My only issue with anything he said was the comment around the Oilers being where Calgary was suppossed to be at this point. As though the Flames were the ones who have been rebuilding for over 10 years. As though the Flames were the ones that have had a plethora of 1st overall picks and picks in the top 5. As though despite all that, the Flames were the ones that got supper lucky and got lottery balled the first generational talent to come along since Crosby to add to their rebuild plan.
The undertone that the Oilers are doing such a good job that they passed the Flames in a race that the Flames should be winning. As been proven, it's not even clear that the Oilers have even passed the Flames at this point, but was should be clear is that the Oilers were given a 5 year head start on this race along with a whole bunch of steroids and blood doping that the Flames haven't has access to, yet somehow at best the Oilers are only keeping pace with us..............That's the story, not that the Oilers have miraculously caught the Flames or that the Flames have fallen from grace.
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