[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

Lmao. OMG, Larsson is not under any pressure to replace Hall's scoring. Only you're suggesting that, and its a ridiculous notion.

Larsson does fix their need. He's big, he's a righty, and he's a shut down guy who can log 23 minutes at least. They don't need an Oiler-bred defensemen who doesn't know the two-way side of the game. Some of the best players on the Oilers' club have been fresh faces. Talbot, Pouliout, McDavid, Maroon and Sekera. These are culture changing guys. Larsson comes from a good defensive hockey club that knows how to create good D-men.

They DID get better because they shored up their biggest weakness while only slightly altering their strength. What is so hard to comprehend? Look at their forward depth still:

Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
UFA - Nuge - Eberle
Maroon - Drasaitl - Puljujari
Hendricks - Lander - Kassian

If they sign one of Lucic, Ladd, Eriksson, Hudler, Nielson, Elias, Staal, or Versteeg with their 15 million dollars in cap space in order to bump Pouliot off the first line, that's a decent forward group, especially if Puljujari pans out as projected. Anybody could replace Hall's point totals playing along side McDavid too.

That top 6 is pretty underwhelming if they don't get a player like Lucic.