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Originally Posted by codynw
I think the whole "Edmonton has a losing culture" thing is blown way out of proportion. Edmonton's problems run so much deeper. A terrible coach, zero organizational depth, bad-average goaltending, their top players are small and soft, they can't develop players and they have a bunch of ######s managing the team... do I need to go on?
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While I agree that their problems run deeper, I fully believe that Edmonton does have a losing culture.
When your GM actually believes that they are still paying for a residual effect of the success they had in the 80s and 90s (first off... HOW?!), then they aren't exactly stomping into the locker room to preach hard work and success. They're making excuses for all of the critical problems you mentioned.
A team that has a culture of winning is upset about each loss, and sees zero excuse why they can't win 82 games a season and sweep every series. The Oilers are not that. They see the positives of finishing in 30th, and make excuses for every single loss. That, is a culture of losing.