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Originally Posted by edslunch
This is probably the wrong thread to start this discussion but starting a new serious thread on the Oilers would feel dirty.... I’m interested in opinions on how one might turn the Oilers around. Start by assuming all the management is replaced by competent people, are there any set of moves that could fix this mess? I would have no idea where to start but it seems like a great challenge for an armchair GM.
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I weighed in on it a little bit here:
https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpo...postcount=5123
But the short answer is: They are well and truly boned for the foreseeable future.
This is a hot mess with no quick-fix, some of the most expensive tickets in the league and a consistently terrible product of the highest order.
The only thing the Oilers really have going for them is the abject stupidity of their own fanbase.
Their team has sucked long and sucked hard for the 11 of the last 12 years while selling the fans a bill of goods about building 'something special.'
Their outlier season?
In the meantime a bunch of idiots have been paid millions, bilked the City and taxpayers out of Millions more not even including astronomical increases to already expensive ticket prices during a local economic implosion.
And the team has nothing. No prospects to speak of, far too many bad contracts and too many passengers.
Their fans are just going to have to continue to drink the Kool-Aid because they little to no other choice. And thats what that Organization has been banking on for over a decade.