It's hilarious reading the HF boards, in part because of all the Oiler fans who've come crawling out of the woodwork to celebrate as if the team had won the Cup. This was coupled with the amount of pure vitriol that fans of other teams (particularly Laffs fans) expressed following the announcement.

The real irony here is that the Oil actually benefited from a change to the lottery system that THEY prompted the league to create. I have to to agree with those whose only response was:

"There's no greater springboard to development than failure." - Craig MacTavish, April 13/15.

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"Sabres think the suck is their ally? They merely adopted the suck. The Oilers were born in it...molded by it."