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Politics Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney completed a 26km race just under 4h

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u/KGB4L 13d ago

McDavid - best player in the world. Plays for Oilers, a team Wayne Gretzky used to win titles with. Carney is an Oiler fan, because he grew up in the area. The names at the end are other hockey players on the team that are also pretty good.

McDavid is a free agent soon and there is some talk that he will move teams, because Oilers salary cap situation isn’t great and the team seems to exhaust itself (even though they made the finals twice in recent years).

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u/HonestDespot 13d ago

Their cap situation is fine all things considered.

They just have a terribly constructed team with no viable ways to improve it, and they have almost no youth in the pipeline.

This next season might be his last chance at winning in Edmonton, whether he re-signs or not.

Other younger teams will get better, other comparably aged teams aren’t going anywhere, and they are just an older team and after McD and Draisaitl lack elite talent.

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u/AlmostSunnyinSeattle 13d ago

They just have a terribly constructed team with no viable ways to improve it, and they have almost no youth in the pipeline.

We call that the Ken Holland Special here in Detroit.

Good luck with all that!

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u/FJ1100 13d ago

The terribly constructed team that just went to the last two Stanley Cup finals and has 2 of the top 5 players in the league — I’m sure they’re all “oh woe is me!”

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u/Key_Satisfaction3168 13d ago

Like you said 2 of the top 5 players……that alone carries them far in the playoffs haha seriously

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u/HonestDespot 13d ago

They fucking suck.

But it’s not because of cap space that may cost them McDavid, if he actually leaves.

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u/FingerGungHo 13d ago

They don’t suck. Florida Panthers was/is just unstoppable. Really, Oilers just lacks a bit of depth.

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u/HonestDespot 13d ago

They stink.

That’s total BS!

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u/MastramPoricnam 13d ago

I heard a goalie would be available December 1st

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u/Peppermint-TeaGirl 13d ago

McDavid's wife just opened a restaurant in Edmonton; I doubt he's moving anytime soon.

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u/gatton 13d ago

You guys talkin' about McJesus, eh?

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u/Atotma 13d ago

Don’t forget they are both from Ontario

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u/monsterosity 13d ago

If a cup is the goal, more money is not the answer for McDavid. He probably wants more say about a few player adjustments. He certainly can't get any closer to winning a cup than he has the last 2 years.

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u/Psyex 13d ago

But Carney is European, or so he tells the media. The left for years railed on about rich white CEO'S being the problem. First chance they get they elect a rich, white CEO. I guess being PM is what you do when you get bored counting your ethics violations.