Bottom 6 has stone hands syndrome.. an aging Perry/Ryan... Podz who hasn't scored a goal in YEARS... Janmark and Brown are famous for having one amazing goal every 15 games and then going AWOL on offence for huge stretches.
Everyone could see Henrique would have his production reduced by spending time in the bottom 6 and sure enough it's happening.
You'd have to count on Skinner & Arvidsson getting 80+ goals between them because that's how many goals were removed from the lineup when you count all the outgoing players plus Kane out and the inevitable regression from Hyman down to human levels again from the superhuman 54 he scored.
I'm not surprised at all by the low chemistry this team has had with the high roster turnover and the offence sputtering is something I certainly expected especially initially... but even I didn't think they'd be DFL in the league in offense.
When you can't outscore the San Jose Sharks who are an ECHL level team... there's definitely something deeply wrong with the chemistry/gelling/vigor of this lineup.
Not enough give-a-shit for each other in the lineup... not enough actual effort expended on creating offense. Too much complacency... thinking teams are going to roll over and let the Oilers score at will based on their reputation rather than realizing they need even more effort and drive this year to accomplish anything near to what they did last year because every team plays up to near 100% when they play the Oilers.
It's a badge of honor beating the team that is "supposed" to be the #1 contender for the cup this year... and so far most teams are finding it rather easy to stay competitive with this team of complacent, underprepared, overconfident players who haven't yet realized they'll have to do MORE than they did last year to make the playoffs... not less.
Salary Cap: Pens '24-'25 Salary Thread: The Crosbicles Volume XIX
