I honestly believe that these oilers just will never pull this thing together with the make up of this team. They are high in skill but very low on hockey IQ... perfect examples are hall and yakupov. Both of them think this is junior hockey still and they can just dance around 4 guys coming into the offensive zone. I mean, look at that big hit hall took from Georges! Head down trying to pull off the between-the-legs toe drag?! This isn't D-level rec hockey and I can't believe hall is still trying to pull off stuff like that after being in the NHL for 3+ years. Very little effort and no team concept at all for the oilers.
People can keep saying "oh, it's still early in the season" but teams like this can end up 8+ points out of the last playoff spot by Halloween. Patience has to have run out from the oiler fans and I think it's time the media stopped giving that team a free pass. Yakupov will be traded before Christmas if they have any brains in the front office (but they don't).
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