Are the 2024-2025 Edmonton Oilers the biggest preseason cup favourites of all time?

[benfranklin]

Such fake hype. McDavid will get them far enough because their division is garbage, but no chance they repeat that legendary PK in the playoffs again.

And I half want to say Skinner will find a way to not play a playoff game somehow.

 

[iam76]

season starts game 2

 

[Love]

Might need another mid season coaching change

 

[Oleksiak]

Might need another mid season coaching change

How many coaches will be willing to work under a sex offender as a boss?

 

[Sasha Orlov]

It’s over

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Such fake hype. McDavid will get them far enough because their division is garbage, but no chance they repeat that legendary PK in the playoffs again.

And I half want to say Skinner will find a way to not play a playoff game somehow.

Their PK run last playoffs was a total fluke. Just like Skinner playing well above his head for a lot of the playoffs but had to be saved by Pickard.

If their PK is that good, I want to see them post a 97% PK for the entire regular season.

 

[nucks88]

The're a f***ing dynasty.....

 

[benfranklin]

Their PK run last playoffs was a total fluke. Just like Skinner playing well above his head for a lot of the playoffs but had to be saved by Pickard.

If their PK is that good, I want to see them post a 97% PK for the entire regular season.

They're the same old Oilers. Tons of offense. Amazing PP. No D and no G.

 

[Coffey]

One game will define their season.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

The team is banking on a homerun for the second pairing RD at the deadline.

No reason to think they won't go all-in and overpay massively to fill that hole, so I'd agree it probably won't be an issue.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

No reason to think they won't go all-in and overpay massively to fill that hole, so I'd agree it probably won't be an issue.

If tonight in an indication, this d-corps may be in tough to get them to the deadline. Scoring more than 0 goals would help too.

 

[Oleksiak]

No reason to think they won't go all-in and overpay massively to fill that hole, so I'd agree it probably won't be an issue.

Now how do they get 4 other NHL defensemen?

 

[Jets4Life]

In my lifetime? I can name a few....

The 1983 NY Islanders
The 1985 and 86 Edmonton Oilers
The 1988 Edmonton Oilers
The 1990 Calgary Flames
The 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins

I'm not sure about the cap era, but I am pretty sure the Red Wings of 1998 were the consensus favourites by most.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

The Rangers and Stars have the more complete teams. Trade deadline can change that and I think it’s obvious that we’ll be all in. Those teams will be as well, but we maybe have more to gain from a trade deadline upgrade than they do. But it’s a lot of ifs.

Heiskanen and Fox are better #1 D than Ekholm (I’m not putting Bouchard there).

Shesterkin and Oettinger far better than Skinner.

The division is still a huge benefit for the Oilers. The central is a grind -- it showed on Dallas last year.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

They're the same old Oilers. Tons of offense. Amazing PP. No D and no G.

Oilers are worse on the backend this year and bottom 6 depth-wise, losing Holloway and Broberg is gonna cost them. Both of them played great in St. Louis the other night and contributed to the win.

 

[ozzie]

The Oiler team from the first 3 games of the finals has showed up tonight. Pretty terrible. Only one game, but still.

 

[tabness]

vulgarity to motivate is a cursed idea

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

The Oiler team from the first 3 games of the finals has showed up tonight. Pretty terrible. Only one game, but still.

I wonder what McDavid is saying in-between periods?

 

[benfranklin]

Anyone shocked that Olofsson looks great again? Sabres are such losers.

 

[Oleksiak]

I wonder what McDavid is saying in-between periods?

Probably telling the rest of the team to dive more and not care about disgracing the sport.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

They're the same old Oilers. Tons of offense. Amazing PP. No D and no G.

I'm still shocked by the level of play of tight D that Knoblauch was able to get out of that group last playoffs. I'm not sure if he'll be able to replicate that this playoffs.

 

[olafsson]

Lmfao. Soilers doing their own version of Cup or Bust again

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

I wonder what McDavid is saying in-between periods?

I can't imagine too much given that he's probably still tender from head reattachment surgery after that brutal decapitation in the Vancouver series.

Also, lol. Lmao, even. (He writes as Calgary makes it a 1 goal game vs. his team.)

 

[MMANumminen]

Wishful thinking. Dallas is stronger. Colorado and Nashville are on par

 

[Jets4Life]

Damn 6-0 for the good guys.