PlusOne wrote on Sat, 22 December 2018 22:52

I pulled this post from the pre-game thread; NetBOG wrote on Sat, 22 December 2018 20:24 overdue wrote on Sat, 22 December 2018 18:58 Wow, you look at TBay's third pairing D and then you look at ours....Go Koskinen Go! They better enjoy it now, because the Cap Monster is coming after them this summer and it looks like sacrificing that D depth is how they will fight against it. Every time someone here mentions another team's cap problems I smile, especially when it is a team that is clearly built better than the Oilers. I was going to reply, then started watching the game. The longer I watched the more I realized how TB is pretty much everything the Oilers wish they were. - they had a string of bad years, drafting 1st, 2nd then 6th over a three year span. - had a 3rd overall pick a couple years later. - had to make a tough trade that was criticized by some (Drouin) - Have had to pay a couple of elite players - are now a cap crunch team. The Oilers list of matching points would be very similar when comparing draft, trade and cap situations. The Lightning have been to the playoffs 5 times this decade, one final, 3 conference final appearances and a first round exit. We all no the Oilers recent history. The Lighting have a deep, talented, balanced team that is among the top, if not the best team in the league. They lost their top goalie and star defenceman for parts of the season and still played through it. The Oilers are a one line team with a defence that is all in over their heads. No wonder a lot of us on this board are bitter, sarcastic and fed up. Teams like the Lighting are exactly what we wish we were cheering for, not being dominated by!

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