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 Adam
Messages: 6804
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 11 March 2019 08:20 |
The Oilers have done a really good job of climbing into sixth in the wild card race. A win tonight (with a little help) could see them rocket up to 5th.
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That may be so, but is it really fair of you to compare where the Oilers are with where a team, like, say, Arizona is? Look at all the advantages the Coyotes have!
- The league LOOOOOOVES the Coyotes and is always trying to do nice things for them.
- They have an all-star like Marian Hossa on their team, and they've had some pretty amazing alumni through their in recent years like Pronger and Datsyuk. Yeah, they were at the tail-end of their careers, but still - they brought so many intangibles to that team. It would have been hard for their young players not to glean something having them on the roster.
- The history of that franchise is storied. Who can look up at the banners waving from the ceiling of Gila River Arena and see #19 waiving there and not feel inspired?
- The team isn't constrained at all by the salary cap. They're $7MM under the cap even after factoring Marian Hossa in. If the Oilers had that kind of cap space, just imagine what we could do with it?! We could add another Lucic!!!
- They aren't burdened with the expectations that come with A) getting four of 6 first overall picks and B) making the playoffs and winning a single round two years ago. Their players can just play the game without living with those ghosts.
Really, all things considered, it's amazing we're even within 10 points of Arizona.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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