We're a better team than everything except the Oiler's top line and their goalie. That said, we are not a good NHL team. A good NHL team would have won that game 5-1. The third goal was clearly Berra's fault and I'd argue the first one would have been a save by most NHL goalies. The second goal was a fluke, those happen to everyone.
The biggest issue I had was that we didn't look like we were playing hard, but I think that actually had a lot to do with Edmonton. They are really, really soft. Easy to knock off the puck, poor structure, and through the first two periods we didn't have to put a lot of effort in to get control of the game and it lulled us into thinking we would just glide to victory.
Edmonton's got some talent on that roster, but ... man ... without Dubnyk they lose badly to one of the worst teams in the league.
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