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From: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Here Come the Finals
Message-ID: <5538@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 19-May-85 05:00:22 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 19 05:00:22 1985
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Reply-To: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP (Kar-Wing Lor)
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In article <5491@ucla-cs.ARPA> rick@ucla-cs.UUCP (Richard Gillespie) writes:
> Geez, it has gotten to the point where I can't even admit I was wrong
> without getting flamed.

	Right! Next time you make predictions, use logic instead of
emotions, otherwise you would be flamed every year.

>>> No matter, the Oilers have an awesome offensive team (that never stops,
>>> but then we have beaten that horse to death :-) ) and will probably set
>>> all kinds of records on the way to a 2nd consecutive (and last) Cup.
>
>What do you people want? I admit the Oilers are good, so you proceed to
>tell me again that they are good. Just wait until the Oilers win the Cup,
>then I have to pay off a bet to Rob Lake (in Edmonton) with full praise
>for the Oilers. It WILL be painful :-).

	Are you really admitting the Oilers are good? Sorry, I don't
see it in your statements. It only sounds like sour grapes to me.
Even though I hate the Islanders very much, I appreciate them 
(the 80-83 versions) more than you appreciate the current Oilers.

>>	Well, you should have known a team ALWAYS needs luck to win 
>>championships. The most important favor from Lady Luck is to stay 
>>healthy.
>
>My point was not that the Oilers are healthy, I'm sure they have some
>nagging injuries. But they keep playing teams that are crippled by
>injuries to key personnel.

	Similarly, my point is that if the Jets, the Hawks and the
Flyers are so unlucky to have key players injured, they simply do 
NOT deserve to win the Cup. Edmonton thus becomes the only 
remaining deserving team. It is as simple as that.


>>         Didn't the Isles get the smile from Lady Luck because
>>Smith, Potvin, Bossy, and Trottier were available during 1980-83
>>playoffs?
>
>You mean, for instance, 1982 when Bossy played the entire playoffs with
>a knee brace because of a vicious attack by a Pittsburgh player in the
>last regular season game (Bossy was not expected to play for a couple of
>weeks). He went on to win the Conn Smythe trophy despite playing each
>game in pain, and having Tiger Williams "shadow" him (in the finals).

	Was Bossy AVAILABLE in 1982? I don't care how much pain he 
was suffering. If he could play (and win the MVP), his injury was 
certainly not as serious as Hawerchuk's, Doug Wilson's, or Kerr's. 
They couldn't even dress for the games. So much for your 
UNLUCKY Islanders!

-- A diehard Capital fan and a diehard Islander hater!
-- 
					Eddy Lor
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