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Do You Think The Oilers Have Done Enough To Help McDrai Win The Cup?
- Thread starter NVious
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Bounces R Way
Registered User
needs more Skinners imo
NeverForget06
Here we go again !
Because of the way those two show up come playoff time it's hard to blame anyone but those around them for them not having a cup yet
VanillaCoke
Registered User
Nowhere close..
Chia to Holland to Bowman is a nightmare.
Chia to Holland to Bowman is a nightmare.
NVious
Registered User
Yeah this was my thinking, even Crosby, Letang, Fleury, Staal and Malkin only won 1 cup before Murray and Kessel showed up. Kessel being a massive and relatively cheap addition.
Zirakzigil
The Global Hangman wishes he could be
They dont have the goaltending or defense, same story different year.
bambamcam4ever
107 and counting
The last 3 seasons their roster has been good enough to win the cup
One thing I will never argue with a Flames fan with. Management did a magnificent choke job in the last 10 years.
Luigi Lemieux
Registered User
Pens had 106 points in a season both Crosby and Malkin missed the entire second half (10-11). Oilers are in the cellar without McDavid and Draisaitl.
Management has done a awful job. 10 years in and they're pinning their hopes on Stuart Skinner in goal. Shame we never got to see prime Mcdavid on a truly dominant team.
Canadienna
Registered User
Looking over the goalies McDavid has played in front of his whole career honestly makes it even more surprising they've had the success they've had.
They can still win it with poor-mediocre goaltending, but to me this is a glaring issue, again and again for a decade there.
They can still win it with poor-mediocre goaltending, but to me this is a glaring issue, again and again for a decade there.
bambamcam4ever
107 and counting
Well it helps that the Penguins were tied for the best record before Crosby got hurt
GrumpyKoala
Registered User
Oh common... are you not watching tonight stellar Skinner performance?
PainForShane
formerly surfshop
I legitimately don't understand this narrative. If McDavid scored 2 points in game 7 -- which everyone legitimately expected him to -- Edmonton would've won the cup this past summer.
Yes the Nurse contract stinks and it'd be great to have an upgrade in goal, but this is a cup contending roster regardless
Yes the Nurse contract stinks and it'd be great to have an upgrade in goal, but this is a cup contending roster regardless
Luigi Lemieux
Registered User
They still played at a 102 point pace without both Crosby and Malkin.
And if Vancouver scored two more goals in round 2, Edmonton would have been eliminated. The league has more parity but a team with McDavid should be better over previous years
Video Nasty
Registered User
Clearly not, but they’re going to do it anyway.
PainForShane
formerly surfshop
100%. McDavid was pointless against Vancouver game 7 as well, the rest of the team stepped up to win that game (and Vancouver has a good team too). Their roster is fine
Luigi Lemieux
Registered User
They had a lot go right though to get to that point. They likely lose to Vancouver if they weren't on their 3rd string goalie. It took a superhuman performance from McDavid last playoffs and it still wasn't enough.
nowhereman
Registered User
Yes. Now it's time to put up or shut up. Sid and Geno had less to work with.
NVious
Registered User
Edmonton's best acquisitions have either come from other teams passing on the player (Kane/Hyman) or internal development (Skinner, Bouchard), that said they have arguably the two best players in the game in their prime and they haven't swung for a true bonafide 1G/1D.
As good as McDrai are, if you need them to go 2ppg for you to have a chance, you're probably over relying on them. 1 cup finals is a fine result, but it's also not a great result either for players as good as them, 1 cup is the minimum and even then.... not that that's on them at all, just the management who hasn't gotten anyone (Ekhold is a good addition, but not exactly a game changer).
glenngineer
Registered User
Or add an elite winger. It would keep McDavid and Draisaitl on separate lines and an opponent has to decide which line to try and stop, the line with the elite winger with one of these guys centering them or the line without the elite winger and only one of them. Then again, a guy like Hyman has held his own with McDavid so I think the extra offense could carry them. Imagine what a guy like Forsberg would look like on one of their wings.
