2023 Stanley Cup Final: Do Oilers Fans Back Eichel or Tkachuk?
Using a couple of popular Oilers-dedicated Facebook pages, a Twitter survey, and some good old-fashioned poking at my colleagues and friends, I posed a very simple question: “As a fan of the Edmonton Oilers, who would you rather see win the Stanley Cup, or Matthew Tkachuk?” The reality that one of these players will hoist the Stanley Cup probably doesn’t affect the Oilers in any way, shape, or form. Still, the reason the question matters to a lot of Oilers fans is that there’s a heated history between the Oilers and Tkachuk from his days as a member of the Calgary Flames. There’s also a personal link between and Eichel, the latter having gone No. 2 in the same draft year behind the Oilers’ captain. For years, Tkachuk drove Oilers fans crazy, but he’s proving he’s an elite-level talent and there’s a level of respect that comes with that....
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