I know there are some who believe this Oilers team has a chance, and I can understand that given they've looked good for the last month and a half of games. They might be right about them being a threat to win the cup, but I just don't see it. They did not look good at all last year's playoffs and I see mostly the same happening this playoffs. Their team isn't constructed in a way that leads to success in the playoffs and even with 97 playing the way he is, hockey has proven time and time and time again that one player or in this case, two, isn't enough. Winners will grind them down, they'll render the other teams' superstars as just good, and that will happen again. I don't think they make it past the 2nd round in fact and there's a good chance LA beats them in round 1, but I think it goes 7. They certainly wouldn't get past much better playoff-built teams like the Bruins but they won't get that far.
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