I think the biggest issue for the Oilers is some of their metrics last year not repeating. If that happens no added forward depth is going to save them.
Generational powerplay, top of the league penalty kill ... and then Draisaitl's line having some of the biggest on ice shooting percentage metrics in the league.
Law of averages brings the first two back to the norm to some degree at least, and I guess we'll see when it comes to the Draisaitl numbers. Bottom line something is fishy when Yamamoto leads the league in that stat.
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