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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Well I guess this season will be an interesting experiment.
Last season the Oilers were 12th in goals against.
This was with Nurse and Barrie in the top pairing role.
They added Keith who is essentially dead last in XGA/60 over the last 3 years. They also added Ceci who is like bottom quartile I think. Nowhere near good by this metric.
So with the expectation that Smith regresses this season and the Oilers have the worst top four group in the NHL defensively according to XGA/60 where do you think the Oilers finish the season in terms of goals against?
Last? Bottom five?
I personally think it will be closer to middle of the pack than bottom five.
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Did you negotiate Nurse’s contract? They played 6 teams.
SIX!
Do you seriously hold any credibility in them being 12th when they played 6 teams and McDavid roasted the Senators 8 times? Take 2 or 3 of their blowout games against the Sens and where are they at?
You think XGA/60 is noise but somehow GA vs 6 teams means anything when comparing things league wide? What?