Originally Posted by
Adam Smith
How do the Oilers manage to be so bad? As much as I dislike them, being born and bred in Calgary, I actually find it difficult to watch. I don't know how they just never seem to get it all together.
Me neither and yes, it is hard to watch. The highs of making the playoffs a few seasons ago have been replaced by the lows of mediocrity in the past two years with bad trades and signings, good goalies that just aren't stopping pucks and a shallow scoring pool beyond Connor & Leon. Much as I'd like to say the best way out of the current mess is to do X there aren't any magic wands to wave and improve things overnight.Hiring Hitch seemed to pay dividends right away but maybe the players have already tuned him out as they keep making the same mistakes. Until their hockey fundamentals improve their point total isn't like to.