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Resolute 14 · 10-08-2007, 08:42 PM

I thought about WebTV, but there is something right about hockey on the radio. Currently 0-0 after one.

I ended up going to Edmonton to catch the Oil Kings this afternoon as well. What the Oilers have done with that franchise so far is just sad. That team isn't even attempting to build an identity of its own. Aside from leeching off the history of a defunct team with the same name and logo, everything in-arena is basically a copy of the Oilers. Same goal horn, same crappy tv/movie cut-scenes on the jumbotron, even the PA announcer announces penalties and goals like the guy who does the Oilers does.

Seriously, give this team an identity of its own. Build something unique! It didn't help that the arena was dead. They announced 4300, but there might have been 2200. Though on a holiday Monday, that isn't really a surprise. No life at all in that building. not even when Fingren had a penalty shot, and not much either when it went to a shootout.

10-08-2007, 08:42 PM	#32
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	I thought about WebTV, but there is something right about hockey on the radio. Currently 0-0 after one. I ended up going to Edmonton to catch the Oil Kings this afternoon as well. What the Oilers have done with that franchise so far is just sad. That team isn't even attempting to build an identity of its own. Aside from leeching off the history of a defunct team with the same name and logo, everything in-arena is basically a copy of the Oilers. Same goal horn, same crappy tv/movie cut-scenes on the jumbotron, even the PA announcer announces penalties and goals like the guy who does the Oilers does. Seriously, give this team an identity of its own. Build something unique! It didn't help that the arena was dead. They announced 4300, but there might have been 2200. Though on a holiday Monday, that isn't really a surprise. No life at all in that building. not even when Fingren had a penalty shot, and not much either when it went to a shootout.