Game #78 Preview
It’s been an odd year for hockey, and specifically for an Oiler fan I’d go so far as to say one of the more depressing in recent years. After meticulously crafting young and mailable hockey minds Tom Renney has lost the brunt of his offense force along with Ryan Whitney, his best defense-men (who one cannot lie was apparently the whole damn defense).
The Oilers are 0-7-3 in their last ten. Vancouver is 9-10 and just locked up the President’s Trophy.
If you are following me on Twitter, you probably think I’m crazy. But, it’s been a crazy year.
I think I’ll just come out and say it. I honestly think the Oilers are going to win a wild one in Vancouver, because the fans have been embarrassed a little too much this year. The fact that fans of Toronto and Calgary had a shot at seeing post-game hockey this season made being a part of the hockey loving community at large mostly bothersome.
The other day I was speaking with a friend, he mentioned the aforementioned 76 point disparity between our respective teams. He then went to his basement to fetch some tools. Enjoying our apparent newfound obsession with all things obvious, I walked down and said “Yup, this is where the Oilers are”.
It’s fine, yuck it up. I’ll make a big prediction, Toronto’s motley crew almost making the playoffs means the year is crazy enough for it to happen. The Oilers are going to walk into Vancouver and defeat the Canucks. They did it against Detroit… though they lost even more good players since then and have seemingly just given up on playing smart hockey. However, I think another solid performance from Devan Dubnyk could leave room for anything to happen. Even something crazy, unexpected.
In case you non-Oilers fans weren’t aware, during our tired “wasted years” we have always had moments that will last us a lifetime.
So go ahead, yuck it up in the comments box, Oilers hockey is so bad that being a new Oilers blog on the block has led us to recieve none. Oilers hockey is not interesting, passion wanes a bit… you get tired. But we watch the games, we sit and watch and wait. This is not fun for us, but tommorow we will have a laugh.
Just wait and see…
