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Erick Estrada · 11-21-2019, 06:37 AM

Well it was as bad an offseason as a team coming off a conference championship could have. The big trade that needed to happen fell through and the one trade that went through was to send out a player where winning followed (don't care what anyone says about Neal it's true about winning following him as the Oilers are further proof) for one for the worst contract in the league and the stench of losing. The owners should forever ban their GM from making trades with the Oilers. No bottom six forwards have improved and the top six forwards have declined. Norris winning defenseman from last year is having a bad season. Head coach doesn't seem to have a lot of answers outside of his line blender. There are lots of issues.

It has to be said that going back to 2014 there is a cycle of good season/bad season and this is the scheduled bad season. Not sure why that is the trend but it's hard to ignore.

11-21-2019, 06:37 AM	#4
Erick Estrada Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Fernando Valley Exp:	Well it was as bad an offseason as a team coming off a conference championship could have. The big trade that needed to happen fell through and the one trade that went through was to send out a player where winning followed (don't care what anyone says about Neal it's true about winning following him as the Oilers are further proof) for one for the worst contract in the league and the stench of losing. The owners should forever ban their GM from making trades with the Oilers. No bottom six forwards have improved and the top six forwards have declined. Norris winning defenseman from last year is having a bad season. Head coach doesn't seem to have a lot of answers outside of his line blender. There are lots of issues. It has to be said that going back to 2014 there is a cycle of good season/bad season and this is the scheduled bad season. Not sure why that is the trend but it's hard to ignore. Last edited by Erick Estrada; 11-21-2019 at 06:40 AM.