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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

What I don’t get is how the Oilers are shutting teams down. It’s not just the PK, it’s 5 on 5. They have a legit top D pairing (Ekholm was the best move Holland has made in his career), but after that it’s a bunch of humps. And it’s not as though they have an elite shut-down C either.

How is it that VAN, DAL, and FLO have all struggle to score against what, on paper, is a weak team defensively?

Hockey is a team sport?