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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
Go ahead and underestimate Skinner and Arvidsson to your own detriment. Beyond delusion- those players have been really successful elsewhere and aren't really that old. Arvidsson was almost point per game in his return with LA last season from injury. Skinner has been point per game just before last year. I don't want the Oilers to win the Cup but to #### on their additions as bad hockey players is just nonsensical and not true at all. This isn't the E=NG thread. That's easily the deepest top 6 in the west. Possibly top 9.
Depends if Colorado gets Nichushkin back and how healthy Landeskog is.
Canucks objectively got worse. So the Flames fans only real hope is VGK, DAL or COL knocking out the Oilers in the playoffs.
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The oilers dumped off their defensively conscious forwards. They also dumped up speed up front.
Their blueline doesn't look good, Skinner still needs to prove himself and find consistency.
And the team is older then Bob Barker, which means the risk of injury is high, which for a team in a cap crunch is bad news.
I would argue that adding older offensive players which is what the Oilers didn't need, might make the Oilers worse. the only thing saving them is that the West is in an awful cycle.
I thought that Drai was going to walk, it sounds like he held a gun to the Oilers head to become the highest paid player in the league? Is he worth that? We''ll see. But he's not going to be playing for a contract for the next 8 years.