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Originally Posted by Knightslayer
How has McDavid helped the Oilers? Bad teams stay bad. Good teams don't tank.
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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.