[CaptainCrunch]

As much as Oiler fans think that their regular season success is going to lead to success in the playoffs I have trouble thinking that its going to translate.

A team going up against the Oilers is going to focus their game planning on one team and that makes every game a battle.

Any team that plays the Oilers is going to clog the neutral zone when McDavid is on the ice and not let him get his speed up in the neutral zone. They're also going to push the play into the corners.

McDavid's not going to get to free wheel much.

The Oilers actually have to hope that it won't be there first line that's their only good line during the regular season.

I also bet that any team is going to count on the loser officiating and lean on McDavid a lot.

In the end of the day since I'm predicting that the Oilers will be bounced in the first round that the epitath on the Oilers gravestones will be "The referee's screwed us because they let our opponents touch Conner.

Oh and that diving stuff that McDavid does probably won't fly in the playoffs, look what happened with Vancouver where the refs effectively punished the Canucks for their regular season embellishments.