I think the young vs.old teams is a bit overrated. Yes young teams have the leagues in a short season but at the same time experienced teams have the experience (duh) of knowing how to win games when you might not be at 100%.
I think at the end of the day the same thing will happen as it always does talent will win out, good coaching will win out and likely the big difference will be good goaltending will be amplified this season.
Sure the Oilers have some young guys that have played together this year but they can't afford a bad 5 game stretch from Dubynyk. They can't afford a couple of games where Schultz needs to get up to playing defense against NHL quality players and they can't afford any time where their top guys can't carry the load game after game.
I think much like last year they will come out hot with posters like Money Guy telling us to "get used to it" and then fade when their consistency isn't good enough and their crappy support players don't step up.
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