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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I didn't get the chance to listen yesterday but heard Kerr and Steinberg talk about the Flames highs and lows and Spector said the big difference is the Oilers have been consistent where the flames have been up and down. M
The way I see it is the Oilers got off to a blistering start and have been fairly average since. They have lost a few but never really lost a place in the standings. They have gone on little winning streaks as well.
Flames had the nightmare start then the big run capped off by a 6 game winning streak into early December. They basically have been a wildcard team for 3 months spending a handful of days on the outside. They stumbled slightly back to .500 where they have taken off again on this 12-2-1 run to finally get a bit of separation in the wild card race and put themselves back in the divisional playoff race.
Oiler fans feel confident due to the season series they would handle us quite easily in the playoffs. Funny enough the 2 games in October and the 2 in January occurred during the 2 low points of the season. Would be interesting to see how those games would have gone in late November or February?
Knocking the Oilers out of the playoffs their first trip back in 11 years would be such sweet justice.
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The Oilers have 2 players, Talbot and McDavid.
We got garbage goaltending for half a season. If our Goaltending was even league-average over that stretch it would be a different story.
But thats okay for now, we are still rebuilding.
We need a team. The Oilers need saviours.