OT: The Melancholy of the Edmonton Oilers

[Moonlapse Vertigo]

We need a "doom and gloom" sticky, so we don't have to have 50 percent of our threads whining threads like this one.

1) We are a team of young players. They are developing and finding their identity. No, we aren't a cup contender. No, nobody with a brain should have expected us to be.

2) Our fans are bi-polar. We could win 5 of 6, and on that one loss, our fans would want to fire everyone, trade everyone, and blow up Rexall Place.

I doubt it, and in any which case they've strung together 2 wins once in 20 games so the concept of a winning streak is foreign to us.

 

[Njoy Oilers]

Well let's see here. The last time Markov played a full 82 game season, the Habs finished first in the East...

He played 13 last year and they finished 15th.

The guy's a hell of a hockey player an a difference maker. Sure I think the new coach and GM helped but getting him back and healthy helps their back end immensely.

He is good. I won't deny it. But your stretching here, as others have come and gone since then as well.