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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I would argue that if your first was true Crosby would have a cup ring on every finger on both hands.
Having a generational player and a good player isn't enough anymore, we saw what the Ducks did to McDavid, they put his hip into the outside lane and took away the neutral zone, and while Draisaitl was very good (8 million dollars good) its not enough.
Its tough to win the Stanley Cup now because you literally need every player from 2nd line to 4th line to blue line to contribute and play their roles slightly above their heads.
We had what I would consider to be a real close to generational player in Iggy for how many years and the biggest problem was finding the supporting cast.
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ya, Iggy isn't a generational player....there's very few "can't miss" generational players that come along
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The problem with Edmonton is two fold
1) Their supporting cast didn't support their three really good players in the playoffs and in the end only two of those three, Talbot and Draisaitl had an impact. The argument at the start of the season where the Oilers didn't have good depth came to fruition in the second round, when the Ducks took away one of the three and 7 game series wise matchup wise, this series would have been a blow out if not for Talbot
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the Ducks gotten very little from anyone not named Getzlaf Silfverberg or Rakell...Kesler has 1 goal, Cogliano has 1 goal, Perry has 2 goals, Vermette has 0 goals
their bottom 6 has been bad and they they're being carried by their top 6...their "Depth" is a myth
and saying "if it weren't for Draisaitl and Talbot, Oilers don't win as many games as they did" is akin to saying "if the Ducks don't have Getzlaf and Silfverberg, they don't win as many games as they did"
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
2) The cap situation is going to further erode the Oilers depth and they don't have a lot of cheap good prospects right now that can fill in and contribute. That's going to take saavy drafting and trades of players like RNH and Eberle to fix, and frankly outside of Chia's trade for Talbot, his moves have been really suspect as have his contract signings.
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so, no credit for Maroon, Benning, Caggulia and Larsson? ok then
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Oh and there's a third fold
3) The Oilers were very shark like, they played well in the regular season where teams are more generic in their game planning, but after they played a battered Sharks team that is in dire need of a youth movement, they played a team that had that extra gear in the playoffs and the Oilers were really fortunate that the series got as far as it did.
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the Oilers had a 2-goal lead in 5 of the 7 games...the Ducks were lucky the Oilers inexperience (and refs) shone through cause the only game where they looked dominant was Game 7