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Originally Posted by Wolven
Not only are both teams incomplete, they are incomplete in similar ways. Both teams seem to be stacked with good young forwards but are lacking high-end D and have question marks in net. Granted, I think the Avs goaltending situation is much better than the Oilers.
The difference is that the Avalanche are actually considered to have some very good prospects in both the D and G positions and the Avs are seeing some rookie Dmen break into the team in Elliot and Barrie.
By all accounts, the Avs should be a much better team than they showed last year and I think their offseason changes make them a much better team. They may still miss the playoffs but I would expect them to be closer to 15th overall than 30th.
Overall I like this signing. I do not believe that Landeskog will suddenly turn into a bust now that he has his contract signed. The worst case scenario I see is that they overpay him a bit now and underpay him in a few years.
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I think the Oilers have better depth in defense. Nurse, Kleblom and Maricinin arent slumps. Colorado's top 6 has more variety of player types such as snipers, two way forwards and play makers