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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Sun, 14 January 2024 18:29 |
| Adam wrote on Sun, 14 January 2024 14:24 |
| smyth260 wrote on Sat, 13 January 2024 20:08 |
Extraordinary!!!
Not often an Oilers team has a record that the great one doesn’t. They should be very proud!
Keep it going!!
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And they took the record not from the 1980s Oilers, but for the Doug Weight-led 2001 team, which rattled off nine straight after a players-only meeting following a dreadful loss.
I believe it was Ted Green, who when asked why the 1980s record was only 8 regulation wins in a row said that that team couldn't go 9 games without finding themselves at a party...
Worth noting - the 1985 Oilers DID have a 9-game playoff winning streak. And between 1984-85, they had the second longest all-time playoff winning streak at 12 games (Penguins had 14 in 1992 and 1993). And they did have two other 8-game single-playoff winning streaks too - that team definitely buckled down when the stakes were highest.
It speaks to just how deep a hole the team dug earlier in the season that with a 10 game and 8 game winning streak in the last 21 games, we still are 14 points back of the Vancouver Canucks at the top of the division/conference.
Hopefully we can stay on this role...it would be nice if our offence returned too...these tight games where the other team's goalie has a career night are growing tedious!!
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Games also ended in ties in the 80s. The Oilers have 3 Bettman points (2 OT / 1 SO) in this 10 gamer. Imagine how much more fun the NHL would be if teams could choke offense to death to guarantee a 1 point tie.
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Excellent point. The Oilers had a 15-game undefeated streak in 1984-85 that included 12 wins and 3 ties against the Kings, Capitals and Penguins (with rookie Mario). If there was then a 3v3 OT followed by a shootout - well - I like the odds of a team with Gretzky, Kurri, Messier, Anderson, Coffey on it more often than not.
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