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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois

I don’t get that.
They won a lottery. That’s the whole story
Arguablythe biggest lottery ever and it they took four or five runs at it. Their mascot should be Cousin Eddy (and almost is). Without that lottery ball both Alberta teams are wondering how they managed to be less appealing than Winnipeg.

No excuse for the flames messing their own bed but #### the oilers. Whatever they achieve is based only on one stupid lottery ball and they still almost (and might yet) mess that up.

Most teams that wins the cup win the lottery or get close to it for a few years. We can no longer use that as some sort of empty moral victory. Winning the lottery is a feature of the NHL, not a bug. The Flames have refused to ever really tank and have thus foregone the ability to get the players that generally yield these results. The Oilers are a garbage organization but they were rewarded with generational talent and now may reap the benefits.

They still won't win though.