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Oilers hype: Is HF buying in on a 2024 run?
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Bobby9
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I think the leagues figured out how to beat the Oilers.
Most teams can compete with them 5 on 5 and most teams can beat them playing 5 on 5 ,so stay off the PK.
Check hard, especially on Bouchard and Nurse and capitalize on their mistakes.
If the league can bring the Oilers PP down to 25% they'll miss the playoffs.
Essentially, they're the Harlem Globetrotters of the NHL
Most teams can compete with them 5 on 5 and most teams can beat them playing 5 on 5 ,so stay off the PK.
Check hard, especially on Bouchard and Nurse and capitalize on their mistakes.
If the league can bring the Oilers PP down to 25% they'll miss the playoffs.
Essentially, they're the Harlem Globetrotters of the NHL
The Gr8 Dane
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I don't think any neutral fan who watches NHL hockey around the league thinks the Oilers were ever contenders , the D and G have just been putrid for mcdavids entire tenure
blundluntman
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Imo this team would be a better off if they traded someone like Nuge for a shutdown 2nd line center. The unavoidable flaws though are the amount of money they have tied to their goalies and the extra 2.5 mil that's being wasted on Nurse. With an extra 5 mil or so they might be able to add another good dman on top of that shutdown center. That'd make them a legitimate contender if Skinner could be more reliable like he was last year in the regular season. That's just my somewhat uninformed opinion though.
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Oilers management would probably go for more offense, they think they can outscore their defensive flaws and it starts with their leadership core McDrai.
It's not the just defensemen but the mindset of the forwards who play a one-way game and not as a cohesive unit.
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I'm more inclined to blame management than McDrai , there's 16 other skaters and a goalie out there
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And yet just 2 weeks ago I got roasted by Oilers fans for suggesting this very thing at the start of the thread.
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I still think there's no way they miss the playoffs, but they're pretty much the same old Oilers.
Lots of firepower. Bad D. Questionable goaltending.
Lots of firepower. Bad D. Questionable goaltending.
EdmFlyersfan
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There's leadership from above and then there is leadership on the ice, both are flawed.
The lineup is questionable but its 100% the effort that has been lacking here at the start of the season.
Goaltending wether you believe it or not hasnt been That bad. the goals Campbell has allowed has been tips, 2 on 1s, breakaways. He has allowed maybe 2 bad goals.
I consider them a fringe contender when they are going and at their best, because the defense even then is very questionable, but they shouldnt be close to as bad as they are right now.
Goaltending wether you believe it or not hasnt been That bad. the goals Campbell has allowed has been tips, 2 on 1s, breakaways. He has allowed maybe 2 bad goals.
I consider them a fringe contender when they are going and at their best, because the defense even then is very questionable, but they shouldnt be close to as bad as they are right now.
EdmFlyersfan
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They will finish top 5 or for sure top 10, but the question is always about how their game is not built for the playoffs... and you can see these markers during the regular season (at least objective hockey fans can).
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Trust me, too many of them follow the local media here who are pretty much owned by the Oilers... which clouds their judgement.
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Typical HF pronouncement of doom after a few games.
Edmonton will be fine.
Playoff bound easily.
Edmonton will be fine.
Playoff bound easily.
HockeyVirus
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Their defense and goaltending has only been a problem for a few games?
It’s the typical early season overreaction. They were overhyped in the off season as a Cup favourite as the only real add from the team that lost to Vegas was Connor Brown.
But they’re also not as bad as they look right now. They’ll end up a top 10 team with questionable D, goaltending and depth going into the playoffs. If one of their goalies gets hot and McDrai play out of their minds again then they could go on a bit of a run but it’s hard to see them beating top teams like Vegas and Colorado in a 7 game series as those teams will exploit Edmontons weaknesses.
But they’re also not as bad as they look right now. They’ll end up a top 10 team with questionable D, goaltending and depth going into the playoffs. If one of their goalies gets hot and McDrai play out of their minds again then they could go on a bit of a run but it’s hard to see them beating top teams like Vegas and Colorado in a 7 game series as those teams will exploit Edmontons weaknesses.
So far, no. But it has only been a few games and the beginning of the season in any sport always has increased upsets.
Nah, it was always (and still is) within the realm of possibility of the Oilers going to the SCF, but that's mainly based on the teams in front of them suffering key injuries before or during the playoffs such that the Oilers simply outscore them all. In other words, it is possible but all the dominos have to line up perfectly for that to happen. Otherwise, outside of McDrai and RNH (sometimes) it is hard to imagine a worse-built team for playoff hockey, i.e., average-to-deficient goalies and overall defense, and really only one effective line (albeit, arguably the best one in the NHL) with the bottom six merely trying to survive.
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No it hasn’t, and it hasn’t impeded their ability to make the post season.
I would not write them off at all.
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Because Smith and Skinner had unsustainable stretches compared to what they are to cover weaknesses. Similar to what Campbell did in Toronto where he was lights out until Jan.
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I'm afraid they really are looking like the Leafs West; always gonna be fine in the regular season but you don't/can't ever say they are the most complete, most talented, deepest, most physical/intimidating, best coached/prepared team in the league. You need to be the best at something and the only thing they have is the best player; and this isn't the NBA and a hockey skater isn't a NFL QB.
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When I saw this title I just rolled my eyes and thought the thread was an extension of the bizarre number of analysts who seemed to have picked the Oilers as cup favourites. I'm very sad I didn't register my derision at the time, but I promise you all I thought the possibility was complete nonsense at the time.
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