The 2010s were a decade of darkness for the EdmontonOilers, but that just made the positives shine brighter. SportsnetSpec recaps some memorable moments.
The decade beginning in 2010 broughtfans one playoff appearance, four first overall draft picks, the best player in the world and perhaps the worst trade of the current century. It also brought an NHL-worst record of 309-384-92 — their 710 points dead last among teams that were active throughout the decade .Here’s a look at some of the memorable moments for the Edmonton Oilers since 2010:At that June draft in Los Angeles back in 2010, the hot topic was “Taylor vs. Tyler.
Ironically, both Taylor and Tyler would be traded by the teams that drafted them, the Hall-for-Adam Larsson deal going down in hockey history as perhaps the worst deal of the soon to be completed decade. “The thing I’ll say about Connor is, he’s not only the most productive player out there, he is the most dynamic,” MacTavish said. “We haven’t seen a player with that electrifying a skill set in quite some time. So we’ll have the pleasure of piecing it all together.”The spring of 2017 provided, by light years, the most enjoyable month of hockey for Oilers fans in this decade.
On to Anaheim, the Oilers’ letdown in Game 5 was the killer in this series. They became the first team in NHL history to cough up a three-goal lead with less than four minutes to play in a playoff game, losing 4-3 in double-overtime. The tying goal, scored at 19:45 of the third, came with Ryan Kesler lying in Edmonton’s goal crease, literally prying open“Interference?” asked then-Oilers head coach Todd McLellan. “You’re asking the wrong guy. I don’t know what interference is any more.
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