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Re: Pregame: Los Angeles @ Edmonton (Game #5) [message #832848 is a reply to message #832844 ]	Wed, 01 May 2024 16:56

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inverno76 wrote on Wed, 01 May 2024 16:26

RDOilerfan wrote on Wed, 01 May 2024 16:01

inverno76 wrote on Wed, 01 May 2024 15:49

RDOilerfan wrote on Wed, 01 May 2024 14:59

NetBOG wrote on Wed, 01 May 2024 13:27

I've got a bad feeling about tonight's game again. This LA team is better than they have been playing. Desperation will get them tonight's win.

I hope I'm wrong.

Do you ever have a good feeling?

I have a feeling that your comment will trigger an emotion.

I think it is pretty normal to have a bad feeling, or doubt with tonight's performance. It is not life and death, but our fan base has experienced a lot of trauma in the past 20+ years. I do not share NetBOG's fear, but I understand where his brain is at.

I am sure you are right but I don't get it.

Were they bad for a long time? Sure they were.
Did it suck? You bet it did. I am in my 40's, I know all about the bad years. I watched a lot of bad Oilers teams.

But when do fans get over it? Do some of you guys still mope about your highschool girlfriend who dumped you decades ago even though you have a great home life and family? The Oilers are a good team, they have been for a while now. Why not show a little confidence and positivity in your team
and enjoy it vs assuming the worst because 20 yrs ago, they lost a certain game. Some of you guys need to let some things go, seriously.

That's the thing with trauma. For some of us, our investment in this team is unhealthy and the wins and losses impact us more than others. I am one of these people and I realize it is stupid and I have zero control of the outcome, but here I sit on my keyboard wearing my jersey with nervousness mixed with excitement for tonight and the rest of these playoffs. Everyone get's over it on their own time. Just because one person can move on, does not mean the next can. I never experienced a playoff game for the entirety of 30's. I am now 48, and i think I am just coming out of my funk, but whenever we make a move that looks sketchy I fall back into my past thoughts of "here we go again".

The imminent contracts expirations of Draisaitl and McDavid also impact many of us. As far removed we are from the decade plus of darkness, it is easy to see us being bottom dwellers again. Telling someone to "let it go" is like telling your significant other "are you still mad?". The response from such a comment will likely face a lot of backlash from the people who are working through where you already have got too. Your ability to navigate this team's struggles is the way you cope. It might be the best and smartest way to move forward, but it does not mean others will or have to follow suit. I enjoy your takes. I do not agree with you on all things, but I take it with a grain of salt. I also know as soon as you respond in a certain manner I know you are going to get a lot of flack. Too be honest I enjoy the chaos you bring to the forum. For the most part I just eat popcorn and wait for the explosion.

Go Oilers Go! Just win baby and let the Mustiness fly and hopefully this is the year I get bust open some really nice Rum's I have been saving for a Stanley Cup summer!

Respond a certain way, how about any way? icon_lol

I come to this site knowing full well that it's extremely likely I will take flack for whatever I say not matter what I say.

I used to live and die by wins and losses. If they lost, look out. Don't talk to me. I would be pissed for days. Everything people in here say, I used to say it. My wife didn't have to watch a second of the game to know the result based on my face and mood. I was that bad. Like I said, I am in my mid 40's so I saw a lot of bad Oilers teams and I allowed that team to cause me stress. I decided it was stupid.

I LOVE the Oilers. I watch every game, I go to probably 5 or 6 games a year and if I lived in Edmonton or way closer, I would go to more. But at the end of the day, if the Oilers win or lose, it doesn't impact my life. So it didn't make sense to me to stress as much as I did when they lost. Dwelling on the past doesn't do any good in my books. I swear a couple times right after they lose but by the time I make it up the stairs to my bedroom after the game, I have chosen to move on. There is another game. It's sports, not life or death. Watching sports is supposed to be enjoyable, not stressful or causing me anger. That's my philosophy.

But in here, because I don't think I am smarter than every professional hockey person, because I don't think everyone sucks that works for the Oilers, because I see the team differently than others in here, I am the outsider, I will take flack no matter what. That doesn't bother me even though many in here who have never seen me, never met me or spoken to me in person, tell me how I apparently feel. I don't feel like I am a victim. I have my own opinion, I come here to express it. If you don't like it, don't read it or respond to it. I take that same approach with some in here as I have decided it's a waste of my time to respond to certain people for the most part. So I don't for the most part. As much as many of you think I get mad or care, I really don't care what many in here say. There is no anger in what I type, I am just direct.

I am sure people will respond to this take and tell me I am lying and I tell me my apparent true feelings eventhough they couldn't pick me out of a line up. Whatever. Is what is is. Death, taxes and people in here telling RDO how to think. Facts of life I guess. icon_lol

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