Around Edmonton, everyone is getting into it Edmonton Oilers playoff spirit, whether it’s through car flags, pet bandanas or home displays. But for one Oilers fan, parts of his shrine were stolen.
When the Oilers playoffs come around every year, Warren Sillanpaa gets to work. For four years in a row, he has built a shrine to the team in his front yard and on his fence. It features Oilers jerseys, a custom oil hanger and fan signatures.
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But, something is missing from Sillanpaa’s appearance. Thieves grabbed the flags from the hut and cut them from the poles.
“These flags here, they’re on all these poles. I think 11, we’ve got two left. We had a couple at home and a couple on the poles. The flags were a really good element because they add animation, liven up the place, because everything else is pretty static,” Sillanpaa said.
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