No one in their right mind could pick the Oilers to come out of the west now.
Window's closing fast.
The only worry is that the Pacific is butter soft and the Central teams will have to beat each other up to get to the CF.
Hopefully the oilers lose their divisional spot and fall to WC2, or better yet fall right out of the playoffs. Sure would be nice if the Sharks could get hot.
If the Avs win the Cup it's one more step to mission accomplished in Colorado fir Makar, where he can comfortably leave, be a hero there and come help bring a Cup to his hometown. Bonus he helps the Flames get a better pick by making the Avs worse when the pick comes due.
Win the Cup Kadri and Makar. Be the heroes Calgary deserves.
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That’s fine, if the Avalanche collapse in 2028 (unlikely but not impossible), it could be a trend of that team on the downslope and their 2029 could be an even better pick and it would come when the flames are likely on the upswing of the rebuild.
They could play deep into these next two playoff seasons (see also, Panthers, Florida) and end up out of the playoffs in 2028. Those extra months of hockey take a lot of players and their ability to recover during the off-season.
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I'm in edmonton this week for work, Bob Stauffer having an absolute meltdown about this trade...raging about calgary fans cheering against the oilers last two years and them now cheering for the Aves lol
I'm in edmonton this week for work, Bob Stauffer having an absolute meltdown about this trade...raging about calgary fans cheering against the oilers last two years and them now cheering for the Aves lol
Huh. I guess Baghdad bob must have forgotten that widely used mantra ABC - anyone but Calgary - that was a mantra for many years when the grease pigs sucked and the Flames were doing well.
On topic - I like the trade. But giving up the 4th…that’s terrible news and a deal breaker because now we will never know. Am I doing the negative stuff right?
I kid, I kid.
If you believe that the flames will be on an upswing, weegar and Kadri’s salary room will help. And I love that Flames won’t have players that we have to offer scouting jobs in Kelowna like greasers.
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I'm in edmonton this week for work, Bob Stauffer having an absolute meltdown about this trade...raging about calgary fans cheering against the oilers last two years and them now cheering for the Aves lol
Both of my ratings in today's two polls go up one spot after hearing this.
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