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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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Originally Posted by Mark Spector
"We’re not saying Edmonton is the only team in the National Hockey League that gives us the feeling that a Stanley Cup championship is imminent...
"But find me a landing spot for Draisaitl that has a better chance than Edmonton of putting a ring on his finger. There isn’t one, and the big German is in on the ground floor of this project, and quite possibly could be wearing a letter in that photo, if the Oilers ever do gather around Big Stanley after a victory in June...
"Draisaitl is still only 21. He’ll likely make well in excess of $100 million in his career. He is McDavid’s preferred linemate, and he’s playing on a team with arguably the brightest future in the entire NHL."
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This is nothing new, but I remain continually astonished at the level of entitlement of Oilers fans and media. While Spector to his extremely meagre credit mentions several other teams with kindred championship aspirations, outside of the true heavy weights like Pittsburgh and Washington, those who have been there and done that like Chicago, and those who are insulated from the outside in the bizarro-world of Toronto sports saturation like—well, Toronto, is there another fanbase that is so insistent on counting their future championships that exist only in their fertile imaginations?
Who does this? Flames fans are optimistic about the near future, and we on this board have an ongoing and lively debate about the championship potential of the current core lineup. Yet this discussion falls short of such braggadocios nonsense as insisting that multiple Stanley Cups are already pre-engraved and need but be collected for posterity.
It is nauseating. Shut up, Edmonton. Until your hapless collection of hockey hubris has actually accomplished something—ANYTHING—then shut the hell up.