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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Why?
Honestly, I don't want the Oilers at all. And not because we looked like garbage all four games against them. I don't want the Oilers because the media's obsessive fawning over McDavid will be dialed up to 15 when he makes his glorious playoff debut, coupled with that same media's need to justify a decade's worth of hilariously awful prediction's about Edmonton's future will just lead to a grossly embarrassing amount of cheerleading. Sportsnet is going to be completely unwatchable.
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Because they're this team's historical rival. Because the intensity will be incredible. And because beating the Oilers in the playoffs is only marginally less satisfying than winning the Cup.
And if you're so concerned about the media fawning over the Oilers, then knocking them out of the playoffs will be that much more satisfying. You don't think the media fawned over Gretzky in his prime? That's one of the things that made beating them so much fun.