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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
Are they? They got through their 9 game road trip 1 game under .500, a record the Flames would love to have on a 3 game road trip these days and they are at home for 12 of their final 20 games. They are two points out of the playoffs with a game in hand on the 9th place team. The hard thing people are going to discover after this year is after three years of a scorched earth policy, the Oilers might actually make the playoffs this year. A win tomorrow night and the Edmonton Oilers could be in a playoff position.
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While thats true, they have finished last (or 2nd last) three years in a row. Rebuilding/retooling properly shouldn't require being that bad three years in a row. I understand there is a strong element of luck involved and the Oilers have been unfortunate with injuries and weak goaltending the last three seasons. Additionally I'm not an uber oilers hater, just using them as an example, you could insert Columbus, Florida or NYI in that comment.