[Ian]

I never said the Oil are better than the flame at the moment . What I said is I have some hope for them. The oil went through a brutal season . No team could have done well with the injuries that they had, combine that with the fact that they where a mid pack team at best and you get the worst team in the NHL. BUT the oilers have made huge moves toward making the team better, yes they have a long way to go but they are pointed in the right direction now.
To look at the flame what you see is a team that has under achieved every year since the lock out and have got worse in each of those years. They have really done nothing to really get better and time is running out for the core of this team. If a few of the roster players get thier respective heads out ofthier butts and play like they can and do it consistantly they could climb back up but I have seen nothing that would make me believe that this could happen. I really like Iginla and think he is an amazing player but I do question his brain every time he drops the gloves. He is not paid to fight and on a team that was worse offensivly than the OILERS last year every fight he get into puts the teams season 1 broken bone from disaster....this is selfish and not leadership.
I think it will be fun and very frustrating to be a Hockey fan in alberta this fall....