oilers'72
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No curse that I can recall. There might as well be a curse of Sather, as we haven't won the cup since he left.
The Gainer's strike was nasty but also from a time when unions and their leaders were far more militant. Heard stories about those on the picket lines following replacement workers home and vice-versa.
Too funny, my grandmother always used the expression "crooked as a dog's hind leg."
When you read about the stuff that Peter did in California to so many people it makes you cringe.
As far as Edmonton goes, people say that he was hated because of the Gretzky deal but most people understood that Pocklington's money brought Gretzky to Edmonton and Pocklington's money took him away from Edmonton. The real issue was the Gainer's strike. I was still very young at the time but I remember it as being a very ugly scene. One of the worst the city has known.
As far as the curse goes well that's for the superstitious crowd who would like to read the entrails of an owl to get the morning news.
The Gainer's strike was nasty but also from a time when unions and their leaders were far more militant. Heard stories about those on the picket lines following replacement workers home and vice-versa.