Where is the outrage?

[King'sPawn]

Teams get unfair or misinformed opinions from other fan bases. News at 11.

 

[Yatzhee]

You must not read very much about the Oilers.

Why must I not?
Is there some secret reason I don't? Or are you referring to something I'm not aware of, because, looking at the Oilers talent pool, it's superior to the Sabres on the front end. And isn't that where the Sabres have their problem, in scoring?

 

[Yatzhee]

Teams get unfair or misinformed opinions from other fan bases. News at 11.

I'm in bed by 11, is that why I missed this story? Do they not report it with the news at 10?

 

[Machinehead]

Every year people complain about tanking, but when there's 30 teams -believe it or not- somebody has to come in 30th. That's just math.

 

[dechire]

Sometimes teams just suck without it being a choice. If that was tanking then every team in the bottom 5 each year would be tanking

 

[Board Gordon]

You're salty over your team being called tankers for like 2 seasons. Imagine being an Oiler fan.

 

[Romang67]

You're salty over your team being called tankers for like 2 seasons. Imagine being an Oiler fan.

Dude, it's Christmas time. Don't tell people to imagine such things.

 

[VanIslander]

Carolina is the one team that seems geared to tanking.

Edmonton and Colorado have been disappointed this season and pretty much forced into it as the best option at this point.

Teddy Nolan has never tanked a team in his life and he lost his job on Long Island because he took his underdog Islanders to the playoffs when he was instructed to play prospects as rookies instead of trying to compete. Nolan has succeeded to exceed expectations everywhere he has ever coached (e.g., major juniors in two stints, Buffalo, NYI, Latvia, Buffalo).

Hartley's Flames are simply a product of the law of averages. They try but they haven't got the gas in the tank offensively to maintain their coach-inspired start to the season.

As long as fan-abandoned Arizona or Florida don't win the McEichel sweepstakes, I don't care who gets the two superstars.

Every team talked about in this thread are irrelevant to the real season (postseason) for the next several years.

 

[McDNicks17]

I'd be outraged as a Sabres fan too.

Tim Murray is a fool for thinking he could out-suck the Oilers.

 

[Board Gordon]

Dude, it's Christmas time. Don't tell people to imagine such things.

Being a fan of this team has turned me into the Grinch I suppose.

 

[TMLeafer]

The only one that really bothers me is Colorado, just because they seem to switch between good and putrid seasons, picking up top draft picks every couple of years

 

[tarheelhockey]

My thread is an attempt to draw out exactly what you posted here, reasonable discussion, instead of pointing and shouting.

You could've fooled me, given the tone of the OP and followup posts.

Closed.