This was the Oilers shot and they knew it, given deadline day activity.
The upcoming cap and contracts means the roster on the ice will be more watered down than usual....and the Oilers aren't one of those gritty, scrappy, well lead teams that can come together (aka the Panthers this year) through adversity with so they need to win on pure talent, and they can't afford as much talent to balance the talent level as they had this year.
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