Oiler fans thought that they had hit rock bottom with their last place finishes. But their start this year, their general unpreparedness, the inability of their team to figure out how to play team defense tells me that bottom is coming and soon.
The Oilers are about to reap what they started by drafting similar winger types with their first round picks, failing to get anything after the first round that's amounted to anything.
The line is going to go from "They're building something special up there" to "How did they mess this up so badly"
The NHL might be a little bit happy about this, hopefully the Oiler failure happens so that teams and fans won't find it acceptable to sit in the basement year after year collecting draft picks with no obligation to actually improve the franchise.
As much as Oiler fans are claiming this is an early season slump, their play dosen't make me think early season slump, it screams badly built team and a coach that can't teach them how to play a 200 foot game.
And good on them, I'm tired of the something special crap and Lowe's smug arrogant stance.
We need a strong Oiler's team.
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