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Old 11-04-2021, 12:22 PM   #704
GranteedEV
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Originally Posted by Knightslayer View Post
How has McDavid helped the Oilers? Bad teams stay bad. Good teams don't tank.
Regular season? The Oilers have 171 points in their last 136 games. That's an average (read: not extrapolation) of 103 points per 82 games

Playoffs? I wouldn't put too much stock into the bubble, which really just leaves last year. They got swept, and it was awesome as a Flames fan. But they're clearly deeper this year with the additions of Bouchard, Hyman, and Ryan.

Do I think they're a contender? I'm not convinced, because I'm not sold on other aspects of their roster - specifically their D because I think Nurse is a player who was actually just propped up by McDavid rather than an actual #1D, and I don't know if Keith-Ceci are a competent second pair (early metrics show that they're not). But these are the problems I'd like to have. You can rebuild a second pair in an offseason or two. Two years ago Hanifin-Hamonic was our second pair, and now Kylington-Tanev is (or Hanifin-Andersson, depending on how you elect to rank our D-pairs). I also think Tippett is a bit of an idiot with how often he plays Draisaiitl and McDavid together instead of rolling them on separate lines (when McDavid does just fine with Puljujarvi/Hyman on his line).

Do I think the Oilers win the Cup this year? No, because I'm not sold on their GM/Coach.

Would I trade Gaudreau/Lindholm/Tkachuk/Monahan/Andersson for McDavid/Draisaitl/Bouchard?

In a heartbeat and I'd love our chances with that revamped roster.

There's a reason it would never happen though.
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