The Oilers Hit Rock Bottom (The Decade of Darkness: Part 2) 

Ironically enough what has always plagued the flames is them not bottoming out like the Oilers did during this decade.

Yeah but the Oilers are the only one with an actual name for it

Thank you friend! Graham makes some really great stuff, I hope he and I can continue to build up this little niche we've found ourselves in!

The rare trade that was good for both teams. Some people whine about acquiring Smyth when he was already too old, but it was such a morale boost to have a player who wanted to be an Oiler at that time with his kind of hustle. He needed to retire an Oiler.

Only one that loss there was Smyth. The Kings win the cup that year regardless of having Fraser and it woulda given our boy his well-deserved ring. Hindsight is 20/20, just wish I coulda seen him hoist.

There 2006 run was my first season

Right up to him at least, I'm still thinking about how to divide it up

The beginning of the end for the decade of darkness

​@@oakley22610I think you have to at least bring it to the moment they clinched the 2017 playoffs

@@xlr0gd205 my thought right now is the final part will be McDavid's first two seasons, including the playoffs

Nah 1hr dedicated to Yakupov

The latter in my opinion

Definitely a possibility!

29:44

All of my footage is from RU-vid, usually the NHL's channel or serg72. If you search specific games, sometimes you'll find at least bits and pieces of what you're looking for

​@@oakley22610 Do you remember where you got footage from the Oilers-Stars game at 8:51? My Dad and I were at that game (October 2009) and I haven't been able to see the highlights in years.

@@jonengler1296 so that clip specifically can be found in better quality here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mXbnLrAg9bg.htmlsi=91YoTJBAC_AGn7a7 Not sure about the rest of the game though, I found it in a Mike Comrie goals compilation here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RfPKOdH79HY.htmlsi=uGFthA_UvCFAZzza

@@oakley22610 Thank you for the fast reply!

McDavid's first 2 season

Oh ya and yak so disappointing!!

That is a good idea, I'll definitely keep that in mind!

Tambellini was very bad, but the wild thing is, I'm not sure he is even the worst GM of the DOD, that guy's coming probably in part 4, old Peter Chiarelli

@@oakley22610 I do disagree with that take, Chiarelli was extremely flawed but did some genuinely good things here. Fixed Edmonton's drafting and signed McDavid and Draisaitl to long term deals, he plays a large part as to why the Oilers are decent right now, a number of his draft picks in later rounds are playing on the team today. Tambellini's 2009 off season is easily the worst in Oilers history, he made the wrong moves in every single area of the organization.

@@devackroyd you're right, the Draisaitl and McDavid contracts alone help him. I guess he was just more extreme than Tambellini, very high highs and low lows. Tambellini just slowly made the team worse

@@oakley22610 To be fair, you aren't far off, he wasn't a great GM, the Lucic contract, the Koskinen contract, the 2015 first round pick deal that cost the Oilers Barzal, the Eberle deal which turned into one of if not the worst trade in Oilers history in the Strome for Spooner deal are some of the numerous missteps he took. However, he drafted players like Evan Bouchard, Stuart Skinner, Ryan McLeod and even Vincent Desharnais in the 7th round in 2016, which is actually one of the more successful late round picks in that entire draft, among others. The Draisaitl deal was also very heavily criticized when signed and actually paved the way to young players getting 8 year deals out of their entry levels in the NHL since. Great video regardless, this is an awesome retrospective!

Ever since starting this channel, I've had "Please put Mogilny in the Hall of Fame" on my radar.

@@oakley22610 long overdue for the HOF. Excited for the videos!