The Pot of Gold Photoshop Finalists

The time has come for you to once again do your civic duty and select the next Photoshop champion. One of the following heroes will be walking away with a swag package the likes of which the world has never seen, and will bask in eternal glory! Many have entered, but only one can be named champion. Who will it be? As always, that’s up to you.

What are we voting on? Let me refresh your memory… For the past two weeks, I’ve had you fine citizens sending me hilarious depictions of what could be at the end of the Oilers hypothetical rainbow. The answer? I whole lot of hilarity. As always, the problem isn’t even getting you guys to submit entries but to narrow those entries down to 5 finalists. Luckily from this point on the responsibility shifts from me to you as we start the voting. 

Who are we voting on? Your Photoshop Finalists…

This entry appears to be a political statement as much as it is a hilarious look at the state of the franchise. Some people think that the arena deal was the end game even more so than the product on the ice. Is that true? We’ll never know (until the next JSBM Cartoon). If you can’t win on the ice you’d may as well win in the boardroom. 

This masterpiece beautifully sums up the kind of spin we’ve all been reading/hearing for the last nine years. Remember when Nilsson-Gagner-Cogliano was supposed to be the beginning of the end? It seems like forever ago, right? The truth is that the NGC kid line was only a couple of rebuilds ago. Even worse? That flavour of the kid line basically turned into Teddy Purcell – how quickly the time passes when you’re having fun. 

When I first saw this entry, I was a little bit surprised that Kevin Lowe was featured in the picture and not down near the core of the earth where it’s still warm. Note the stoic look on Lowe’s face as he feels no fear regardless of how the world is collapsing around him. That is the look of a man that knows a thing or two about world shattering disappointment. 

If the NHL was a box of cereal Connor McDavid would be one of those limited edition prizes that only come around once in a lifetime. Drafting Connor McDavid would be liking buying a Kinder Surprise and having the prize turn out to be the keys to a Bentley. Unfortunately, the Oilers are playing like they’re more interested in driving a 1983 Ford Tempo than winning said Bentley. At least we’ll save on gas? 

I almost didn’t include this entry because of how infuriating it is to think of trading off core assets for lesser players and draft picks. That being said, it’s not completely insane to think of the Oilers “Pocklingtoning” the rebuild and trading core players for wishes and handfuls of kidney beans. Hopefully those days are long behind us, but we’re Oilers fans so we’ll have to continue “expect(ing) the unexpected.”

I will be putting all the entries up on our Facebook page when I have a chance so keep your eye out for that. I would also like to give a huge shout out to our sponsors – The Pint, High Stick Vodka, and Oodle Noodle – for the donations and always being willing to play along with my stupidity.