[CaptainCrunch]

Its funny with people putting up the forward group of the Oilers including Kane and Holloway and proclaiming it as the best group of forwards since the 80's. But is the hype real?


Sure its a good group of forwards. But its an old group of forwards, like I expect that part of the incentive for their new free agents is a gift card to the Country Kitchen Buffet.


I mean think about it Janmark is 31 had 4 goals and 8 points in 71 games and hasn't played a full season forever.


Skinner is 32, had a good season last year with 24 goals and 46 points, but he's a defensive hole with a -2.



Adam Henrique is a good player but he's 34, that decline is coming, and you've got to think the same thing with Hyman who has some major miles on his tires.


This is a really old group of forwards, with injury issues, they still have a dog of a blueline, and we still don't know what Skinner is in goal.



And we've found that you can't always outscore your issues in the playoffs.



I get they're excited about this lineup, but its a long ways to training camp and the time that they have to get to the cap. I expect that the league will look hard at Kane going on LTIR, but they'll still need to do more to get cap compliant once they sign Boingboing and Holloway.


Age can jump on a team quickly. The Oilers will also have a really hard decision to make next year with Draisaitl, do they ride it out and risk losing him for nothing if they're in a playoff spot and he hasn't signed.



Is this Oilers team a playoff team? Yer damn right, but are they a sure fire cup champion? Sports is way to unpredictable for it, its just as lightly that a few of their walkers break on the way to the ice, and the Oilers stumble.


And of course, we have the new coach bump. We've seen it a lot with this team, Will they still have that next year or not.


I predict one thing for the Oilers and their fanbase for next year, pain, oh wait, two things, embarrassment, oh no three things, despair.