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Originally Posted by amazing_oilers
You should really try watching games other than Calgary. Kulak played top 4 mins all the playoffs last year on way to the finals. Nurse is a legit top pairing dman who is very difficult to play against. Barrie and Bouchard can move the puck better than anyone on the Flames D. Ceci was excellent in the first round. I'll give you the goalie advantage but the Oilers haven't struggled to score on him since he went to Calgary. The Oilers are deeper up front and the d is closer than you think. I hope Tanev is in so McDavid can walk him on national TV.
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Barrie can't play defense, he might move the puck well, but he would be at best a bottom pairing guy on the Flames, but more likely filling in on a Michael Stone role, except any coach would be afraid of putting him on the ice while nursing a lead.
Bouchard is a nice little one way defenseman. but he's again got the defensive awareness of a rock.
Nurse on the Flames is a second pairing defenseman. On a team with a atrocious blueline like the Oilers he's a 9 million dollar top pairing guy. Nice work by Holland on that BTW.
Kulak played top 4 minutes in front of Price who carried the Habs to the Finals. He's a bottom pairing guy on the Oilers.
The Oilers aren't deeper up front. I give credit, McDavid and Draisaitl are highly elite. But lets see how Draisaitly does hobbled.
After you get by the Oilers first 2 guys, the Flames are far deeper far better defensively and have just a better overall forward group. What the Flames don't have is McDavid. But at least you know Gaudreau knows where his end of the ice is.
Mcdavid > Gaudreau absolutely
Rest of Flames forwards >> Oilers forwards
Flames Blueline >> Oilers Blueline
Markstrom (Vezina finalist) >>> Smith
Sutter >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Woodcroft.
And I think I'm being generous to the Oilers.