Over the last two seasons the Oilers have had the 11th best goaltending in all situations but were buoyed by having the 5th best shooting percentage, for a PDO of 1.015 (3rd place).
I could go all anti-Oiler here, but instead I'll admit they probably keep the shooting percentage in the black because they have two top of the heap forwards.
But if the step back on the blueline and another year on Smith's odometer (and probably coming off what seems to be a late career year) they could be in some difficulty for sure.
With that blueline, it's pretty likely things get worse defensively, and given how a lot has gone right offensively in the past two years this certainly has that whiff of a step back.
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