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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This is fun:
In 2003 the Oilers finished ahead of the Flames in the Standings and played in the playoffs. Since that year...
2003–04: Flames (playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2005–06: Flames (playoffs) > Oilers (playoffs)
2006–07: Flames (playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2007–08: Flames (playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2008–09: Flames (playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2009–10: Flames (no playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2010–11: Flames (no playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2011–12: Flames (no playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2012–13: Oilers (no playoffs) > Flames (no playoffs) *lockout-shortened season
2013–14: Flames (no playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2014–15: Flames (playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2015–16: Flames (no playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2016–17: Oilers (playoffs) > Flames (playoffs)
2017–18: Flames (no playoffs) > Oilers (no playoffs)
2018–19: Flames > Oilers
That's fourteen seasons in which the Oilers have only played in the NHL playoffs twice. That is fifteen seasons in which the Oilers have only twice placed above the Flames, and one of those was a 48-game schedule. In the past sixteen years the Oilers have never played in the NHL playoffs in the same season that the Flames have missed, but the Flames have done it five times, and will likely do it a sixth time this year.
Edmonton is not good.
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I’ve posted the stats before, so I’ll just summarize quickly - but since 1990, when they last won the cup, they have only been in the top 40% of the teams in the league ONE TIME (16-17), They have been in the top 10 teams overall ONE TIME (16-17).
Their SECOND BEST season since 1990 was a season in which they placed 12th out of 30 teams. Their THIRD BEST season since 1990 is a season in which they placed 14th out of 30 teams. Only twice more have they been above the median line (in both cases they were 15th out of 30 teams).
In the 90s, they made the playoffs some years because there was fewer teams. They finished 11th overall one season early in the 90s, but in a 21 team league, that’s the median team, not above median.
Never believe that they have only been rebuilding since 2006 - stats show they have been mostly awful for nearly 3 decades now. Those fans that thought that last season was the outlier - well, sorry to say, it was the season prior that was the outlier.