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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Great run, they looked ok against a pretty battered sharks team past their best before label, and pretty much got their teeth punched in by the Ducks, if it wasn't for Talbot that series is an embarrassment.
Last years team might be as good as it gets for the Oilers. They're not going to be in a position to make hockey trades, they're going to have to make contract trades and nobody is going to help them out with that. They're going to be out of the big game hunting for free agents. Their prospect depth is weak, and the players that they're going to have to move are over paid badly and teams aren't going to take those contracts without consideration.
On top of that as bad as Eberle was, Strome's not an improvement, and they're starting the season without Sekera which means Russell who's weak on the boards and bad positionally and Nurse who's just dumb are going to be getting more minutes.
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Are you trying to convince yourself?
It might be like the time you convinced yourself that Draisaitl was a scrub that would never amount to anything.
Oilers have some challenges going forward, just like every other team in the league.