Reflecting on the mess though is just so hilarious. What a joke of an organization that franchise turned into.
- Billionaire owner buys team and keeps all his 80's hero's around despite being the most incompetent group of people I've ever seen or heard of. Literally. No one who has a position in the public eye is as bad as those guys. Any other organization of any kind would fire those morons.
- Manage to have the first overall pick more times in 8 years than most teams have in their history and yet none of them really panned out. Sure there are some good players on that team, but together they are absolute garbage. Every single one of them. Not one player on that team before McDavid would be worth a 1st overall pick in a trade. Not one.
- Their biggest rival who is a mere two hours drive away managed to out pace their nearly decade long rebuild in two years.
- The billionaire owner STILL kept around his 80's fantasy friends despite all of this until he by complete luck was gifted a potential generational talent who most likely demanded that changes were made or he won't play there.
Just epic. Katz and co. are still not responsible for making a smart decision for that franchise since he bought it and the real brains behind the salvation of the Edmonton Oilers was an 18 year old kid who hasn't even got a high school diploma yet.
God. THANK YOU. Thank you so much. We complain about the hockey gods but look at all of the hours, days, months, years of joy and happiness they brought us by having Katz feel inclined to purchase the team.
Thank you hockey gods. Thank you for nearly a decade of laughs. I love your sense of humor.
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