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Originally Posted by Five-hole
It's starting to look like handing the keys to the city to Hall, RNH, and Yak much too early is going to bite them hard. None of them play for anyone but themselves in terms of style and habits. They might care about wins (at least some of them) but they don't play in the way that will lead to wins and it's going to be very hard to instill that now that they've been anointed the next coming of the 80s Oilers.
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Thing is, the 80s Oilers were so talented that a lot of the stars didn't have to develop two-way habits (Gretzky, Anderson, Nilsson, Coffee). So the root of the problem is trying to relive the glory years without anywhere near the talent of the 80s Oilers, in a league that has changed dramatically since those days. The Oilers legacy is frankly a handicap at this point.