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Originally Posted by trackercowe
And yet the media still goes easy on the Oilers, and say they'll be in contention next year. You would think they would be tired of spewing the same crap over and over again, but nope... They'll probably move up one spot or two next season, and then everyone will say there's been significant improvement and keep on riding the bandwagon. It's all just one pathetic cyclical cycle of failure.
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I'm guessing, and have for a while now, that behind the scenes, the Oilers are the most media friendly team, especially when it comes to national media. Likely always accessible from players to management, buttering up guys like Brophy, Spector, Dreger and the CBC crew, by giving them insdie news and rumors and texts behind the scenes, and rolling out the red carpet when they get a TSN national game for the commentators....moreso than most teams.
Mostly to get the positive PR and media spin in their favor, and use them as conduits for their rumors and for disseminating news, since anything coming out of Lowe's mouth really falls on deaf ears if he speaks it.
5 years ago or so when Lowe made sure that he told all the networks leading up to the draft that the Oilers were "open for business", and all the networks harped on that in the days before, and on draft day, and then it was met by the sound of crickets from teams around the league, I figured something was up.