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I think a major difference between the Flames and the Oilers is their perception. The Flames wanted to see a more complete game from Sven. They vocalized this before the season publicly, and benched him for the Dallas game. Many fans, including myself, were upset with the benching and wondered how he would react to two different forms of public lashing. The Oilers keep preaching that they deserve better, the plan is fine and/or they were unlucky. I hope they continue this train of thought.

Although I wish the management would keep the critical comments about players out of the media, I do appreciate that they are thinking critically about each player. It will make each player, and the team, stronger in the long run. The Oilers seem content to think everything will end up okay as long as they sign their star names to long, and expensive, contracts. Don't ever change Edmonton.