Oilers added Pouliot, Purcell, Nikitin, Fayne, Aulie while losing Gagner and Hemsky. They look good on the wing with Hall, Eberle, Perron, Yakupov, Pouliot, Purcell but weak at C with RNH, Gordon, Arcobello, Drasaitl.
Their D is still pretty weak with Nikitin, Fayne, Schultz, Petry, Ference, Aulie/Marcinin/Nurse
Goaltending is a big ? With Scrivens and Fasth. Neither guy has been a starter and both are late 20's early 30's so not expecting one of them to jump to elite status.
MacT has failed to make the "bold moves" he had talked about bit certainly has shuffled the deck around his young core. The current hole up the middle is their biggest issue and a tough spot to fill. Really surprised they didn't go after a guy like Olli Jokinen in free agency
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