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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks Uncle Gary gifted them this for raking over the local tax payers on the arena deal. Mr Katz got a deal that Gary liked, and he rewarded him.
By no means should anyone take this as fact. It's not illegal for me to be crazy and think crap like this is real.
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I don't think the league wanted the Oilers anywhere near McDavid. Twenty nine GM's were fuming after that lottery. I absolutely do believe the league handed them a soft schedule for the opening of their building though. What a cupcake schedule they received getting all those tired teams on the second night of back to backs and you can't tell me the Saddledome or Rogers Arena in Vancouver are booked that much that the only way the league could make it work was to give the Oilers the 2nd game of most back to back games played in the NW.