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Adam Messages: 6854
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 30 August 2023 13:17 |
Adam wrote on Wed, 30 August 2023 13:04 |
benv wrote on Tue, 29 August 2023 00:10 |
• After splitting the first two games against Detroit, game 3 saw Detroit score the apparent game winner in OT only for replay to reveal the goal went under the net. I distinctly remember the Wings' Kirk Maltby banging on the doors behind the net trying to get the staff to open them so the Wings could leave the ice so maybe they wouldn't bother reviewing it, but the doors remained closed. Whichever Rexall staff member was responsible for that probably deserves an assist for making sure the teams stayed on the ice until it could be reviewed. Of course Stoll would then get the real winner for the Oilers in double OT.
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I believe it was Mark Spector who said the Oilers will lose in 4 games to Detroit, only because they couldn't lose in three.
Such a fun spring. I was young, single, had a little disposable income and my best friend managed a sports bar where I disposed of a lot of that income in those couple months.
I will say, the post-2006 playoff atmospheres have never yet reached the level that we saw that year. The building could not be silenced. Goals against might create a brief lull, but then before the puck was dropped again the chants would be deafening, and I think it helped lift the team off the mat whenever we had any adversity. I still remember Bryzgalov looking around like he'd entered an insane asylum during the lead up to the one game - clearly impacted by the sheer madness in that building. I hope we get back to that....although I think maybe there's something about the way that team came together that helped make some of that magic happen too.
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Something about the way the team came together, the journey they (and we) went on, the economy, the community, and the building. It don't think that magical mix can be captured again. I might be getting old though maybe the millennials and zoomers will get a run that's magic to them.
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I think the sheer suckitude for more of the 16 years since has made the fanbase so much more fragile. We really are deflated by a bad goal. That decade before 2006 had so much plucky spirit, and the feeling that the team might be something if we were ever able to keep a star player for an extra couple years...those teams were playing against Stars and Avs teams with double or triple the payroll and staying competitive. And then the playoffs started and we had actual goaltending and got on a roll and everyone just got on board.
The teams were so likable in that era too...the EIG was a conglomerate of everyman Edmontonians who'd build local businesses. Sather always managed to spin the David vs. Goliath thing so well. And even Lowe and MacT got some mileage out of the whole "boys coming home as men" story angle. Now, we've had a fairly hard to love owner, out of touch management who have no creativity or innovative spirit, and the guy who set up sexual assault slush funds and blamed a whole season on Tobias bleeping Rieder. And even with the best players in the world on the team, we can't get out of our own way, or admit mistakes and quickly correct them.
So now I think people's faith is much quicker to falter, because people haven't had good reasons to be diehard fans for so long. I still long for the belief to return though, and for that kind of energy to be in the building again.
"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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50 seasons of Oilers hockey |
By: benv on Mon, 29 May 2023 11:06 |
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Season 1, 1972-73: The Alberta Oilers |
By: benv on Mon, 29 May 2023 13:20 |
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By: Adam on Mon, 29 May 2023 13:28 |
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By: benv on Wed, 31 May 2023 14:50 |
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Season 2, 1973-74; Second verse, same as the first |
By: benv on Wed, 31 May 2023 15:08 |
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Season 3, 1974-75: Jacques Plante was an Oiler?! |
By: benv on Sat, 03 June 2023 01:55 |
Season 4, 1975-76: NORM!!! |
By: benv on Sun, 04 June 2023 18:01 |
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By: Adam on Mon, 05 June 2023 12:08 |
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By: Leia on Mon, 05 June 2023 22:59 |
Season 5, 1976-77; welcome Slats and Peter Puck |
By: benv on Tue, 06 June 2023 22:33 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 07 June 2023 09:53 |
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By: Adam on Sat, 10 June 2023 15:18 |
Season 6: 1977-78; Steady improvement |
By: benv on Thu, 08 June 2023 22:35 |
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By: benv on Fri, 09 June 2023 10:11 |
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Season 7, 1978-79; Well hello Mr. Gretzky |
By: benv on Wed, 14 June 2023 22:48 |
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Season 8 (NHL season 1), 1979-80: NHL Baby! |
By: benv on Fri, 16 June 2023 22:15 |
Season 9 (NHL season 2), 1980-81: All arrows up |
By: benv on Sun, 18 June 2023 16:44 |
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By: Adam on Mon, 19 June 2023 09:12 |
Season 10 (NHL 3), 1981-82: The Bubble Bursts |
By: benv on Wed, 21 June 2023 01:20 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 21 June 2023 10:10 |
Season 11 (NHL 4), 1982-83: Continued Improvement |
By: benv on Thu, 22 June 2023 17:40 |
Season 12 (NHL 5), 1983-84; Champions at last! |
By: benv on Sat, 24 June 2023 18:24 |
Season 13 (NHL 6), 1984-85; The greatest ever? |
By: benv on Tue, 27 June 2023 22:43 |
Season 14 (NHL 7); 1985-86: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! |
By: benv on Thu, 29 June 2023 00:05 |
Season 15 (NHL 8). 1986-87; Back on the Horse |
By: benv on Sun, 02 July 2023 00:58 |
Season 16 (NHL 9), 1987-88: The first cracks |
By: benv on Thu, 06 July 2023 22:44 |
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By: Adam on Fri, 07 July 2023 10:34 |
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By: benv on Fri, 07 July 2023 11:34 |
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Season 17 (NHL10) 1988-89: Whiskey.Tango.Foxtrot. |
By: benv on Wed, 12 July 2023 21:48 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 12 July 2023 23:53 |
Season 18 (NHL 11); 1989-90: Return to Glory |
By: benv on Sat, 15 July 2023 16:34 |
Season 19 (NHL 12); 1990-91: A noble attempt |
By: benv on Fri, 21 July 2023 23:09 |
Season 20 (NHL 13) 1991-92; Year of transistion |
By: benv on Sun, 23 July 2023 17:24 |
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By: Adam on Sun, 23 July 2023 23:03 |
Season 21 (NHL 14); 1992-93: The bottom falls out |
By: benv on Wed, 26 July 2023 15:35 |
Season 22 (NHL 15); 1993-94: Full on rebuild |
By: benv on Fri, 28 July 2023 20:31 |
Season 23 (NHL 16), 1994-95: At least it was short |
By: benv on Sun, 30 July 2023 17:31 |
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By: Steve on Thu, 03 August 2023 10:20 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 03 August 2023 13:47 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 03 August 2023 16:31 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 03 August 2023 17:53 |
Season 24 (NHL 17),1995-96: Enough with the losing |
By: benv on Thu, 03 August 2023 12:26 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 03 August 2023 13:53 |
Season 25 (NHL 18), 1996-97: Playoffs again! |
By: benv on Sat, 05 August 2023 00:26 |
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By: Adam on Tue, 08 August 2023 09:51 |
Season 26 (NHL 19), 1997-98: Bye bye Peter Puck |
By: benv on Sun, 06 August 2023 19:20 |
Season 27 (NHL 20); 1998-99: Bye Cujo; Hi Salo |
By: benv on Wed, 09 August 2023 17:39 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 10 August 2023 12:03 |
Season 28 (NHL 21), 1999-2000: More of the Same |
By: benv on Sun, 13 August 2023 22:38 |
Season 29 (NHL 22); 2000-01:New millennium, new GM |
By: benv on Wed, 16 August 2023 15:41 |
Season 30 (NHL 23), 2001-02: Weight Loss |
By: benv on Thu, 17 August 2023 15:47 |
Season 31 (NHL 24), 2002-03: Rebuild and Reload |
By: benv on Mon, 21 August 2023 20:04 |
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By: Steve on Tue, 22 August 2023 08:40 |
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Season 32 (NHL 25), 2003-04: Heritage Classic |
By: benv on Wed, 23 August 2023 15:05 |
Season 33 (NHL 26), 2005-06: The Surprise Cup Run |
By: benv on Tue, 29 August 2023 00:10 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 30 August 2023 12:56 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 30 August 2023 13:04 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 30 August 2023 14:36 |
Season 34 (NHL 27); 2006-07: #$@&%* Pronger! |
By: benv on Tue, 29 August 2023 23:51 |
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By: oilfan94 on Wed, 30 August 2023 10:29 |
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By: smyth260 on Wed, 30 August 2023 14:59 |
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By: oilfan94 on Wed, 30 August 2023 16:00 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 30 August 2023 16:55 |
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By: smyth260 on Wed, 30 August 2023 17:13 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 30 August 2023 17:35 |
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By: oilfan94 on Thu, 31 August 2023 08:27 |
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By: Steve on Wed, 30 August 2023 10:57 |
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By: Adam on Mon, 11 September 2023 12:51 |
Season 35 (NHL 28), 2007-08: Reason for optimism? |
By: benv on Thu, 31 August 2023 19:00 |
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By: oilfan94 on Thu, 31 August 2023 22:18 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 31 August 2023 22:41 |
Season 36 (NHL 28); 2008-09: Shuffle the Chairs |
By: benv on Sat, 02 September 2023 22:47 |
Season 37, 2009-10: Rock Bottom |
By: benv on Fri, 08 September 2023 23:10 |
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By: Steve on Mon, 11 September 2023 09:52 |
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Season 38 (NHL 31); 2010-11: Year of H.O.P.E. |
By: benv on Sun, 10 September 2023 00:45 |
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Season 39 (NHL 32), 2011-12: Enter the Nuge |
By: benv on Thu, 14 September 2023 17:22 |
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By: Steve on Fri, 15 September 2023 15:09 |
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By: Adam on Mon, 18 September 2023 14:12 |
Season 40 (NHL 33); 2012-13:Short and not so Sweet |
By: benv on Mon, 18 September 2023 22:44 |
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By: Adam on Tue, 19 September 2023 01:57 |
Season 41 (NHL 34); 2013-14: Eakins' World |
By: benv on Thu, 21 September 2023 01:08 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 21 September 2023 10:39 |
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Season 42 (NHL 35), 2014-15: Misery continues |
By: benv on Thu, 28 September 2023 18:39 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 28 September 2023 21:59 |
Season 43 (NHL 36); 2015-16: 5-14-6-1 |
By: benv on Sat, 30 September 2023 22:19 |
Season 44 (NHL 37); 2016-17: Playoffs?! PLAYOFFS! |
By: benv on Fri, 06 October 2023 17:55 |
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By: Adam on Fri, 06 October 2023 22:10 |
Season 45 (NHL 38); 2017-18: A grim regression |
By: benv on Tue, 10 October 2023 23:30 |
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By: Adam on Fri, 13 October 2023 12:04 |
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Season 46 (NHL 39), 2018-19; A resounding thud |
By: benv on Tue, 17 October 2023 13:31 |
Season 47 (NHL 40); 2019-20: Covidus Interuptus |
By: benv on Wed, 15 November 2023 22:45 |
Season 48 (NHL 41); 2020-21; Life in a Bubble |
By: benv on Sun, 19 November 2023 01:37 |
Season 49 (NHL 42); 2021-22: Big steps forward |
By: benv on Sun, 26 November 2023 23:00 |
Season 50 (NHL 43); 2022-23: Powerplay mania |
By: benv on Tue, 28 November 2023 23:16 |
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