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Originally Posted by Dragomir
The Oilers are the best team in the Pacific and it’s not even close. They also got better while the Flames got worse, I predict Oilers, Canucks, Flames in that order at the top of the division.
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How'd they get better?
They lose Keith, their best, maybe second best defender last year. No worthy replacement. Money goes into just keeping Kane.
Smith --> Campbell is lateral at best. Smith had better numbers and Campbell is unproven in a starter role & oft injured.
Everybody else was merely brought back for another round of McSwept hockey. Where did they upgrade?
Oilers are an old team. They aren't on the up and up anymore. They're prolonging a window of desperation that'll be all for naught because everything below the forward ranks is deeply & inherently flawed and doomed to fail them when the competition is legit.
Just utter neglect on the back end. What's hilarious is they're so cocky coming off an unimpressive run where the opponents imploded more than the Oilers did good that they think they can score enough to get away with a lottery team defense.