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Originally Posted by dino7c
the exact quote was
"fact is the Oilers are better"
That is what I disagreed with...I am willing to bet they are worse. All the "I hate to say it but blah blah blah" guys always talk a big game.
Yet when it comes right down to it nobody has been willing to bet that the Oilers have a better points % this season...must really think they improved.
The fact they improved their strength and their weaknesses got worse is not a recipe for success IMO. McDavid will have less PPG to despite the major top line upgrade too.
best part is the Oilers are capped out for years, this season is the best they will get. All the fears of not just how but how many cups with McDavid are gone IMO.
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This 100%, doesn’t matter the supporting cast forwards, Mavi and Raisatl play nearly half the game regardless of who the rest of the lines are. The defensive side got significantly worse adding Keith and Ceci, which will translate to more high chance shots which won’t translate to many good nights for 40 yr old Stink Eye or Kostinem.
The reason of so much Oiler bashing is people get ridiculously tired of the obvious Media mandate to highlight the Oilers and push them as the “next contenders”. The Oilers are not contenders, are not close to being contenders, have no cap space and no prospects. I actually believe they are a good pick to miss the playoffs, do not match up well against a lot of teams over 82 games and won’t get to feast on bottom feeders 10 times and get hyped over BOA’s for the majority of their schedule.
I want him to sign a huge extension, but by pure performance Ken Holland should be fired 10 times over up there. So enough about these clowns and the clown show up north….