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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
If I was in oil country (even though I would never be) I'd really milk the lottery thing.
They needed 4 first picks in 6 years, and they would've completely botched that run of three if it wasn't for the fourth one coming along to save them from themselves.
They had to make new lottery rules because of Edmonton sucking so hard.
If the Oilers picked only as high as the Flames have in that same time (4th), they would be a worse Buffalo right now and approaching two decades of darkness.
They're welfare darlings, and there's no defence against that.
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I like that analogy. It's like claiming you're rich after getting a welfare check.