You think the Oilers needed to tank with the crap roster they had? They had to pay DF Nikita Nikitin 4.5 million at one point, that is how desperate they were to attract a free agent during those years.
GDT: Stanley Cup Final Game 7: Edmonton Oilers at Florida Panthers 8pm ET (Puck Drop 8:20pm ET)
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This was their only chance and they blew it. McDavid chocked tonight. His play was mediocre. The last minutes of the third were pathetic as if the Oilers were wasting time. They rarely drove the net and their shots came from the outside, often blocked or deviated by the Panthers. Bob had no pressure except for perhaps 2-3 Oiler shots. On those, he can thank the D upfront. McDavid was off his game. He lost the puck several times and missed several shots.
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That’s literally what tanking is. Having a crap roster, signing crap players.
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No, doing it by choice is tanking. They had a crap roster because they were incompetent. They signed crap players because no good players would sign with the team. It wasn't intentional.
Yup and the players themselves understanding that second and third efforts won't amount to much so never mind.
The perfect tank seen out west but never in Montreal.
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I never bought into this cheer for the Oilers as they are a Canadian team bs. There is only one Canadian based team that deserves to win the big prize and that is the Montreal Canadiens hockey club. We were the last Canadian team to win it and will be the next to win it again.
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lol right. Florida isn't more deserving of the cup because Oilers sucked for multiple season and drafted high consecutively as a result: they pretty much pulled similar garbage whether it was intentional tanking or bad management.
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I get your point, Pouliot comes to mind..
In my mind it’s a tank, they knew what they were accomplishing. When they tore down the Smyth Era, they were going for the bare bones approach. They just got stuck in neutral for a decade…
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Sadly they were trying to improve the team, that's how pathetic their management was. They are just lucky they won the lottery for McDavid although they still haven't won anything with him either.
Habs are still the last Canadian team to win the cup and that's the way it should be.
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I say we contend for the cup around 2032-2033 at the earliest, judging by the rebuild time line of both the Oilers and the Panthers.
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I just glad it's over! Draft in 3 days, free agency in 6 days.
Habs will add at least one good prospect to their farm system. Most experts on here think it will be Lindstrom. They will probably trade extra picks and a LD for another young player. Likely sign a free agent or trade for a player. First year in eons we've had extra caproom to do it.
Habs will add at least one good prospect to their farm system. Most experts on here think it will be Lindstrom. They will probably trade extra picks and a LD for another young player. Likely sign a free agent or trade for a player. First year in eons we've had extra caproom to do it.
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wait, you don't believe the Oilers tanked for McDavid and the Pens didn't tank for Sid?
When he wasn't gasping for air on the ice, he was gasping for air on the bench.
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It was the Stanley Cup Final. Back on the horse tomorrow.
