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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The fan raised a great point today I think it was Warrener.
At this time of year winning should almost be easy in Edmonton and Calgary's situation.
You have a bunch of young guys, with no real pressure, fighting to make an impression and make it easier to secure a NHL job for next year.
Winning is harder when your fighting for that playoff spot.
Edmonton for a so called superstar ladenteam, has not shown much character, resiliancy of desire since they had that easy win against a demoralized Flames team a few weeks back.
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The difference is comfort. The Oilers younger players of Hall, Eberle, RNH, Yakupov, Justin Schultz know they have the team made next year no matter how they finish out this year. But the lower end part of their roster, guys like Hartikainen, and Paajarvi, are not showing much of anything right now. It's like these guys expect jobs to be there for them next year, and don't feel like they need to show something to help them make the team next year.
Just before the trade deadline, a couple guys on local radio were lamenting the fact that the Oilers traded Stoll and Green away for Visnovski thinking they needed more skill. When they took guys like that out of their lineup, they started becoming pretty easy to play against.