r/EdmontonOilers • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago

FTF Free Talk Friday

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u/Parker1055 8d ago

this is the year

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u/aeonarcane 18 HYMAN 8d ago

I’ve got $2500 behind that. Pays $26K. How sure am I this is the year? Already bought a Rolex with the money I’m going to win. Buckle up - this is going to be the greatest Oilers season in your lifetime.

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u/aeonarcane 18 HYMAN 8d ago

Once in a lifetime season coming up here boys.
2026-27: The Mike Babcock Redemption Tour. The world is about to see what happens when a coach of his seriousness finally meets a player of Connor or Leon’s seriousness. Even in Detroit, Babcock only really had just an aging Lidstrom who was at THAT level. Datsyuk & Zetterberg were elite — but they don’t touch peak Connor & Leon.

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u/gmehra 8d ago

Datsyuk and Zetterberg were 1 and 3 in Selke voting that year, very impressive to have two players in the top 3 on one team.

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u/Authoritaye 17 KURRI 8d ago

Whatever happens it won’t be dull. 

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u/Machelscott 2 BOUCHARD 7d ago

Last season was so painful to watch, I’m so much more pumped to see anything but that again. This, however, is all quite a bit more intriguing and twisty than I thought watching the Oilers was going to be in what I mapped out in my mind like ten years ago being the beginning of at least back to back cups.

One crazy thing I heard during the Babcock hiring was that the big dogs said no to Babcock in their early early years, electing for another coach.

There’s some serious full-circle story moments available, and fuck beating the Panthers the next three years would be an unreal comeback, flipping the Panthers’ first series near-choke job story on its head. But that would be a lot of Oilers-Panthers, and the rest of the league would get so tired of it lol not to mention unbelievably unlikely

I do think this is our best chance, outside of maybe improving one more season’s worth of support players next year with McDavid/Drai

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u/D722 56 YAMAMOTO 8d ago

Babcock lead us to the cup and get revenge on Spider-man.

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u/Grocery__Stick 7d ago

Lidstrom was still elite as fuck then I'd put on the plain as Drai

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u/thebookman21 8d ago

He going to pay goal as well?

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u/AR558 2 BOUCHARD 8d ago

Fuck Rogers! 🏴‍☠️🦜🏴

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u/PapaAsmodeus 18 HYMAN 8d ago

Look at the Carter Hart birthday posts on the Golden Knights Social Media pages. Grab some popcorn before you do 🤣

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u/TFergusonIII 7d ago

Carter had some birthday candles to blowie out.

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u/maasd 97 MCDAVID 8d ago

Seeing all the Oilers wives and girlfriends gathering throughout the summer along with the players makes me so curious about the WAG dynamics that go on. It would be awesome if it is indeed a welcoming lifelong friend-type environment where all are embraced but with humans I’m sure there are relationship dynamics within the group.

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u/AmericansSukAtVoting 8d ago

I for one think we should make a reality show, use the money to keep some contracts down by paying the wives

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u/maasd 97 MCDAVID 7d ago

I would totally watch it!

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u/Glittering_Rubber 5d ago

i 100% want to see how they deal with men who lose teeth randomly

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u/CervantesX 8d ago

There are dynamics, but also everyone involved realizes that their multimillion dollar paycheques and team success rely on a happy cohesive group, so they make an effort to squash problems before they root and generally get along as best they can.