PLAYERS:
Ryan Smyth,
Ethan Moreau,
Scott Thornton,
Taylor Hall,
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins,
Jordan Eberle,
Lennart Petrell,
Corey Potter,
Dustin Penner
TEAMS: Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings
TEAMS: Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings
I wouldn't say that the Edmonton Oilers are a young team... but on Thursday night, a few of the players were acting a little bit immature.
"Okay, your turn."
"Alright... Ryan Smyth is so old that his birth certificate says 'expired.'"
"Ha, good one Taylor!"
"Ryan Smyth is so old, that his home phone number is 1."
"What's a home phone?"
OILERS 3, KINGS 0
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I don't know about you guys... but maybe Thursday night wasn't the right time to break out the 2007-2008 Heritage Throwback Jerseys ... because the Los Angeles Kings really played like they were trying to honor that team.
Replace Ethan Moreau with Scott Thornton and it's pretty much a game from 2007.
Of course, the big news last night was the return of Ryan Smyth, who stated that one of the main reasons he wanted to leave LA was to experience the four seasons again. I think that...
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