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- Aug 25, 2003
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It’s a real (Neal) thing.
Look at how perception of the team has changed in a few short months:
- the national media suddenly writes puff pieces about the Oilers; Seravelli, who never said a single good thing about the team before, writes a piece basically extolling the Oilers and trashing the Flames over Neal; Tim and Sid, noted Oiler bashers, spend an entire segment on positive Oilers talk
- the refs suddenly start calling things in favour of the Oilers; late game power plays in tight games which we never used to get, goal calls going our way, etc.
I think Holland finally got rid of the negative energy surrounding this team that had been here since Lowe traded Pronger away all those years ago. It’s a fresh start in more ways than one.
Look at how perception of the team has changed in a few short months:
- the national media suddenly writes puff pieces about the Oilers; Seravelli, who never said a single good thing about the team before, writes a piece basically extolling the Oilers and trashing the Flames over Neal; Tim and Sid, noted Oiler bashers, spend an entire segment on positive Oilers talk
- the refs suddenly start calling things in favour of the Oilers; late game power plays in tight games which we never used to get, goal calls going our way, etc.
I think Holland finally got rid of the negative energy surrounding this team that had been here since Lowe traded Pronger away all those years ago. It’s a fresh start in more ways than one.