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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Even with that plan they lose their PK I think. And they will burn out Skinner.
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The PK part is a big one for me. Even if they keep some of the top PK guys, they won't have a playoff of minus 1 on the PK again.
McDavid got a lot of credit and probably deserved the Conn Smyth, but the PK is why they almost one. Oilers top guys did a ton of padding stats in the Kings series and the first 2 games against Vancouver.
McDavid
1st 7 games - 17 points
Last 17 games - 25 points
Leon
1st 7 games - 16 points
Last 17 games - 15 points
Hyman
1st 7 games - 11 points
Last 17 games - 11 points
Bouchard
1st 7 games - 11 points
Last 17 games - 21 points
Nuge
1st 7 games - 9 points
Last 17 games - 13 points
Bouchard and McDavid numbers were still great, but the rest slowed up big time. They had some big games, 8-1 in the finals in a series that was 3-0, stats were padded but the PK almost won them the cup.
Janmark, Foegele, and Brown were huge parts of their success. But media just wants to give all the credit to the above.