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Originally Posted by dino7c
The great Oilers won 7 playoff games...Talbot stole 4 of them
next year is a brand new season...there are only four teams that should be talking about 2017 results right now.
To just assume the Oilers are a better team next season is dumb
Caps have had a decade of "great seasons" and haven't been past the 2nd round, don't try and predict the future
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I agree, but what makes it interesting is that the Oilers have that generational player who's a tremendous blessing, but he and Draisitl create a really interesting problem where combined they're adding probably 20 mil + to a payroll that's already tight to the cap.
They're going to have to make the choice of stripping away probably 3 6 million dollar players, but the problem is that no team is going to take straight salary for guys like Eberle and Lucic and even RNH.
Its going to be really tough for them to improve the team because outside of JP there's not much in the prospect closet to get excited about.
I expect them to take a step back next year, not out of the playoffs, but back to a wild card spot.
Man, McDavid just was invisible in this series, and Nurse showed what everyone expected, that he's a dumber version of Denis Gauthier.