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Originally Posted by Locke
This is purely anecdotal, but its always been that way with the Oilers. Its not even that they dont trust anyone else to play, but when you're riding the stars hard the rest of the team takes their foot off the gas.
The same thing happened when Hall was there. Everyone was expecting him to do everything and so their compete level dropped like a rock.
They've basically taken the same attitude and mainlined it.
"Why should I work hard when Connor and Leon have it taken care of?"
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The season starts as "Why should I work hard when Connor and Leon have it taken care of?" and after a few weeks it’s "Why should I work hard when Connor and Leon don’t?”