If one takes off the homer glasses and realizes how close the Oilers got to winning last year with a mangled Draisatil and no Kane then they would see why the Oilers are favoured by many to come out of the West,
I think the tone of this post is an example of the wish casting people do about the best player in the league. They think the McDavid should win a cup. Because it would just look bad on the game if he didn't.
I live in Edmonton and don't actually hate the team as much as everyone else. You're accusing me of partisanship but it is really the opposite. I was trying to be as objective as I can.
The Oilers last year spent a portion of the season out of the playoffs. And they lost that infamous game against the Sharks. Then they had to go on a miracle run just to make it. Then they almost lost in the first round against the Canucks. If they lost that round, the consensus would have been that goaltending was the reason they were a 1st round exit. But they squeaked it out. And this is what you are calling a commanding run to a Stanley cup final. It was anything but.