Funny you never see threads on the sharks, ducks or Blackhawks
The Oilers are an old team
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More embarrassing to lose in the cup finals and have your 2 best players no show in games 6 and 7.
TheNumber4
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No, actually way way way less embarrassing, actually not embarrassing at all.
Trafalgar Sadge Law
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Nothing will be more embarrassing than getting gentleman sweeped by your provincial rivals to the point where your two best players mental boom and leave.
Bank Shot
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- 2007-08 Detroit Red Wings (54-21-7, 115 pts.) -
Average Age: 29 years, 9 months, 23 days
Notable Player(s): Nicklas Lidstrom (37), Pavel Datsyuk (29) - 2005-06 Carolina Hurricanes (52-22-8, 112 pts.) -
Average Age: 28 years, 5 months, 6 days
Notable Player(s): Rod Brind'Amour (35), Eric Staal (21)
Its like you didn't even look at the list and just came to the conclusion you wish to be true.
Nah, it's more embarrassing to lose to your provincial rivals to the point they literally destroyed the team and turned it into an AHL roster in 2 years. Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Markstrom, Tanev, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Hanifin all couldn't get out of there fast enough.
VainGretzky
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More embarrassing to see your ass in any Oilers thread to yap, lmao.
All that free time you have, and that's what you choose to do with it.
But hey, maybe you can enjoy watching Gaudreau and Monahan now that they're reunited again in CBJ.
McDavid and Draisaitl on one fricken leg destroyed your franchise into a rebuild. Cope harder.
Daishi
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That would be more like school yard bullying, or picking on the handicapped kid.Funny you never see threads on the sharks, ducks or Blackhawks
Senor Catface
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Meh don't care.
Is Draisaitl leaving thaman8765678?? Where's he going? Gonna keep us updated? You haven't posted the line in over 12 hrs. you okay?
Maybe he's going to join Johnny Hockey and Mony in Columbus. Or maybe Tchachuk and Bennett in Florida.
throw in Savoie,
Also maybe the fastest overall core in hockey too.
McDavid
Holloway
Hyman
Savoie
Arvidsson
Brown
Janmark
Broberg
Such useless logic by OP.
by this notion, the Canucks have 6 core guys over 28, I guess they are old too.
Check out the Leafs core now, so many core guys over 28 too. Yikes they havent even won a round yet
The Panthers have tons over 28.
if you take a look at the actual core players who are integral to team success for the foreseeable future, the Oilers might actually be one of the youngest
McDavid
Holloway
Broberg
Savoie
Draisaitl
Bouchard
Skinner
Avg Age:
24.3
Also maybe the fastest overall core in hockey too.
McDavid
Holloway
Hyman
Savoie
Arvidsson
Brown
Janmark
Broberg
Such useless logic by OP.
by this notion, the Canucks have 6 core guys over 28, I guess they are old too.
Check out the Leafs core now, so many core guys over 28 too. Yikes they havent even won a round yet
The Panthers have tons over 28.
if you take a look at the actual core players who are integral to team success for the foreseeable future, the Oilers might actually be one of the youngest
McDavid
Holloway
Broberg
Savoie
Draisaitl
Bouchard
Skinner
Avg Age:
24.3
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You think that will be the core in the near future?
No way. What happens to all the core players, with big, long contracts? Like Nurse, RNH, Hyman, Kane, Ekholm?
Assuming Holloway, Broberg and Savoie will be core players in the near future is really funny. You would be lucky if one of them is a real core player (not role player) in the next 2 years. I don't think Holloway has the upside, Savoie needs at least a few years to get there if ever and Broberg? Very unlikely
I dont care for Skinners age. A goalie of his caliber might be good for a few years or inconsistent. It does not matter if he is 24 or 28. Though I think he will be a core player for the next 5 years.
I was talking about next season. You don't win with only young players on ELC contracts(I never said that), but I think you do not win with that many players over 30 or declining. Injuries are a bigger concern as well for older players.
And I don't like Skinner, the forward. He will be a playoff disaster, even though I think his regular season will be statistically good.
We shall see.
Golden_Jet
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lol, all 32 teams are in the northern hemisphere
They lost a ton of speed with McLeod and Foegele going. We'll see what impact that has
Speed isn't an issue, though there were signs late in the Final where the Oilers' legs faded more than did the Panthers' legs. A lot of that also had to do with superior depth in Florida, though. Ride your stars into late June and the other team gets an advantage if it has more roster balance. Edmonton has made moves this month to try and address that, to try and give Knoblauch more reason to use his full bench.
This is overblown for the present. Edmonton's players are all mostly in their prime or slightly beyond. That's not a problem now or next season. It means they are going for it at present and will need significant roster reconstruction in a couple of years, though. They need to hit on more draft picks, and they need to start holding onto their picks in the top three rounds. History suggests that GMs in their position do not, though.
A certain amount of mortgaging is baked into the contention/rebuild curve. To use a wave metaphor for that cycle, the Oilers are at their crest; the wave does eventually crash. They aren't there yet, though.
This is overblown for the present. Edmonton's players are all mostly in their prime or slightly beyond. That's not a problem now or next season. It means they are going for it at present and will need significant roster reconstruction in a couple of years, though. They need to hit on more draft picks, and they need to start holding onto their picks in the top three rounds. History suggests that GMs in their position do not, though.
A certain amount of mortgaging is baked into the contention/rebuild curve. To use a wave metaphor for that cycle, the Oilers are at their crest; the wave does eventually crash. They aren't there yet, though.
His world is in shambles. I mean, how embarrassing is it when your play by play guy bolts and goes to the Blackhawks.
Even Rick Ball didn't want to be calling games for an AHL roster.
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I would say there is something in the water in Calgary but….His world is in shambles. I mean, how embarrassing is it when your play by play guy bolts and goes to the Blackhawks.
This years long run may negatively impact their next years playoffs but Oilers are still my early favorite to win it all next year.
Can you do that for the eastern conference as well?
I guess PIT and WSH are up there. At least WSH got younger.
Dallas lost, because to many players looked as old as they were. Thanks for making my point.
At least Dallas has very good young players who will get better. There future still looks bright with the upcoming prospects and Oettinger being better again.
Next year the oilers will loose sometime in the first 3 rounds, depending on which teams they play. Not reaching the finals again. Draisaitl leaving - game over.
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