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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Yeah, I've been following that one for a bit, its pretty laughable, Klefbom is decent but that's about it, but its going to be tougher for him with Sekera out.
I mean frankly they took out Eberle and you take out Sekera and replace them with Strome and its a significantly worse team.
I wouldn't be surprised if they did miss the playoffs, all the pieces are there to slide
1) Eberle replaced by Strome
2) Sekera out leaves that blueline vulnerable
3) Talbot saw a lot of shots, especially from the danger areas and he's going to have to replicate that performance
4) A lot of career years
5) A schedule that was heavy on teams coming through on the second night of back to backs
6) Teams paying way more attention to McDavid physically.
7) No significant injuries last year.
that's a lot of elements that went right for them.
I mean to me there's only two sure things in the pacific. The Canucks are going to suck, the Knights are going to blow.
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I wouldn't want my team going into the season with that blue line but the fact is very few Oilers fans think that it matters. They are sorely mistaken.