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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
It's funny how the media in Edmonton has not turned to the Oilers getting back easily next season, because the 83 Oilers got swept.
A core group of 21/22 year old players vs McMickey and Crysaddel who are pushing 28 and 30 lol.
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Age aside, neither has really ever truly taken games over in the playoffs and are unlikely to do it in the future. They may put up points in bunches in the earlier rounds against weaker teams, but I don't remember either having a period or several shifts where they absolutely dominate and will their team to win like Iginla, Sakic or Forsberg back in the day. Guys like Mackinnon, Barkov and even Ovi sure have more recently as well.
These guys on the Oilers are special teams reliant fluffs that aren't able or aren't willing to get greasy enough to win the biggest games against the toughest teams. If Dallas hadn't completely run out of gas and gone tits up, they would have been golfing for weeks now too.