Thread: Ryan Smyth a healthy scratch

Ryan Smyth and Ryan Whitney appear to be the healthy scratches tonight.

https://twitter.com/dantencer/status/301391409271943168

I'm sure he's taking it like the true professional that he is and not complaining at all.

even better... i gotta dig up those old HF posts where Oil fans were dead on Whitney being a number 1 and how Tambellini ripped off the Ducks like he ripped off the Kings

**** that guy in the neck.

Originally Posted by gescom

even better... i gotta dig up those old HF posts where Oil fans were dead on Whitney being a number 1 and how Tambellini ripped off the Ducks like he ripped off the Kings

Whitney, though benched, is still an NHL player.

Originally Posted by Bogey

Originally Posted by gescom

even better... i gotta dig up those old HF posts where Oil fans were dead on Whitney being a number 1 and how Tambellini ripped off the Ducks like he ripped off the Kings

Whitney, though benched, is still an NHL player.

No, they swore the Kings got hosed in the Lubo deal, and thought they hosed the Ducks in the Lubo deal.

Originally Posted by gescom

No, they swore the Kings got hosed in the Lubo deal, and thought they hosed the Ducks in the Lubo deal.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets a kick out of the "Oilers rip off the Kings again" threads on HF. Funny how the Kings are the ones with a cup and the Oilers keep picking first overall.

Anyone who ever thought Ryan Whitney was a #1 defenseman in this league needs their head examined.

I'd rather have Wisniewski, even.

Edmonton Oilers legend Ryan Smyth benched | Home Ice - SI.com

Smyth is playing stupid, lazy hockey of late, the complete antithesis of what the industrious winger has typically brought to the copper-and-blue.

His on-ice value is diminishing, but it was his sudden propensity for picking up brain-dead penalties that brought the issue to a head. Though Willis took greater issue with a pair of slashing penalties that Smyth committed against the Jackets, I’d say the 10-minute misconduct he earned against Detroit was the real sin. Smyth was binned after yapping at the officials in the wake of a perfectly fine call.

I get it. He’s a frustrated player, but he’s not some high-strung kid. He’s a veteran with a very specific role: teach the young, promising future of the team not just how to win, but how to play the game the right way. In that light, his pointless, selfish outburst was a dereliction of duty.

“We had an open, honest conversation with everything on the table,” Krueger said after the benching was announced. “We expect a gritty reaction from him.”