Whereas an educational speaker could deliver one-sheets that cover their lessons and what you will gain from the experience.
In my experience utilizing social media, pay per click ads as well as display ads to deliver a informational flyer to drive to the ticket landscape has worked as long as you have the right budget and strategy in place. Consider local newspaper online advertising options to get in front of the local community you will be to gain local sales. Also consider bloggers to discuss your speaker or lesson you are teaching.
During my time as a magazine publisher covering mixed martial arts in Texas I came across several promoters wanting to make sure their event was the top of the list for everyone's interest. From tournaments to cage fights Texas fights were the highlight of my days.
A tournament can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 months to promote depending on the venue, cost and time of the event. Most of the events for children were held from March to May and August to November but the adult tournaments were popular in June to August. To promote for these months is tricky online because parents are so focused on school stuff they can't keep up with all the emails, social newsletters, blogging and all that jazz so to capture the best audiences for children I saw a boost when the promoters actually connected to teachers and their classrooms. Give them flyers to pass out at schools, post on campuses and event hit up school newspapers.
Adult tournaments that run May to August gained a lot of exposure when the promoters used social media, email lead boxes around town, posters in local restaurants and pubs while still utilizing pay per click ads. Parents don't pay attention to alot of online clutter for their kids whereas adults for themselves look to recommendations from friends, followers and community leaders.
Email is NOT Dead! Regardless of how many times bloggers say email is dead, it simply is not. Email has evolved and gotten much better for businesses who know how to manage their database of emails. As a former journalist/magazine publisher I can say industry leaders said newspaper was going to be dead by 2012 and it has since managed to continue through 2017. Email is the same situation. Its said that consumers don't read their email as often as business professionals but benchmark studies prove otherwise.
VSmith Media is a MailChimp Agency Provider and trust their system over the other key industry providers. When deciding on which service provider, we looked at multiple areas that would benefit our clients and what areas would help to expand their automation opportunities. One of MailChimp's recent benchmark reports about the use of email marketing stated the following regarding open rate averages and the most important factors.
MailChimp sends billions of emails a month for more than 15 million users. Needless to say, we track a lot of data. So we scanned hundreds of millions of emails delivered by our system (where campaign tracking was activated, and where users reported their industry) and calculated the average unique open rates, average unique click rates, average unique soft bounces, average unique hard bounces, and average unique abuse complaint rate by industry.
If you don't have an email strategy in place or a current email data base and service provider, please review our findings of the top email service providers.
Consider upcoming trends when developing a strategy for email. How often, how many words, what day of week, what time of day, etc. are the standard considerations, but according to emailmonday.com these are some key things to look at for 2018.
Mobile devices are becoming our preferred personal computer and are outpacing desktops and other devices for email opens and clicks. Customers don't differentiate touchpoints. They're just interacting with your brand.
the time where marketers can respond and capture sales has never been shorter. Enterprise marketers have to start thinking about their email program the same way they think about their websites. Automated campaigns need real-time data in order to be effective. Triggered emails (like abandoned cart or product view promotions) need to be plugged into the global ecosystem.
Personalization is critical for success. For custom experiences, marketers need to find technology that allows them to access all of their data in real-time so they can have a complete view of what their customers are doing.. Examples are demographic data, customer satisfaction, lifestyle, spending habits, purchase behaviors, brand interactions, etc.
When you consider your plan and need assistance managing, developing and executing it call on VSmith Media to handle your marketing. To discuss options of email management, automation and execution, book a FREE strategy consultation.
Millennials most likely have no idea what that means, but Gen Xer's remember the days of AOL, MySpace where your username was your handle. So what's your handle? @VSmithMedia across all social networks. Find VSmith Media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+.
Social Media is a tricky landscape to get business if you don't have a strategy that fits your goals. One thing alot of small business miss when starting is their username (handle). Your username is part of your brand and it should be carried to your name, be sure to consider how people find you on social when you are creating your brand. I wouldn't want people to be looking for V.Smith Media, or Victoria Smith Media to get to us, I want the company name VSmith Media to resonate across all channels.
Being SEO Ready for 2018 also includes your social channels. Many times consumers will find your Facebook page first because its capturing more hits than you website, linking through your Facebook is ideal ways to gain organic traffic in 2018.
Stir away from usernames that don't reflect your business or reflect negatively on your brand. Avoid special characters unless your brand includes special characters.
You too may have to compromise and settle for second best. One constraint is that the Twitter username has a limit of 15 characters, with no spaces. You may want to have more than one Twitter account: one for you representing your company and the other for your personal use. You can also have multiple accounts for other social media channels.
Be clear to distinguish between your Facebook Profile, which is about you, and your Facebook Page which is about your business.
Generally when you register/purchase your domain name check to see if the name is also available across the major social channels; Facebook, Twitter and Google +. Consumers will remember your handle as easily as they remember your domain so you should link the names across the web.
Reviews? Why do I have to have honest reviews for better search engine rankings? Consumers listen to other consumers more often than years past. Millennials are influenced by their peers while gen x still like to speak their mind. 1 star versus 5 stars will determine if a consumer even goes to your site or local business. Don't be a 1-star business. With VSmith Media Local Listings we can manage your listings as well as manage the reviews online. Our platform allows us to see the ratings consumers leave about your business and allow us to respond and handle interaction with these consumers.
In this area a recent experience for a client allowed us to improve their search engine rankings because without this platform we would have never known a rating had been posted. Luckily it was a 5-star ranking but nonetheless we would have never found it. There is the dark web few people discover without searching deeper than page 2 of Google or Bing. We happened to come across a 5-star review on our client because we dug into page six (no not the celebrity news site) of Google searches.
What have you discovered so far with the 2018 SEO Ready Checklist? Do you see improvements? If you discover things in your research from the checklist, please contact to discuss short or long-term solutions to help keep you in front of consumers in 2018.
Besides your website to sell consumers on your company have you checked your local listings to ensure they are accurate for consumers to find you? Local Listings play a pivotal role in mobile search as well as consumer rating searches. Have you ever been out and about and decided its time to eat, pulled out the mobile device and said, "Siri find Thai restaurants near me". Did you get a bunch of weird listings that made no sense, or you couldn't even see a listing for the Thai restaurant you saw across the street? This has happened to me more than once. Don't be that business consumers know about but can't get any information because of a bad local listing.
Many digital agencies have partnerships with Google and Bing among others to help clients keep their local search listings accurate without having to spend hours entering the over 150 search engines individually. Have you considered checking your listings lately? If not, consider doing that now. This will give you the big picture of how accurate your business listing is online.
Customers are looking for businesses in an intimate way – a way they never could before: on-the-go and on foot.
Making sure your business information is accurate online is the key to making sure your customers can find you.
Consistency results in high confidence (and higher ranking) for consumers and search engine crawlers. So now you see why Local Listings effect your business and how they impact your digital presence in today's digital landscape.
Many changes occur in the digital marketing landscape daily and many marketers have trouble keeping up. In 2017 we saw drastic changes in the Google AdWords platform that made the PPC game easier for business owners to handle their own campaigns. We also experienced an influx of Facebook and Instagram advertising. These are just a couple of areas that affect your organic SEO and why its more difficult to rank and get noticed without spending some money to get in front of people online. Meaning the elicit statement, "SEO is dead" simply can not be true. SEO has evolved with the changes in search engines.
In 2018 its expected that Mobile Optimization and Voice Search will increase. Snippets will change the game in first page ranks organically. Is your website ready to take on these changes in 2018. VSmith Media wants to get your website 2018 SEO Ready. We have build a guide to get you there and if its to much for you to handle consider booking a consultation with VSmith Media to discuss how we can help.
Run a website scan to see if you have the "basic" SEO standards in place on your site. This scan will give you a score out of 100 to see where your basic site setup stands from an optimization standpoint. Many site owners don't realize for a site to get in front of the most people organically is to have the established code done properly and its not just about a nice-looking page anymore. Does the site follow the algorithms needed for Google and Bing to allow people to search for your page?
Page Title: The page title (title tag) should include the targeted search terms and be a well written sentence that is 60 characters long.
Page Headings: The page heading (and subheadings) should be formatted properly using H1, H2 and H3 tags and include the targeted search terms. H1 tags are meant to be used for the main or interior page headings and more than one where it makes sense on interior pages.
Image Alternate Text: Alternate text should tell a website visitor what the image is. When optimized, the alternate text can help with keyword rankings for both the webpage and the image in image searches.
Link Anchor Text: Site content should include links to other pages of the website that have keywords in the anchor text. Adding two or three keyword links into page content of 150 or more words is ideal.
A website with quality content will be one step closer to getting top search engine rankings. Blogging is a great content generator and can be valuable if done properly. Curated (shared) content from other sources also generate quality if done correctly. Let's be realistic every website that wants people to visit can generate unique quality content, so a thriving area is curated content to drive traffic through social and blogging. Be sure your social channels are linked to your website, so people can jump back to you quickly if they want to see what's going on with the brand.
Keyword research is the groundwork for a successful SEO campaign. Primary keywords and secondary keywords should be included on every page of your site because visitors may not always enter your site from the main page. It's the key phrases they are seeking that drive them to your site.
Did you score better than 70% on your website scan? If not you are likely missing these 3 elements in your site's code. The 2018 SEO Ready Checklist provides standard methods to organically be found with search engines. Organic SEO is difficult to optimize if you don't have the basics done correctly, stay on top of these areas. Website scan is step one in the ever-evolving digital marketing landscape. Step two on our 2018 SEO Ready Checklist will bring further insights to your sites rankings.
If you are having trouble updating the areas discussed in step one please reach out to VSmith Media to assist. We have reasonable small business pricing as well as long term partnerships to maintain high standards for your brand and business.


text:
Q: Is Huygens' Principle Axiomatic? Is Huygens Principle just a fundamental way to understand light? It always seemed to me that it was somehow "derived" or that it should be-but is it simply a well-founded theory?

A: Actually, it can be theoretically derived from D'Alembert equation (that is satisfied by each component of ${\bf E}$ and ${\bf B}$ in absence of sources in view of free Maxwell equations).
The idea is to compute the field  (any component of ${\bf E}$ or ${\bf B}$) in $p$, when it is generated by a spherical point source localized in $q$ emitting a spherical monochromatic field with fixed (scalar) wavenumber $k$, and between $q$ and $p$ there is a screen with an aperture of known area. The mathematical tool  is an integral formula, due to Kirchoff, which produces the solution in $p$ when it is known the value of the field and its normal derivative on a surface surrounding $p$. The surface is chosen to have a part adapted to the screen, including the aperture, and the remaining part is taken far away from $p$. Here, i.e., to fix the value of the field and its normal derivative on the surface, some approximations enter the computation and they usually have physical sense for $k >> d$, where $d$ is the "diameter" of the aperture. This situation is discussed in details in Jackson's textbook.
 The final formula obtained this way can be shown to be equivalent to directly apply Huygen's principle from scratch.


text:
Home > News > 2018 > 11/03 > GDB 13.0 Wrap Up: As it was meant to be, Oilers win 4-3 in Detroit
GDB 13.0 Wrap Up: As it was meant to be, Oilers win 4-3 in Detroit
November 3, 2018, 8:04 PM | baggedmilk
That's a good way to start off the road trip, boys! Final Score: 4-3 Oilers
Coming into today's game against Detroit, my biggest concern was that the Oilers would play down to the Red Wings' level. Over the first month of the season, we've watched our boys battle and hold their own against some of the best teams in the NHL and, to me, that meant that it was absolutely crucial that they not let themselves slip against lesser competition. Not only did I want to see the Oilers win this game as we all expected them to, I wanted them to make it hurt. I know it might seem a little much to want to see a total demolition of a rebuilding team, but I've watched more than enough rebuild-related beatdowns over the past decade to make me want to be on the other end of the equation for once. I don't think that's too much to ask? No, I didn't think so either. After Drake Caggiula scored only 12 seconds after the opening faceoff, I thought my dreams of a rebuild beat down were about to be answered.
Getting a goal on the first shot of the game was the kind of start that we haven't had go our way a whole lot, but it certainly brought a smile to faces across the Nation and made this humble blogger believe that there were to be no beets in my future. Unfortunately, Edmonton's goal per 12-second pace didn't last, the counterpunching began, and a bad defensive breakdown in their own zone permitted the Red Wings to get on the board and a lucky bounce off the boards got them another. Even though they were heavily outshot all night long and the Oilers were clearly the better team here, the Red Wings were incredibly resilient and it was a quality that kept them in it for all 60 minutes. The good news is that our boys didn't let the untimely goals or youthful exuberance affect them beyond allowing this game to end up closer than it should have been. But as the game wore on, the Oilers poured on waves of offensive pressure with each line contributing something different, and it got to the point where the Red Wings were overwhelmed and making mistakes that cost them enough goals to lose.
At the end of the day, the team that was supposed to win did exactly that, and even though it wasn't the lopsided beatdown that I was hoping for, our guys still walk away with two more points in the bank which is ultimately what matters.
How about Drake Caggiula scoring on the first shot of the game for the Oilers? First of all, the Drake clearly doesn't want to give Ty Rattie his spot back as he continues to produce with McNuge, and secondly, it's way more fun to GET a first shot goal than to allow one. Fact! Science! Hell yes! How bad does Caggiula want The Answer title belt?
Not to be outdone, Alex 'The Answer' Chia's son refused to give up his title as he added his sixth goal of the season by pumping home a perfect cross-ice pass by Connor McDavid. This battle for The Answer belt is really heating up!
How about Kyle Brodziak scoring his first goal of the season that came as a result of a top shelf snipe? Khaira set the two-time Oiler up with some time in the high slot and Brodziak made no mistake of scoring his first goal with the Oilers in almost a decade. Deciding that one goal just wasn't enough, Brodziak followed up with an insurance marker midway through the third period to add another nail into the Red Wings coffin.
I want to give a special shout out to the fourth line for playing well all night long, and it seemed like only a matter of time before they would click and make something pop. You gotta love when you get two big goals from the fourth line that help carry the team to a win.
I will never tire of watching Connor do Connor things like putting up another casual two-point performance. Sometimes when I'm watching him it feels like he's just waiting to be drafted to a league above this one that doesn't exist yet.
It was another great night for Oscar Klefbom as he continues to perform like a top pairing defenceman for this hockey team. Once again, he played the most minutes on the team (24:57) and he looked damned good doing it. Both he and Larsson have really taken steps forward this season.
Mikko Koskinen earned a second straight start after his brilliant performance against the Blackhawks on Thursday and he followed it up with another fine effort for the Oilers, though I'm sure he'd like to have the first two goals back. Koskinen was a highly debated signing around here, I know I personally thought it was ridiculous at the time, but the Hope from Helsinki has come in and done his job in all three appearances and he's walked away with the win every time. Koskinen finished his night with 23 saves and a .885 save%.
I don't know what it's going to take to get Tobias Rieder a goal but I can't think of any forward that deserves one more then he does. The guy is doing everything right except for finishing, and I can't help but think the floodgates are about to open.
It was another perfect night for the Oilers PK as they shut the door on both of Detroit's opportunities. Another nice performance after the gong show against Minnesota earlier in the week.
Gotta like 53% in the faceoff circle! It's always nice to start with the puck rather than chase it.
The boys at Nation HQ are doing Movember and are looking for donations and people to join their team. If you're interested in either you can Click here
De La Rose was on a 13-game scoring drought and ended it tonight against the Oilers. Are you surprised? You're not, are you? After a tough giveaway by Nurse in the defensive zone, the Red Wings got all kinds of undeserved zone time and they turned it into a game-tying goal.
Tough luck for Koskinen and the Oilers on Danny DeKeyser's goal in the final minute of the second period. His point shot bounced off the end boards, towards the net, and in off of Mikko Koskinen's skate to bring the home side back to within one. Shit happens, though I'm sure we'll some complaints about Koskinen's positioning.
Tyler Bertuzzi made things interesting at the end of the game as he batted the puck out of mid-air and past Koskinen to bring the Red Wings back to within one. With 90 seconds left in the game, Bertuzzi's goal made things close but was ultimately too little too late.
The Oilers only got one powerplay chance on the night but they really weren't able to make anything happen with it. I know it was a small sample size but I'm always hoping for goals when it comes to the PP.
I don't want this to seem like I'm being negative or complaining after a big win, but the Oilers need to get something, ANYTHING out of their third line. Right now, the Ryan Strome line is as likely to score as I am and I don't think I have to tell anyone how big of a problem that is.
I can't imagine ownership is all that happy about the half-empty barn in Detroit. The timing of their rebuild and that of the new arena opening has gotta be frustrating on some or all levels.
00:12 Edmonton Drake Caggiula (5) ASST: Connor McDavid (11), Oscar Klefbom (6) 1-0
14:52 Detroit Jacob De La Rose (1) ASST: Gustav Nyquist (10), Michael Rasmussen (2) 1-1
01:15 Edmonton Alex Chiasson (6) ASST: Connor McDavid (12), Adam Larsson (4) 2-1
14:29 Edmonton Kyle Brodziak (1) ASST: Jujhar Khaira (3) 3-1
19:24 Detroit Danny DeKeyser (1) ASST: Luke Glendening (5), Martin Frk (1) 3-2
18:34 Detroit Tyler Bertuzzi (5) ASST: Dylan Larkin (9), Gustav Nyquist (11) 4-3
When you're playing in an arena sponsored by a pizza company pic.twitter.com/6JAJs9xIgg
— Ryan (@IAmByks) November 3, 2018
…did he say Cherry Price? Does he think his name is Cherry?
— Alice Moran (@Alice_Moran) November 3, 2018
Brodziak get his first goal as an Oiler since March 27, 2009.
— Reid Wilkins (@ReidWilkins) November 4, 2018
Oilers will turn you into a tosspot by seasons end
— TommyTwoTone??? (@big_Tobias4) November 4, 2018
It's been another action-packed seven days for our beloved Edmonton Oilers since we last recorded, and they finished their week with a 3-1 record which gave us plenty to talk about. We start things off by recapping the week that was, specifically going through the games against Minnesota and Chicago and talking about how sometimes the stats don't always match up to results. With that in mind, Cooom drops a hot take on us about a major player being moved out of town, and we give our thoughts on whether or not it will happen. Major player? Leaving? Say it ain't so, Cooom.
Source: NHL, Official Game Page, 11/03/2018 – 7:45 pm MT
GDB Wrap Up 50.0: Rock bottom, Oilers lose 3-2 to Detroit
GDB Game Notes: Red Wings @ Oilers
GDB 13.0: Put your hands up for Detroit (5pm MT, SNW)
D 8 months ago
This was an odd game in many ways. Happy the Oilers won, but near the end of the third period, it certainly didn't feel like a sure thing.
MrBung 8 months ago
Didn't look good against a rebuilding team.
cityofchampions 8 months ago
Get over yourself. Teams won't win every game 4-0 you know. Winning on the the road is a good thing, no matter where it happens. We were clearly the better team, but Detroit got some bounces and kept it close. Oilers proved their bona fides in October, and played good enough to win tonight. Oilers will get beat at some point this year by a bottom 5 team, it happens to everyone, but when it happens we all know you'll be there to bung all over the Oilers. If you aren't a fan of the Oilers, go comment on a team you actually cheer for.
Just keeping it real. Not a good team and the Oil looked pedestrian. Crash is coming against Pacific this season.
OriginalPouzar 8 months ago
You mean the division that they've had their most success against over the last few years?
Janitor of Section 7G 8 months ago
Good grief man, it must be exhausting to be so negative all the time. The Oilers won and are 8-4-1. Enjoy it.
Yeah, kinda hard to believe a "crash is coming against the Pacific" considering the Oilers are 36-17-5 against the Pacific over the past 2 seasons
OilerForLife 8 months ago
Ok, I get it
For sure you're aFlame fans.
Get back on your own side.
All the prediction that you made regarding the Oilers were wrong. If not a Flame fan, would you become one. Please.
Casey. 8 months ago
You mean the division that they currently sit 2nd in and have their most success against?? They literally just took down 100pt team after 100pt team last month, calm down.
Its.Not.Me.Its.You 8 months ago
that "not a good team" was on a 3 game win streak with wins over the devils, bluejackets and stars the game before that they narrowly lost to the jets 2-1
Gull 8 months ago
Your negative comments on an Oilers board after the good guys outshot the opponent by a 2-1 margin and carried play all night, are pedestrian.
Rugbypig 8 months ago
There's the "hole" positive as always.
Never here to cheer.
I'm guessing he lives alone, as there is never enough oxygen left in any room to support life after he enters . . . .
That rebuilding team was on a 3 game winning streak – beating 3 solid teams. There are no easy wins in the NHL.
I will be convinced when this seasons edition puts up wins against the Pacific. We have seen editions of past Oiler teams do well against the East but then fall off against the Pacific.
toprightcorner 8 months ago
Are you an idiot? Oilers have the best record of any team the past 2 years within the Pacific Division. Based on the comments you tend to make, you seem like you have minimal hockey knowledge and just make things up off the top of your head.
You know a guy needs a lot of attention when you have to go to a website for a team he doesn't cheer for to get some replies to his comments. What's a matter, nobody at Flames Nation like you either?
Vertigo 8 months ago
yes he is an IDIOT
Leichs 8 months ago
We had over 40 shots and 2 of their goals were pure flukes.. What aspect of the game did we not look good?
Give it a damn rest. Red Wings got 2 lucky goals that if it weren't for it would be 4-1. These guys are still millionaire NHL-level players that are getting paid to compete at the rink every night. You'd think after getting 36 wins in a season we were supposed to hoist the cup that people would just be happy about a damn win. 8-4-1 to start a season where people had us winning half of that, after last season I've decided to just enjoy the win and quit nit-picking over not winning 8-1.
Buttonpusher 8 months ago
You poor little guy…you really must have been ignored as a child…your cries for attention are sad and pathetic. Go away everyone here wants you to quit posting. Seriously. And learn something about hockey while you're busy not posting here!
50 Flex 8 months ago
Detroit is just not a good hockey team. I know the Oil only won by 1, but at no point did it seem like the Wings were about to take over the game.
3 for 3 for Koskinen
Ziom 8 months ago
Nurse again a -2 on the night. He is becoming a big liability and took a really bad penalty. The game was closer then it appeared. I am very concerned with the Powerplay and their inability to score on empty net goals.
If Detroit put the jets on today, they would have won. This is the best the Oilers can do when they are playing their best, is barely beat a bottom basement team. The crash is coming. Mcllelan is still suffering from Lucic love. I dont know why he is on the first line power play. Every play dies with him. As soon as the puck goes into the board on the PP Lucic takes eons to whip it around and pass it. By the time he has figured out what to do, an opposition stick is there to dump it down. He is too slow. Lucic should be benched with Nurse. Rattie should be on PP. I noticed today that the second unit PP was better able to control the puck. Single reason was because a lucic the lug nut was not on the second unit. McDavid deserves better, he needs a fast winger on the PP. No Lucic on the left hand wall.
Look at the Cancuks, Boeser, Horvat, Petterson, wow instant starts. We have Nurse, Puljarvi, and Yamamoto, who are all busts. We cant draft, and we can develop talent. We have wasted away Yakapov and traded our best in Hall and Eberle for bag of pucks. Imagine Hall and Eberle on this team now. I would easily trade in Strome and Larson. The marginal defence price could be recouped with Ethan Bear and having kept Hall and Eberle.
Fire Chirelli and Mcllelan
Oil backend will be their undoing and reason they end up with way worse Pacific record. Tandem in San Jose, and Swedish Gretzky on the Canucks will eat them up.
Oilers currently 6th in the NHL in points and:
– one point behind 5th with 2 games in hand
– one point behind 4th with 1 game in hand
– 3 points out of 1st in the NHL with even games played
It may be time to start thinking this team is good.
What is their record against the Pacific this season?
What's their record against the Pacific since the 16-17 season?
They haven't played them yet, but if they continue playing the Pacific as well as the last couple of years then things are going to be a lot of fun.
Given their play against the Pacific over the last few years, one would anticipate they'd have even more success when they start playing the pacific on the 17th.
Boba The Fett 8 months ago
Bung, are you seriously pointing to something that hasn't even taken place yet as your reason for negativity? You were probably one of the ones that said they wouldnt make it out of October in decent shape, then they pass with flying colors and instead of acknowledging it you ignore it and find another issue with the team. The problem is you can't even refer to a current quantifiable stat or issue to justify your concern at the moment. Instead you refer to an issue that has been a clear strength for the Oilers over the past 2 years. Seriously quit posting your non sensical comments!
0 wins in 0 games, 0 x 29 is 0 which means they're on pace for 0 wins against the pacific!!!! Mom I destroyed the stupid Oilers fans with facts!!
Reg Dunlop 8 months ago
The Oil are undefeated against the pacific.
wiseguy 8 months ago
The Oilers are undefeated against the Pacific so far this year!
Go Oilers! 8 months ago
I'd like to formally request to Oilersnation to block Mr Bung from posting.
This feed is a place for debate, both positive and negative, not for for trolls who clearly aren't fans of the team and know nothing about hockey.
I'm on oilers nation every day, but never commented before. Just created a log in In order to post this. Under login it said "fill out info to pledge your allegiance".
This guys allegiance is clearly not towards to oilers because no one in their right mind would comment like this about a win and a 8-4-1 start.
Oilers a rocking starts, this feed right now should be a place to rejoice, Not having everyone have to counter this tool bag with facts that he clearly doesn't know.
Please ban him. If not, Mr Bung. Please crawl back into you moms basement and shut up.
Go Oilers!: Welcome. The other posters on ON also have a responsibility to simply ignore the trolls. It's a fundamental rule of the interwebz: don't feed the trolls.
A-co 8 months ago
Team isn't good….Mcdavid is beyond great…defense could use 2 more capable men….that 3rd line is the most expensive joke in the nhl…goaltending is OK…4th line is a 4th line…2nd line is OK…don't kid yourself if 97 is not on this team it makes a team like Detroit look like the Harlem Gloob Trotters…and take lucic off the power play already….HA HA Todd that jokes laugh track has ended. .freezing rain today everyone be safe out there…thank you
*Globe trotters…my smart phone didn't catch that…not sure what Gloob is..doesn't sound productive though
I gotta love that argument. "If McDavid wasn't on the team". Look, if ifs and buts where candy and nuts, I'd probably be in the NHL right now. But the reality is that McDavid IS on the team. The reality is that we're 8-4-1, and currently sitting 3rd in the Pacific. Stop whining and moaning and enjoy this.
And take Mr. Bung with you
San Jose tandem? Are you talking about the almighty Erik Karlsson who is -10 with 7 pts through 13 games and so far -1 tonight as of this posting?
Look Bung, you have a buddy to hold hands with in the dark. Say hi to Ziom
The team has an 8-4-1 record! Relax!
All this negativity AFTER an Oiler win on the road? You guys aren't happy when the Oilers lose, and now you aren't happy when they don't win by enough. Every team wins some games they should lose and lose some games they should win. Red Wings were a bit fortunate today and kept the game closer than it should have been, but the Oilers overcame puck luck being on the side of the Red Wings and won the game anyway. That is what good teams do.
I will be happy when they have clinched the playoffs.
Nobody cares about your happiness… nobody cares if you are cheering or jeering on the oilers come playoffs either….
You cared enough to comment…sharing is caring…good for you
Crazy Pedestrian 8 months ago
No you won't be, you're a damn fLames fan and and it would eat at your insides. Everything you spew out is crap, which makes sense since your handle is "Mr.Bung(hole).
Please do us all (and yourself) a favour, and shut the hell up.
Some people either have such a grudge against this FO and coaching staff or don't want to eat their word that they'd rather lose and be right then win and enjoy the damn hockey. No guarantee we win stanley cups simply by swapping out management, let's just hope for the best here.
Yeah, I hear you about Nurse, he is a big boy but prone to stupid mistakes. This may be as good as he gets.
Did you watch the Winnipeg game when he scored the winning goal. Did you watch the play offs when Eberle was invisible and checked out. Where is Yakupov after playing in St Louis, and Colorado. Was no brainer #1. Strome is trying not to bleed goals with Lucic on his line, Just like Nuge has been doing for years. Buddy we won and we are above 500. I agree it was nervous and we were fighting it in our end.
Talk about our 4 th line and they were dominant tonight. How having 2 decent goalies is a good thing. Players develop better on a winning team. I am sure.
Axe 8 months ago
Wow.. It's true there is some people you can't please no matter what.. Oilers of the past would have played down to the level of a rebuilding team like Detroit and lost this game.. 8-4-1 and have looked good doing it.. Lets show some positivity and optimism.
JayTee 8 months ago
+/- is a flawed stat. You could go +10 or -10 and not have any responsibility on the goal scored or the goal scored against you.
Oil DAWG 8 months ago
All this after a win. Lol. Ziom you are lame!!!
Do you mean the Eberle that has 7 points and is -4 on a team that has a plus 12 goal differential and the Taylor Hall that has scored as many goals this year as Kyle Brodziak did tonight?
Why did the Oilers trade those 3 players, Ebb's, Hallsy, and Brodziak?
Chia's son and Drake both have more goals in less games then Eberle and Rieder has as many points in as many games as him, Chiasson and Caggiula combined don't even make half as much as Eberle does. There's this thing called "cap space" that you need especially when you're committing $20M to your 2 best players. Nuge is a billion times a better fit with McDavid then Hall was and he has as many assists and one more goal then Hall this year. The big-3 is surrounded with plenty of cheap but effective options(Chiasson, Rieder, Drake, Rattie, Yam, Poolparty), the top-6 is the last thing we should be complaining about.
Gravis82 8 months ago
Anyone who trashes your post is insane.
Hall is a freakin stud of a player and we'd be better off with him over any player on the oilers not named McDavid and 'Klefbom this year so far'.
I will never understand why this trade gets a pass. Oh I know, fairweather fans who just started cheering for the oilers when they drafted McDavid and failed to watch hall literally drive his line to even in all
The years he was here while the rest of the team would struggle in the AHL.
I actually don't like watching anymore Because of that trade, it's disgusting. I will get over it when chiarelli is gone. We could have had a cup by now.
Are you calling Hall a stud on the strength of his looks?
If your calling everyone who do doesn't much care about the Hall trade a fairweather fan than you obviously must be a Hall groupie.
I've been following the Oilers for 30+ years, and Hall was one of the worst representations of the Oilers crest.
You appear to suffer from psychosis.
If the Oilers could have won a cup with Hall they would have.
Hall is not the one to take you to a championship.
He was not the Oiler I knew.
Hall was soft, selfish, heartless, spoiled, entitled.
Name me one Oiler of old that showcased those traits while representing and leading the Oilers.
Hall is not what your psychosis envisions.
If he was half the picture of the brush your painting him with-he would have at least been invited to Canada once.
The title he was given last year was done by his agents media mates.
I would take Nuge any day over Hall, and it appears Oilers would too.
Eberle and Hall were never the players you and the Cactus Club Blondies seen them as.
He won the hart
I don't give 2c what kind of person he is, he's a fantastic hockey player. Why do we care about anything else but that?
Out management team does though. On the lookput for solid characters and good ol' boys etc etc, which is a recipe for failure
I watched nearly every single game hall ever played and all I saw was a guy who loves to win, surrounded by incompetent players and coaches.
I'm sorry that he said a mean thing once
Haha "we could have had a cup by now" thanks for that! That's the funniest thing I've read in the interwebs in a long time. Get a grip and get a clue. Hall is gone and the oilers are a better team for it. Pipe down fanboy.
We would Have won a cup 2 years ago with hall on the roster. The margins were so close, the addition of Larson was less than the subtraction of hall.
Playoffs happened because, oh, the best player in the world played a full season. That is it, full stop. With hall, would have been even more successful. The guy just won the hart trophy, in a season where his underlying metrics were The same as all his other seasons. Difference? Decent players and competent coach.
I suffered through decade of darkness to just have it dragged out over another 7 years. Inexcusable.
Fire you off this board
Abagofpucks 8 months ago
It took 3hrs for my posts to come up it's no fun to bother posting anymore.
baggedmilk 8 months ago
Not sure why your comments keep getting caught in the new filter but I'm gonna try something to see if it works.
Get Mr.Bung in that filter ? Never seen so much negativity from a fan of a team that's second place in their division with multiple games at hand on all teams.
backup bob 8 months ago
The reason the Oil keeps winning, is because I keep betting against them. It's costing me a bundle. If I change my strategy, the losing streak starts for real.
Good win, Oilers deserved it.
Get Mr.Bung in that filter 😛 Never seen so much negativity from a fan of a team that's second place in their division with multiple games at hand on all teams.
Eh wrong one
Haha I have been doing the same thing but on a minor scale, I have no problem losing a few bucks when they win. Call it reverse psychology or superstition but it seems to be working.
tealyn 8 months ago
I noticed that if I stand in my window buck naked with binoculars that two things happen, the Oilers win and the cops show up, it's like clockwork. Don't worry I won't change a thing, I just wish there was something to look at rather than a primary school.
OH MY GOD!!!!
LOL hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
ifiwasgm 8 months ago
Why is Caggiula in the lineup? He's not even an NHL player.
He has 5 goals in 9 games?
Oh… But he's not an NHL player!
Many many many NHL players wish they could score 5 goals in 40 games
I believe the stat is that Caggiula actually has 18 goals in his last 76 games. On pace for 20 goals over a full 82 games, not to shabby I would say. Oh and he also provides speed and physicality
kelvjn 8 months ago
To think Ryan Jones used to score 18 and 17 goals in a year and he played in Germany shortly after…. How the times had changed.
Drake is slowly growing on me, I think he has potential even though thats hard to admit. I would give him some slack in his leash and see how he handles it. That would be a pleasant surprise for the Oilers if he can develop consistency in his game.
We're rolling 4 lines. We're getting enough goaltending to win games. We're getting secondary scoring. Our PK is better. If we can fix that god-awful PP, we're golden. Oh and if anyone is keeping score, we're 1 point behind the Leafs. 1. Freaking. Point. All we need now is the Flames to lose to Chicago and tonight will be the perfect night
Our third line may need some tweaking to get it going, but the other three lines should stay as they are. Maybe put Rattie on the third line and move Pool Party to the AHL for a few weeks to get his confidence back. I think Chiasson deserves a shot on PP1…he's a bigger guy and has hands, he should take Lucic's spot. Keep rotating goalies based on performance, and rotating Rattie/Cags on lines 1 and 3 based on performance. Gee…its nice to finally have the depth to be able to reward good performance.
fasteddy 8 months ago
I hate to say it because I was thrilled when they signed him, but the problem with the third line is Luc….not entirely of course, but it sure seems like production halts on whatever line he plays with.
Good game. Score was flattering for Detroit. Some Oiler fans never will b happy. Or trolz be trolling.
Goals 2/3 for detroit were great bounces. The last few minutes was a fire drill in our zone but other than that Detroit wasnt close.
Elasmus 8 months ago
Agreed. As a goalie myself, all 3 of those goals were weird ones that Detroit didn't deserve. Also, nobody seems to be mentioning that great glove save he made on Frk, that was pretty sick.
Alex Chiasson is in the running for signing of the year. He's playing great.
How could that be possible?
Isn't Chia the worst GM in the league.
He's bottom 3 forsure. …McPhee in vegas is giving him a good run…Dorian in Ottawa is sharing a tee time as well
I liked the idea of bringing him in for a look based on his physical play…had no idea he had such a good shot.
Alex Chiasson, the former Flame…..signing of the year. Wow.
I've been saying this for a while, but we'll also see how good the buildings will be filled in the US when the teams overall don't do as well. The tide has turned on that and some cities will have fairweather fans and the stands will be empty when they don't make the playoffs every year. Enough of that!
HugePayne 8 months ago
Was at the game tonight. Live in the motor city (boo). Man Looch, puck really dies on his stick. I counted 12 times. Pizzajarvi needs to go down to bakersfield. Looked overwhelmed and uncertain on what to do. McDavid was not even trying at 50%, and ending up with the assists. Broziak and Kaira have chemistry. Koskinen is a huge man, and was unlucky on a few goals. That across the net glove save was sweet. Many oilers fans in the house. I'm actually enjoying going to Oilers games after getting embarrassed for the last 12 years since the 2006 run. Go Oilers!
Yes, it would be a step up for Looch to have "hands of Strome" right about now.
They played down to Wings level…… that's OK , do enough to grab 2 pts on a 4 game road trip and get out of Detroit.Got nothing to prove to the Wings at this point.Yes there was wobble in the game..but secondary scoring prevails. Watching Nurse drag Russell down into his abyss, wasn't pretty!
Detroit was 4-2 their last 6 leading up to this game and Detroit had been playing much better. It made the Oilers look much worse and it will lead to other teams underestimating them. I think is all good.
FanBoy 8 months ago
Where's Mr. 18% Body Fat that hated Caggiula, Koskinen, and Chiasson signing?
I noticed Jesse taking the body a bit tonight. He's trying, but this is not the place to be learning that stuff.
I can't help but think he needs some time in the AHL. He's just not bringing enough to the table to earn a spot on the roster right now.
Work hard Jesse. Work hard.
It's nice to not fear the backup playing. We can win with either guy now. A little competition is good
A win is a win. Put those 2 points in the bank.
I thought the boys were starting to get a little too fancy with some of their pass attempts. The puck didn't settle well at all. Poor ice maybe? Koskinen was solid but not spectacular like his previous effort. Talbot will be back next game, but hopefully with a little push from the Fin.
John Shannon and others have on several occasions stated that the new wings arena is THE best in the league. And recently Shannon repeated the comment that it may be too nice. The restaurants are so good that many fans – especially those in the high priced lower bowl stay in them rather than taking their seats. So drawing conclusions that attendance is terrible may be overstated if it's based on what they be sees on television.
ed from edmonton 8 months ago
Interesting. So is this place a hickey arena or a high end food court? Seems to me if people are going for the restaurants rather than the game they have missed the mark.
Marcus 8 months ago
Agreed. The price of an NHL ticket would seem to be a rather expensive entrance fee to get a table at a restaurant.
How many of the lower bowl seasons ticket holders actually pay personally for those tickets. Cost has nothing to do with it.
They still are watching the game – on huge high def screens.
This issue actually transcends Detroit and the nhl. In the nfl tv adds so much to the viewer experience that many would rather stay home and watch. It is not surprising that THE hot development in football is mini-boxes – 4 seaters right in the crowd with big screens below the fans field of view which have all of the flexiblity of a computer-online system.
Johnny Stomper 8 months ago
How about that glove save?
Fuhr like….
Pool party. I'm all behind this guy. Rooting for him but I finally say the reality tonight that he needs to be put down in the AHL and play huge minutes. That's what he needs right now. He ain't gonna learn the game properly in the nhl at this point.
Sent him down for a solid stint.
Play Rattie in his place.
Plus you get the luxury of switching between Rattie and Caggiula with McDavid pending on the opposing defense pairing.
With a couple of points more that McDavid is on pace to score 132 points! It will be the highest since 1996.
Mike Modano's Dog 8 months ago
I'm the biggest Puljujarvi fan out there, but even I say now it is time for him to go down to the AHL. Get lots of playing time, get confidence, learn how to play positionally, learn to use that shot of yours effectively. I hope when he comes up next time he can be here for good, and be really good. We need this guy's potential to pay off, and the only way I see that happening right now is for him to go down and DOMINATE at the AHL level for a long time. Good luck, Jesse – put in that serious work and it WILL pay off!
On another note, I love having a back-up we can put in…and still win games! Can't remember when that happened last, on a regular basis… : )
JonasR 8 months ago
I agree that 3rd does not work. But Puljujärvi is not the weakest player in the 3rd line. He works mostly hard and defends the best. Who is responsible for creating and building situations in play? It's Strome's job but he can not do it. A second problem is Lucic, he has too slow hands to play a fast game.
Reinman 8 months ago
How many more years in Lucic on our team for? He cannot even make an impact on the 3rd line, and now he is weighing down Storme and Pool Party. If Drai can't carry him, what makes us think that Storme could. Need to buy his contract out and get on with it. Chia is an idiot. Imagine how good we would be had we been managed properly.
Define "making an impact"? Because when nobody on Nashville wants to deal with him, I call that making an impact. When nobody wants to take a run at McDavid for fear of retaliation from Lucic, I call that retaliation. Sure, Lucic isn't putting up points, but he's already better than last year.
*I call that "making an impact"
While I agree with what you said, "better than last year"…. man, that's setting the bar really low……
Not worth 6 million a year. If intimidation is all you want, you can get it for $500k.
I think Lucic been okay on the third line, but he definitely shouldn't be on the power play. I agree its a huge waste of money but its better having him plugging away on the third or fourth line rather than slowing down the top two lines.
FlamesFan27 8 months ago
Gotta love the standings with all of the Canadian teams at the top of the Pacific! One day it's the Oilers leading, the next day it's the Canucks. Today, it's the Flames.
And if you look at the league on a pts % basis, the Oilers are tied for 4th overall, only behind the Wild, Lighting & Preds.
To the fans who continue to have smart and intelligent conversations on this site after every game, thank you. You're imput is greatly appreciated and makes me want to come back here daily.
To the "fans" who've continually whined and moaned about this team, even after a win, please leave. Go away and leave us be. We don't need you, we don't want you, we don't appreciate you. Oh but before you do, please watch Bruce Wayne's party speech from Batman Begins, because that speech literally applies to you.
camdog 8 months ago
Maybe you should read up on feeding trolls…
Bills Bills 8 months ago
Nurse makes a brilliant play to take the body, break up the cycle and take control of the puck. He then immediately shoved the puck off the boards and gave it back to Detroit leading to the last goal.
They still make these stupid plays multiple times every game. What is the point of having a 1-2-3 make a play rule if you are content to give the puck back in the last few minutes of the game?
HelpMeBabyJesus 8 months ago
Excellent hockey game! So nice to get secondary scoring and love having Koskinen actually make key saves when the team needs him to. I hope he makes Talbot work a bit harder and they push each other for net time. Now a few negatives…Nurse sucks. Sorry Nurse lovers but this guy has all the physical attributes but no hockey sense what so ever! Makes the SAME mistake over and over. " I know, he thinks to himself, i'll Just throw it up the boards. Yeah, that should do it, right?" Sigh…. And Mr. Klefbom May be logging tons of minutes, not that the coach has any choice given his options on the back end, but he is not doing what he needs to do to be a top pairing dman. Hit the friggin net every once in awhile with a shot! Phew…ok, all done. Good road win for the Oilers. P.S. – please trade Nurse prior to the end of his bridge deal.
Young players make mistakes. A bigger mistake would be to trade a young stud before his prime due to mistakes that can be corrected.


About: In this new puzzle we feature pre-Civil War Southern colonial house. The most defining elements of Southern colonial houses is their expansive porch with a balcony above, and stately Greek columns, arched windows and French doors accessing the outdoor living spaces. French Colonial developed in the settlements of the Illinois Country and French Louisiana. It is believed to have been primarily influenced by the building styles of French Canada and the Caribbean.
Liked "Southern Colonial House" ?


Gotham is a dense, sprawling city with tall buildings, busy highways, and dark alleys. In his quest to protect the city, Batman sometimes he needs a vehicle which can go where the Batmobile cannot. Enter the Batcycle. Complete with an exclusive 6" tall Batman action figure which features 27 points of articulation that allow it to "ride" the Batcycle, poseable cape, and interchangeable helmet head, this 9.25" long Batcycle includes a variety of light-up features and two free-spinning wheels that enable the bike to turn. The double-sided display base allows you to "park" the Batcycle in the Batcave or in the streets of Gotham City. How Do I Get This?