You can blame Dubnyk as much as you want, but with the shot quality the guy faces every game, I'd be surprised if everytime a opposition player winds up he hears paint it black by the rolling stones and starts shaking.
At this point, Oiler fans have to be realistic, yes with the exception on Yakapov their big 4 generate points, but they are either too stupid to learn how to play defense or too lazy, and at some point you have to blame Edmonton's drafting philosophy or player development, but their top 6 is becoming an illustration of failure.
For those Oiler fans that think that the Oilers are a defensemen and a center and a goalie from competing, they are a lot further away then that. The Oilers need a culture transplant from top to dressing room. Hall would probably be the only one worth seriously investing in and even he is remarkably one dimensional.
I'm almost willing to be that the Oilers are going to have to move from this rebuild to the next rebuild.
I also think watching Yakapov that he's thrown in the towel, there is no effort to his game at all. I would be willing to bet that at the end of the season he's either going to lay out an immediate trade demand or he'll threaten to go to the KHL since there's no chance that he's going to the Olympics.
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