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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
the oilers problems are exactly the same as the Flames:
Misapplication of cap resources and a combination of bad trades and drafting.
They even mirror each other in draft picks:
in 2014 each team drafted 6 times and walked away with one player.
in 2015 the oilers drafted 6 times and the flames drafted 5 times. The Flames walked away with 3 players and the oilers walked away with 4 and traded one of them (Marino) away.
in 2016 each team made 9 draft selections, the oilers walked away with one player, the flames walked away with 3 and traded one of them (Fox) away.
in 2017 the Flames drafted 5 times and the oilers drafted 7 times and each team walked away with one player.
Tkachuk is a better player than Pujularvi and Draisaitl is a better player than Bennett.
In the last 6 years the Flames have drafted 35 times total.
in the last 6 years the Oilers have drafted 39 times total.
In the last 6 years the Flames have drafted 10 times in the first 2 rounds
in the last 6 years the Oilers have drafted 10 times in the first 2 rounds.
In the last 6 years each team has won just a single playoff round.
If you think the Oilers suck, boy do I have some bad news for you.
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They may have some similarities but you are ignoring a few things.
a. The Oilers have had 4 first overalls, plus a 3rd and a 4th. Calgary has had only 3 top 10 picks, none higher than 4th. Two of those have worked out pretty well.
b. Tkachuk is better than Puljujarvi and was picked after him whereas Draisatl is better than Bennett but was picked before him, so I'm not sure what the argument is there.
c. The Oil have made the POs 2 of 6 years. The Flames did it 4 of 6.
d. The Flames have been below .500 once in 6 years. The Oilers have been below 4 times.