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Originally Posted by Matty81
Lots of risk for sure but if Vegas pulls this off and get a healthy eichel in their lineup I think the odds of the flames coming out of the division are pretty much done for a half decade. Oilers witb mcdavid and draisaitl, Vegas with a very good core + eichel. Even if one has an off year ypu have a second team with a few top 20 players there and odds of them both having an off year are pretty much nonexistent. the best the flames can hope for is Vegas at least beats the oilers and shuts then out of a cup.
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The Oilers shut themselves out of cups. This year is their window.... when Nurses contract kicks in they have no cap space and have to resign Yamamoto, PullanRV and another goalie. They aren't contenders, especially since Mavi and Raisatl can't cut it in the playoffs.
But I understand your point.