Speculation: Midseason Rankings

[Spawn]

Last game was the half way mark of the season.

I'm curious how people think things have gone in the first half as a whole. For me it's just felt like a big ol' bucket of meh. The team should be challenging for best in the league, and they just haven't done that so far. I'm so over having a miserable start to the season and then playing catchup the rest of the year.

Thank goodness Draisaitl has been having an MVP caliber first half.

Curious how others feel.

Here are some stats:
Oilers record after 41 games - 25-13-3, 53 points (on pace for 106)
Currently sitting 3rd in the division and 6th in the Western Conference
GF/G - 8th
GA/G - 10th
PP - 8th
PK - 24th
SF/G - 1st
SA/G - 4th
Team sh% - 23rd
Team sv% - 16th
Points % - 8th

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[Jimmi McJenkins]

I have;
Top-6 - Great, Leon is doing an MVP thing, McDavid will likely get to 130 points, Podkolzin is killing it and the other guys are coming around after some injuries.

Bottom-6 - Has been good, need a bit more consistency, but a lot of positive contributions out of the group.

Defense - Has been Great, truly. Nurse has played like a top pairing guy, Ekholm has continued to play like a #2A, Kulak has become a bonified top-4 defenseman, and Stetcher and Emberson have really solidified their spots. Bouchard needs to clean up and pick it up, but honestly this group has been great.

Goaltending - Has be Mediocre, Skinner has picked it up a lot lately, but Pickard is trending toward AHL goalie, which I don't love. Need more here.

The team overall has been great, the have the best record an Oilers team has had since 86-87, they're very good and still have room to improve.