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Originally Posted by dino7c
Yep even with Kane the Oilers record was pretty average and honestly they were pretty fortunate in a couple of those wins. They cant just throw their sticks on the ice and make the playoffs like Tampa or Chicago of years past.
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They are nowhere as balanced as those teams. They might have the offense but even then, the offensive balance is heavily weighted towards 5 forwards. To say you have 8 players with 4 or more points isn't very balanced (4 points in 14 games is 23-point pace) 5 of your 12 forwards are on a 25 or more-point pace? That's 0 balance.
So, you can score but you just lost one of the 5 who can score. But your defense is terrible and so are your goalies. They can't afford to stop scoring.