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[ducksfan13]

Ryan had over 26 minutes of ice time and a -1 rating in the oilers 2-1 victory over the wild

[OrangeDucky]

I miss Ryan Whitney.

[Rooch20]

We'll see if Lubo is indeed an upgrade on defense.

[OrangeDucky]

We'll see if Lubo is indeed an upgrade on defense.

Better be.

[ducksfan13]

Better be.

yes i really hope so

but from what i have heard/seen, he will be an upgrade

[DropThePuck]

Jeff Deslauriers #38 pounces on the puck as teammate Ryan Whitney #6 of the Edmonton Oilers keeps Andrew Ebbett #16 away of the Minnesota Wild during third period action on March 5, 2010 at the Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
(Photo by Dale MacMillan/Getty Images)

[RGS_Quack93]

First game and he is already a -1. yes we miss him oh so much.... common the guy didnt fit with us AT ALL, even Bob-o said it himself. Time will tell if he will fit the oil and if not another team, or another team or....

[Syko]

Good Luck in Edmonton Ryan... Do well there

[Getzlaf_15]

Puck Daddy article.

[ducksfan13]

Puck Daddy article.

geez ryan , maybe hes still pissed about the trade

[Dark Knight]

Should a head hit on Neil be even a penalty ? Call it the Avery rule...

[ladiesandgentlemen]

Should a head hit on Neil be even a penalty ? Call it the Avery rule...

No kidding.

Hitting either of those two above their shoulders is more of a knock on wood.

(but I do think that Whitney should be suspended)

[Getzlaf_15]

No kidding.

Hitting either of those two above their shoulders is more of a knock on wood.

(but I do think that Whitney should be suspended)

If he were still a Duck we know he would be.

[ducksfan95]

Oilers Luck continues to tumble as Whitney goes down

MONTREAL -- Welcome to the Edmonton Oilers, Ryan Whitney.

Playing in only his fourth game as an Oiler on Thursday since being acquired from Anaheim at the trade deadline, Whitney took an Andrei Markov wrist shot off the right knee late in the second period of Edmonton's game against Montreal and hobbled off the ice.

[ladiesandgentlemen]

If he were still a Duck we know he would be.

No doubt.

Oilers Luck continues to tumble as Whitney goes down

Waddua know

[CharlieConway96]

I didnt like Whitney on the team, I dont think he played up to his potential. Lubo is a good player, and I think he will fit well.

[ducksfan13]

ryan is a +6 in his last 3 games

[Dark Knight]

“I think kind of from the day I got there, (head coach) Randy (Carlyle) didn’t like me very much,” said Whitney. “I just kind of got that vibe. It’s not that he didn’t like me as a guy, but I don’t think he liked me as a player.
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“I wasn’t counted on as a guy to play against other teams’ top line, I was playing against the second line,” he said.

“They had Scottie Niedermayer there and last year they had Niedermayer and (Chris) Pronger.

“When Bob called me and told me I was traded, I was curious about it and he just said that it just wasn’t working. Those were his exact words. Take that however you want, but that was the situation there.”

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These comments were made prior to tonight's game against Edmonton.

[DropThePuck]

As for Whitney's comments about him, Carlyle replied, "If that's the way he felt, then that's too bad. That's the way I deal with it.

"He got to play in numerous situations. He got every opportunity in our minds to prove what he was worth. It wasn't a case of dumping Ryan Whitney. We had to spend a Ryan Whitney to get a Visnovsky. I don't look at that as anything more than it's a hockey trade."

<link to OCR article posted in Media Roundup>

[Getzlaf_15]

Carlyle didn't help Whitney any by not letting him play his game and pairing him with the wrong guys this year.

Should have been with Brookbank all year, an actual stay-at-home d-man.

Whitney looked good last night.

[ducksfan13]

Whitney looked good last night.

agreed, but he certainly had some added motivation last night

[Getzlaf_15]

agreed, but he certainly had some added motivation last night

True, but he seems to have been playing well for most of his time in Edmonton.

[Dark Knight]

Whitney struggled during his tenure with the Ducks as he and Carlyle were at odds with how the defenseman should play in the coach’s system.

“It’s not like I wasn’t willing to adapt to this style of play,” he said. “I tried. I think there’s a lot of times where I moved the puck to the middle. We did that in Pittsburgh a lot. I kind of had that habit. He hated that. And I think it was more … you don’t want any coach to want to think you weren’t trying or weren’t being coachable.”

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[Kariya9]

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That's almost tragic to read.

[Getzlaf_15]

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I'm gonna love hearing the pro-Carlyle people defend him on this one.