dukeofjive
Registered User
For some reason this is such a hard choice for me, the issue is that which ever team wins the cup this year a massive amount of fans will go ape shit.
Shots fired lol.I'm rooting for the Oilers for three reasons:
1, most important by far: the Panthers are savages that play the "NHL refs are ineffective at preventing you from trying to hurt people" strategy I detest so much.
2. I like it when great players win the cup. I'd like McDavid to get one.
3. I don't want to hear about this stupid "Canada needs to win a cup" narrative anymore.
The main thing making me want to cheer for Florida is that I think they've shown a master class in team building, with everyone in the organization having performed admirably to earn this cup. Great drafting and development, great pro scouting and trades, building a team identity (that I hate) and leadership core, and then actually performing up to this level is what every team should strive to do.
Realistically there's like 7 or 8 people total in the Oilers organization that I'd even engrave on the cup if they won it this year. Most members of the organization appear to be actively thwarting this cup attempt. I think you could give the average HF poster control of the team in 2016 and they'd have won 2 cups already. Note that I've been on here for a while and do not have a high opinion of you people.
Still for the three reasons stated, I'll roll with the Oilers.
At one point Edmonton was Team Canada tho so at least there’s some precedentNo. I'll cheer on team Canada at the Olympics or Worlds. That's kind of why we have a team Canada.
This "team canada" narrative is rather embarrassing and cringe for the entire country.
I seeNo. I'll cheer on team Canada at the Olympics or Worlds. That's kind of why we have a team Canada.
This "team canada" narrative is rather embarrassing and cringe for the entire country.
The opposite.Hell No.
Nothing against the Oilers, I don’t care about them.
I just want drama. I want them to lose for the possible chaos that could happen. Edmonton winning would be the happy good ending. Who wants that?
If they don’t win, higher chance of Draisaitl not re-signing and leaving. Then McDavid could follow suit.
Then the trade packages for either of them would set the hockey world on fire. (Maybe MTL can get McDavid for one of Barron/Harris + Mesar + WPG 1st)
Or even funnier, one/both of them walking for free.
Can you imagine the drama ? I can.
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Who tf says that lmao? I don’t recall ever reading that BS around hereThis, tired of seeing dumbasses say he’s “maybe too 30” because he doesn’t have a cup
Diehard Oiler fan here.Question is weirdly constructed: how many those voted yes, voted because Oilers are canadian team?
Majority of Oilers fans are Canadian, so they're gonna obviously vote yes, and some neutral fans of Canadian teams may cheer for them, because they simply prefer them over Panthers, and fact that they're Canadian team is purely coincidental...
Anyway, for Canucks/Flames fans who will cheer for Oilers, I seriously question their loyality for their teams .
+1Yes but not because they're Canadian, because I already knew I'd be rooting for whoever won the EDM/DAL series since I hate both FLA and NYR.
Who cares really? There are like 28 Canadian players in the finals. good for Florida so far.I see
But isn't it a bit eyebrow raising that no Canadian team has won since 93?