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Originally Posted by vilzeh
I just hate that ” they fold against Oilers ” narrative. I can’t stand the Oilers, I don’t think i’ve ever watched an Oilers game, if it wasnt vs Flames, so I kind of trust the opinions in this Forum about the Oilers. ”They can’t play 5on5” ”its just McDavid and Draisaitl”, Yet when you look at the deep stats, they have like 3 lines in the top5 in these playoffs. How is that possible? Genuinely asking, I don’t care to watch them, I loathe them too much, but I always have my hopes up come playoffs time that they are pretenders, because everyone here says so, I’ve lost faith.
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Yeah, somehow the Stars are deep and the Oilers are not, even when the actual numbers say the exact opposite.
The Oilers forwards have 50 points when you count out the top3, while their top 3 (RNH, Drai and McDavid) have 41 points.
With Stars the situation is 36 points for the first line and 36 points for the rest, only Toronto is even more top heavy, and Dallas has been even more reliant on their first line the later the playoffs have gone.
Oilers top forwards are better, they have better offensive depth and middle of the pack defense. They should probably be considered the favorites against Dallas, who's main advantage is goaltending and special teams. That gap in goaltending is really big though. Plus with Heiskanen back, that improves Dallas in both offense and defense, even if that improvement isn't visible in the stats yet.
(Btw, Florida, who even is their top 3? They have 8 forwards with exactly 8 points, that's ridiculous
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