Drivesaitl
Finding Hemingway
The Oilers having the horses elsewhere usually means its the same lot hauling the cart every year like McDrai, Hyman, Booch, Nuge.This team is at the point where they need to actively seek out / retain the ever so elusive playoff performers. It isn't the first playoffs that Janmark has had a palpable impact on. One other example being his memorable hat trick for Vegas in game 7. And if Brown was playing for a contract, it seems strange that he took the $1M to stay here, as it is an absolute certainty he would have gotten more on the open market. The player has come on since healing up from the injury, which isn't a shock
Even if he has a slow start or is uneven during the season, that's quite alright as they have the horses elsewhere and he's being paid nearly league minimum. McLeod's $2.1 carried the expectation to produce, and outside of getting zoomed by Draisaitl (you can't deny that), his offensive production was entirely lackluster.
McLeod was a passenger much of the season, and playoffs, and he also nearly gave away game 7 vs the Canucks in a game that the Oilers had complete control over. Someone else posted that was the moment he was done here, I wouldn't be surprised if that is when Knoblauch and Jackson decided they wanted to move on
There's a chance he carries on and does well in Buffalo, but they couldn't afford him here for what they were getting out of him.
Like I've stated of the players the Oilers have obtained Henrique is the clear best one by miles. Skinner is a half court player that doesn't even care about ownzone and Arviddsson has had several injuries and is older now and less impactful now.
I love Henrique and Janmark. I don't know I'm gonna love the total game from Skinner, and I've seen Arviddson more than anybody on this board. He'll help at times but he won't be able to bring it for long stretches and he may not even be able to play as much as we'd like. Agreed that Janmark is a clear playoff performer. Seems to elevate.
We rode HYman and others hard this season and playoffs. Like as in the case of Nuge there will be fallback there too. I'm not as convinced the Oilers don't have stumbles coming up. I don't think just because of these name signings that we're set.
I dunno, for some reason I'm having trouble with the views on Oilers after how we lost. Really figured we should've won. Team probably responds well but I'm not there yet. lol the final result gutted me because it was there. That was our cup.