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Messages: 1098
Registered: October 2006
Location: Vancouver
1 Cup
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 21 March 2019 08:11 |
Apathy sets in every year, right around this time for some reason, but by June everyone is all hyped up again. I can't figure out why, but I can recognize the pattern.
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For all their flaws, the one thing that Lowe, MacTavish, Nicholson, et al have been good at is selling hope and manipulating public perception. It's helpful that the local media are more than willing to play along (and even the national media to some extent. How many times has Friedman written about all the due diligence Bobby Burgers is out there doing).
It's why Lowe and gang all still have jobs. And it's why I have zero faith that whoever this group hires is going to come in and make meaningful changes. Nicholson has pretty much telegraphed it. To them the issue with the Oilers hasnt been any of the moves they made (because regardless of whether they admit it or not, that group was 100% on board with everything Chia did). It's been character and guys just not wanting it. So they'll go out and try to find the 17th version of Adam Larsson/Matt Hendricks/Milan Lucic/Kris Russell that will finally be the one to turn this group around.
Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games
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