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Originally Posted by Bingo
Can you imagine walking that out without discussing powerplay time, the fact that the Oilers use only one unit, and that the players coming in won't get the same ice time and situations?
Insanity.
But found his twitter post when he launched the article.
Feedback was basically ... add Bouchard to the list, and can the Oilers break the most 30 goal scorers record from 40 years ago.
How can a fanbase stay grounded when they're fed dribble like this?
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it would be much easier to just say, wow I could see the Oilers with 4 30 goal guys , maybe 5 if everything breaks well or someone gets on a shooting percentage heater- that is grounded in some sort of reality (but still super optimistic), but no its 7 or 8
McDavid and Draisaitl as locks if healthy? sure
Hyman- yeah probably , heck of a player but hard to say a lock. Loob went from the only 50 goal Swede to high 20s (in a still really succesful cup year)
Bouchard? well maybe- there have been 2 30 goal D in the last 35 years. MacInnis never did it. Could Bouchard- yes but that would mean less PP tip ins or redirects by forwards
One of Skinner, Arvidsson, Kane, Nuge? fine- Skinner seems most likely. Nuge is in this 30s and did it once- whichever guy plays shot gun with McDavid and is the 4th forward with Hyman and the wonder twins on the PP yes, but somehow to picture that whichever of Kane, Skinner or Arvidsson ends up on the 3rd line with Henrique and Connor Brown is going to score 30 with no PP time ? I don't think so