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 OilFans
Messages: 1561
Registered: February 2006
Location: Edmonton
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Login To Make Your Prediction2023-24 Regular Season| Thursday, November 2, 2023 | Dallas 4 @ Edmonton 3 | Loss | | Saturday, February 17, 2024 | Edmonton 4 @ Dallas 3 (OT) | Win | | Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | Edmonton 0 @ Dallas 5 | Loss |
Home Record: 0-1-0 Road Record: 1-1-0 Overall Record: 1-2-0
Home / Road Goals For: 3/4 Total: 7
Home / Road Goals Against: 4/8 Total: 122022-23 Regular Season| Saturday, November 5, 2022 | Dallas 6 @ Edmonton 2 | Loss | | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 | Edmonton 6 @ Dallas 3 | Win | | Thursday, March 16, 2023 | Dallas 1 @ Edmonton 4 | Win |
Home Record: 1-1-0 Road Record: 1-0-0 Overall Record: 2-1-0
Home / Road Goals For: 6/6 Total: 12
Home / Road Goals Against: 7/3 Total: 10 |
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NetBOG
Messages: 2951
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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Was at this game almost exactly a year ago. Oilers got crushed. Don't expect much different tonight.
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Kr55
Messages: 10779
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Gagner 9 point night incoming.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1189
Registered: October 2006
Location: Kensington, PEI
1 Cup
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Dallas 6-1-1 on the season & we're 2-5-1, yet most are picking us to win this? I wish I could share that optimism, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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Adam
Messages: 7177
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 08:49 |
Dallas 6-1-1 on the season & we're 2-5-1, yet most are picking us to win this? I wish I could share that optimism, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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I'll be at the game, and I'm wearing a new jersey that hasn't yet seen a loss, so we're golden here.
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 08:49 |
Dallas 6-1-1 on the season & we're 2-5-1, yet most are picking us to win this? I wish I could share that optimism, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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Because people who cheer for/follow a team generally don't go into every game expecting the team to lose, otherwise why would they cheer for the team?
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7804
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 10:19 |
| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 08:49 |
Dallas 6-1-1 on the season & we're 2-5-1, yet most are picking us to win this? I wish I could share that optimism, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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Because people who cheer for/follow a team generally don't go into every game expecting the team to lose, otherwise why would they cheer for the team?
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You've created a false equivalency. I want the Oilers to win every game because I'm a fan, but that doesn't mean I expect them to win. The two concepts aren't related. It's like saying 'why would you buy a lottery ticket and not expect to win'? It's because I like the possibility of winning 20 million, but certainly don't expect it to happen. It's a conflict between want and expectation.
I do expect the Oilers to do well tonight. Dallas is a very good hockey team but the Oilers should be better than 2-5-1.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Adam
Messages: 7177
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 10:32 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 10:19 |
| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 08:49 |
Dallas 6-1-1 on the season & we're 2-5-1, yet most are picking us to win this? I wish I could share that optimism, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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Because people who cheer for/follow a team generally don't go into every game expecting the team to lose, otherwise why would they cheer for the team?
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You've created a false equivalency. I want the Oilers to win every game because I'm a fan, but that doesn't mean I expect them to win. The two concepts aren't related. It's like saying 'why would you buy a lottery ticket and not expect to win'? It's because I like the possibility of winning 20 million, but certainly don't expect it to happen. It's a conflict between want and expectation.
I do expect the Oilers to do well tonight. Dallas is a very good hockey team but the Oilers should be better than 2-5-1.
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If fandom was based solely on expectations, I'd think the Oilers would have killed off the whole damn fan base over the last 15 years. The team has to be very glad that emotional attachment isn't always based on whether the bet pays off!
Can you imagine how soul-crushing the Eakins era would have been if you'd gone in to every game believing the team was going to win?
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7804
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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| Adam wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 10:58 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 10:32 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 10:19 |
| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 08:49 |
Dallas 6-1-1 on the season & we're 2-5-1, yet most are picking us to win this? I wish I could share that optimism, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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Because people who cheer for/follow a team generally don't go into every game expecting the team to lose, otherwise why would they cheer for the team?
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You've created a false equivalency. I want the Oilers to win every game because I'm a fan, but that doesn't mean I expect them to win. The two concepts aren't related. It's like saying 'why would you buy a lottery ticket and not expect to win'? It's because I like the possibility of winning 20 million, but certainly don't expect it to happen. It's a conflict between want and expectation.
I do expect the Oilers to do well tonight. Dallas is a very good hockey team but the Oilers should be better than 2-5-1.
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If fandom was based solely on expectations, I'd think the Oilers would have killed off the whole damn fan base over the last 15 years. The team has to be very glad that emotional attachment isn't always based on whether the bet pays off!
Can you imagine how soul-crushing the Eakins era would have been if you'd gone in to every game believing the team was going to win?
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I can't believe how much goodwill and emotional support the Oilers still have but I guess people still want to believe.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Kr55
Messages: 10779
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 11:08 |
| Adam wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 10:58 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 10:32 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 10:19 |
| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 02 November 2023 08:49 |
Dallas 6-1-1 on the season & we're 2-5-1, yet most are picking us to win this? I wish I could share that optimism, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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Because people who cheer for/follow a team generally don't go into every game expecting the team to lose, otherwise why would they cheer for the team?
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You've created a false equivalency. I want the Oilers to win every game because I'm a fan, but that doesn't mean I expect them to win. The two concepts aren't related. It's like saying 'why would you buy a lottery ticket and not expect to win'? It's because I like the possibility of winning 20 million, but certainly don't expect it to happen. It's a conflict between want and expectation.
I do expect the Oilers to do well tonight. Dallas is a very good hockey team but the Oilers should be better than 2-5-1.
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If fandom was based solely on expectations, I'd think the Oilers would have killed off the whole damn fan base over the last 15 years. The team has to be very glad that emotional attachment isn't always based on whether the bet pays off!
Can you imagine how soul-crushing the Eakins era would have been if you'd gone in to every game believing the team was going to win?
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I can't believe how much goodwill and emotional support the Oilers still have but I guess people still want to believe.
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I picked the OIlers to win each of the next 5 games in the oilfans prediction contest.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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oilfan94
Messages: 410
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
No Cups
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I picked the Oilers to lose, but out of those who picked them to lose, I am the only one who picked them to get scored on more than 4 times. Am I that pessimistic?
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2266
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
2 Cups
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Crush them
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NetBOG
Messages: 2951
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
2 Cups
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Tickets were apparently $3 on the resale market in Calgary last night. No such luck in Edmonton.
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HamBlaster
Messages: 989
Registered: June 2007
No Cups
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Oilers played a great game against the Flames... much better than they'd been playing lately. If they can keep the penalty parade to a minimum, I think it's a saw off on who wins this one.
Granted, the Flames are pretty rough this year... but they hung in there with Dallas.
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