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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
I remember Schremp being hyped past the point of parody... the 700g - 1300p predictions were made with straight faces. The Edmonton media built up so many of these kids (Mike Comrie also comes to mind) with such high expectations (to hold aloft the so-called Oilers Legacy torch) that it was inevitable they couldn't.
Sure, Schremp's ego didn't help, but the crash was inevitable.
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Remember when Cogliano and Gagner scored a bunch as rookies, or the Robert Nilsson hype?