Oilers on pace for 17 wins

[McOvechking]

The last time a team finished with 17 wins or less?

The 1999-2000 Atlanta Thrashers with 14.

Discuss.

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[Paralyzer008]

 

[Del Preston]

Nelson will take the fall.

 

[Jumptheshark]

The last time a team finished with 17 wins or less?

The 1999-2000 Atlanta Thrashers with 14.

Discuss.

disgust

 

[Del Preston]

The last time a team finished with 17 wins or less?

The 1999-2000 Atlanta Thrashers with 14.

Discuss.

Just to make it worse, the Oilers are on pace for two shootout wins, something the Thrashers didn't have an opportunity at. So this team is on pace for one more regulation + OT win than Atlanta.

 

[kurt]

The last time a team finished with 17 wins or less?

The 1999-2000 Atlanta Thrashers with 14.

Discuss.

Any figures on how many single game tickets the Oilers are selling this season, and at what price, versus the ticket sales of the Thrashers in 1999?

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

 

[redgrant]

Actually on pace for this years Sam Gagner. Sigh points in 3 straight games.

 

[KCC]

This is the first year of the rebuild, right? Oh wait.

 

[Faelko]

This is the first year of the rebuild, right? Oh wait.

The re-re-rebuild

 

[McDeathbyCheerios*]

Nelson will take the fall.

Sad though. 3 games as actual coach and 0 regulation losses.

 

[TheRebuild]

I actually think 17 wins is a bit of an overestimate. They're at 8 wins now due to some lucky breaks they had earlier on in the season, they're winning about twice every 14 games (see November and December) for a win % of like 14.28%, that equates to 6.88 wins by game 82. So, I think 14-15 wins is more likely. Given the inevitable removal of NHL capable players from the team over time (see Perron), and the fact that teams are going to be pushing for playoff spots over the next few months, it could drop below even that. This team will go down as one of the worst NHL teams in NHL history.

 

[MessierII]

Expansion team bad

 

[McDeathbyCheerios*]

I actually think 17 wins is a bit of an overestimate. They're at 8 wins now due to some lucky breaks they had earlier on in the season, they're winning about twice every 14 games (see November and December) for a win % of like 14.28%, that equates to 6.88 wins by game 82. So, I think 14-15 wins is more likely. Given the inevitable removal of NHL capable players from the team over time (see Perron), and the fact that teams are going to be pushing for playoff spots over the next few months, it could drop below even that. This team will go down as one of the worst NHL teams in NHL history.

We have a better win percentage as of late

 

[Del Preston]

In a few years 30 for 30 should make a movie about this rebuild.

 

[Hynh]

In a few years 30 for 30 should make a movie about this rebuild.

Might be hard to draw the line between historical documentary and breaking news if they do it before 2030.

 

[Gret99zky]

17 wins?!?!!

 

[Playa Hejda]

In a few years 30 for 30 should make a movie about this rebuild.

Oil Change: The Musical!

 

[Kepler 186f]

The last time a team finished with 17 wins or less?

The 1999-2000 Atlanta Thrashers with 14.

Discuss.

Just to make it worse, the Oilers are on pace for two shootout wins, something the Thrashers didn't have an opportunity at. So this team is on pace for one more regulation + OT win than Atlanta.

 

[oilersfan87]

It will be tough, but maybe this team will find a way to be even worse than the Atlanta Thrashers. They'll just need to have more 11 game losing streaks.

 

[Tarus]

So glad those predictions that no GM could possibly be worse than Tambellini came true

 

[thadd]

The re-re-rebuild

OK... so we lost in the finals and then we went into the rebuild.

Then Tambo came in and it was the re-rebuild.

Now... we're in to the re-re-rebuild....

 

[Tyrolean]

Looking forward to 10 years of losing.

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

I'm honestly hoping for some record setting. Not because of McDavid/Eichel, but because that might finally get management purged.

 

[Crabapple]

Nelson has them playing better than they have all season. Sucks for him that this group has is on his record. I believe that next season the roster will look completely different, and we'll finish around 9th. Without Taylor Hall