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Originally Posted by dino7c
This is revisionist history
They did everything they could to get better but sucked an won lotteries...lotteries with adjusted odds because of their sucking helped them.
Heck Oilers were trying to trade for players like Danny Heatley but he refused
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Definitely true.
Here are some fond memories:
H.O.P.E. and the associated marketing campaign. Hall, Omark, Paarjvi Svenson and Eberle were billed as the hope of the franchise, and the next 80s. This was still pre Lowe "How many cups do you have?" meltdown. They also thought Souray would be their Pronger.
Bringing in a legendary goalie and flames killer in Khabibulin to solidify the net. Bulin would end up getting caved in most nights.
Ilya Bryzgalov intended to be their 'Bulin wall replacement.
Vladdy Hockey
Somewhere in here the flames went two whole seasons without losing to the Oilers. Or maybe we lost once. Great time to be a flames fan living in Edmonton.
Yakupov and his failure to launch. Made especially hilarious by his Theo slide down the ice on a meaningless goal.
Heatley doing everything possible to avoid getting traded there.
They fired McTavish, brought back McTavish, then Fired him again!
Bringing in Bob Nicholson to "clean up the franchise image". It has proceed to decline even further (remarkably) since. Bobby now famous for overpriced hamburgers and tacitly endorsing sexual assault.
They fired Ralph Kruger over Skype.