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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
I would say Katz was skilled in getting his deal for his new arena and Ice District.
I think the Oilers are where they are now due to 90% luck (so fricken lucky on so many levels) and 10% good hockey planning/asset management.
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Seas had to part twice to get here without any actual hard or crafty work done by the organization
Seas parted the first time by mcdavid going there
Seas parted again when Vegas lost to Chicago in game 82, setting up a terrible pacific bracket with offensively passive, d-first teams, while the other western bracket had all the top teams who just pounded each other and the last team standing was spent and vulnerable.
Roll two die on the same combination of events happening to get the oilers to a finals appearance and it doesn't happen.
Maybe it is divinely inspired that they got here. But to pretend they did it without a #####-ton of help and outside circumstances aligning would be a lie.