Originally Posted by 1CupChuck
Yes, I'm an Oilers fan and a proud one at that. I'm not going to slink around here like some idiots and pretend to be a flamer. I do like Calgarypuck and think it's a good forum but you're obsession with the Oilers is embarrassing to be honest. On our message board we spend little to zero time on the flames because honestly we don't care, you're irrelevant.
If being marginally better than the Oilers for the past decade is what floats your boat then great, take all the immature pot shots you want. But truth be told I think any self respecting flames fan can admit that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
The facts are that since 2005 the flames have won a grand total of ONE playoff series against the lowly Canucks and then were swiftly dispatched by the far superior Ducks. To put that in perspective, since 2005 the Oilers have won 3 playoff series. Despite a 10 year playoff drought the Oilers still have more playoff appearances than the flames and have directly ended your season four times.
There seems to be an underlying jealously/inferiority complex from flames fans against the Oilers whether subconscious or not. I would be jealous too if I had to play little sister to my big brother up north all these years.
Yes, it's typical for Oilers fans to "live in the 80's" and no I'm not going to flaunt our 5 cups to your measly 1, but that tradition is what makes me proud to be an Oiler fan despite the current struggles. If anything this recent stretch of ineptitude has shown just how great the Oiler faithful truly are. The Oilers have a mystique to them that the flames simply don't and never will.
I think there was jealousy when we got a team first and grew organically into the NHL as opposed to adopting a franchise from Atlanta. I think there was jealousy in the 80's/90's when we were the far better team and the greatest hockey dynasty in the modern era and there is jealousy today over #1 picks, the best player since Crosby, and a state of the art arena. Heck, even when we suck for years on end we still get more headlines than you.
We had some of the greatest players (including the greatest ever) to play the game in an Oiler jersey. When you watch the HNIC intro what's the predominate shot? It's not Lanny "Sammity Sam" McDonald..it's Wayne Gretzky in an Oiler jersey lifting the Cup. And he still helps us today courting free agents like Schultz (who didn't work out so well granted) and Lucic. Who wouldn't want the best player in the history of their sport (ie. Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, etc.) waving your flag?
I do appreciate some of your players and think guys like Gaudreau, Monohan, Giordano, Brodie and Tkachuk are very nice pieces but personally if I were to choose between the two rosters to win a Stanely Cup in the near furture. I would take the likes of McDavid, Eberle, RNH, Lucic, Draisaitl, Puljujarvi, Klefbom, Sekera, Nurse and Talbot in a heart beat.
The last 8 years have probably been the worst this franchise has seen, so I get it flames fans get your shots in while you can but really have fun chasing the playoffs every year just like the Iggy days, scraping for a playoff spot while we're starting The Dynasty 2.0.
Also I think I articulated my opinion in a thoughtful and respectful way, comparatively to what's been said in this thread. So mods if you feel inclined to ban me for simply not being a flames fan then please go ahead.
And one last thing, since people want to liken Rogers place to a golf club head or a sperm, may I kindly remind you that your old run down arena is literally in the shape of an object that cowboys rest their nuts on.
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