So, once again the Edmonton Oilers are putting together their annual gala spectacle – the famous playoff run.
It’s the time of year when one morning, Oilers GM Kevin Lowe wakes up at 3am, in a cold sweat,
“Honey! I just had a horrible nightmare that we’re about to miss the playoffs!”
“I’ve got some bad news for you, dear…”
Oilers fans have a love hate relationship with the playoff run. We wish that once, just once, the Oilers would condescend to do things the easy way. It’s the fan’s dream that they would come together one year and say,
“Ok boys, let’s win a whole bunch of games up front this year.”
Of course, there’s no drama like a successful playoff run, and Oilers fans can say with pride that no team is better at swiping the eighth and final spot, at the very death, than the Oilers.
So here we are again. Success for the Oilers this year would be nothing less than epic.
But why do I have a terrible feeling that Oilers fans will be treated to a big dose of “almost-epic” this year?
lol – in retrospect, at least almost epic is better than not-even close
In retrospect, I called it ahead of time. Yes, you heard it here first.