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The best (and worst) of #OilersBoyBandNames

No sooner had the Edmonton Oilers posted a slightly embarrassing publicity photograph of the team’s new leadership group — new team captain Connor McDavid, and his alternates Jordan Eberle, Milan Lucic and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — than the Internet exploded.

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On Twitter, hundreds of folks had some fun with the image, in turn gently and savagely mocking the image, which reminded some of a boy band publicity shot. The idea that caught fire was to come up with a boy band name for the four Oilers. There was no shortage of suggestions, many of them from non-Oilers fans who jump at every opportunity to denigrate the franchise, as is only right for fans from other hockey tribes.

Here is the best (and worst) of #OilersBoyBandNames:

J.J. ‏@JJfromKansas:Depressed Mode #OilersBoyBandNames

Canucks fan, nobody ‏@petbugs13: Neglected Development

Flames fan, Oleg Chubarov ‏@OlegChubarov: Billy Talentless #OilersBoyBandNames