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Originally Posted by RedWinger89
Time we stop criticizing Edmonton. After all, we are worse off currently than they are.
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Give me a break.
Yes we are bad, but lets be honest, the Oilers are coming off of more then a decade of being the worst franchise in the NHL, one year doesn't prove they've turned the corner, all its proved is they got gifted player after player and that this team is the sum of really three parts. McDavid, Talbot and Draisatl.
I wouldn't be surprised if this team proves unsustainable, and is a one year wonder and is facing serious problems in terms of future depth due to upcoming contracts.
Basically their window to win the cup is this year and next year and after that they'll be forced back into rebuilding because of their gross drafting leaving them with nothing substantial coming up and being forced to trade their few decent players for nothing but cap relief.
As a franchise they deserve no respect for their main move being a quick scan of the Hockey News draft addition when they drafted McDavid.