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Originally Posted by RITFW
"Cognitive dissonance" is what comes to mind when I read how some of you twist yourselves into pretzels finding a way to ignore what is actually happening with the NHL hockey teams in Alberta and the direction of the Oilers and Flames organizations. Very nice to read the few who allow reality into the conversation, whether they like the situation or not. Kudos. We all have our bias but it would seem feeeeelings rule the day for most. Just sayin'.
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The oilers have finished 30th, 30th, and 29th in the league in the last three years. What direction are they moving? I suppose you could say they're trending "up" having improved from worst to second-worst over three years, but it's not particularly compelling "direction". They've pretty much been on a plateau. A really, heinously awful plateau.
If your point is that the Oilers have a chance to be good over the next few years, while the Flames are getting worse as their best players age and really need a re-building phase, I agree with you. That does not mean that the Oilers are better than the Flames right now, today. They have provided no evidence to support such an assertion.