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The Big League (1979-1983)

As the disco years of the 1970s transformed into the 1980s, the Oilers had moved away from the defunct World Hockey Association and was now part of a new 21-team National Hockey League (NHL).

Glenn AndersonOnce the team arrived in the NHL, the Oilers showed—thanks to a previously-unimagined collection of talent—that it was not going to follow the status quo. Playing a run-and-gun style that challenged all conventional attitudes about the game, the Oilers reinvented hockey. The team lacked experience to win the Cup, but the rookie franchise still had many exciting memories from those first few NHL years. In this section, we look at the difficulties of the Edmonton Oilers' first four years in the NHL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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