I've been watching this team since they first entered the NHL, watched every Cup win. Legit shed tears as an 18 year old watching the Gretzky presser when he was traded/sold. Endured the decade of darkness, had one of the best days of my life when the Oilers somehow turned 11.5% into Connor McDavid.
Now 4 years later, and I stopped to realize something...in the middle of the season, I've not watched an Oilers game on TV for nearly 2 months. And I hadn't even really noticed the lack. Sure, I've kept up with the game highlights, but not all of them and even that I'm finding I do less and less. There seems to be this utter lack of hope with this team that they'll ever figure it out, at least not soon enough before this prized jewel they have in McDavid gets beaten down and moves on, perpetuating the cycle.
Even on this site that I've been a member of longer than nearly anyone else here, I don't visit as much. It's just not that fun anymore. And that sucks.
Part of this is me for sure, I'll be turning 50 near the end of this year and I think I'm just finding other things to do that don't put me through the emotional wringer like this ****ing team has done throughout my 40's.