I thought Edmonton looked pretty good. They have a great young goalie locked up, and while could use more offensive depth, Draisaitl was looking great in the playoffs. With McDavid as well, they are going to be good up front for a long time, with D being their area strongly needing improvement.
Based on what I've seen in the playoffs this year, I suspect that the Oilers and the Flames are going to engage in some pretty epic battles for Pacific supremacy for the next little while, and both teams will firmly surpass the California based teams starting next year.
Both teams have different strengths and weaknesses, different things to address as they move forward and they certainly arrived at this spot in very different ways (feel we can be much more proud of the way our team was built), but I think there is going to be little to nothing to choose between the two AB squads for a few seasons now. It's going to be the 80's all over again, minus the lock on the two AB teams easily being the best in the NHL.
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