Deadmonton Spoilers Mathematically Eliminated
Originally Posted by ChristianN
Imagine those years if #99 never laced up for them. 
but guys like Anderson, Kurri, Coffey, Tikkanen, Cement-Head...bastages! The only guy we liked was Steve Smith!! 
Originally Posted by ChristianN
Imagine those years if #99 never laced up for them.
We won a cup without Gretzky, Fuhr (for the playoffs), or Coffey. We could do it even though we lost 3 hall of fame players. Could the Flames? Gretzky never won a cup without the support he had in Edmonton. We were a much deeper team than just Gretzky. Oh and Kurri was the perennial Oilers playoff scoring leader, not Gretzky.
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Originally Posted by G35Sask
We won a cup without Gretzky, Fuhr (for the playoffs), or Coffey. We could do it even though we lost 3 hall of fame players. Could the Flames? Gretzky never won a cup without the support he had in Edmonton. We were a much deeper team than just Gretzky. Oh and Kurri was the perennial Oilers playoff scoring leader, not Gretzky.
On a side note, I am not sure I'll ever again witness a hockey team that was so dominate and exciting to watch as the Oilers were in the 80s.
Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
Very true.
On a side note, I am not sure I'll ever again witness a hockey team that was so dominate and exciting to watch as the Oilers were in the 80s.
On a side note, I am not sure I'll ever again witness a hockey team that was so dominate and exciting to watch as the Oilers were in the 80s.
You are right on that point... However I am exited to see just how good the kids make us in 2-3 years along with our stud defencemen Chorney and Petry when they join the already good young guys we have.
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It's too bad that the Spoilers had to knock out the Canucks instead of a team like Nashville. I don't think Vancouver would of made it by the first round anyways though.
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Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
It's too bad that the Spoilers had to knock out the Canucks instead of a team like Nashville. I don't think Vancouver would of made it by the first round anyways though.
Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
It's too bad that the Spoilers had to knock out the Canucks instead of a team like Nashville. I don't think Vancouver would of made it by the first round anyways though.
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I dont want to open up another can of worms but Im gald these canadian teams aren't in. They are the sole reason why there is expansion talk in the US but not in Canada (southern Ontario, more specifically.)
Originally Posted by anotherOAKg
I dont want to open up another can of worms but Im gald these canadian teams aren't in. They are the sole reason why there is expansion talk in the US but not in Canada (southern Ontario, more specifically.)
