The Oilers have no doubt the best forward group in the league

[olli]

Make Jeff Jackson the permanent gm. This guy just resigned all of the important pieces signings from last off season and deadline pickup (Henrique) and replaced Foegale with Arvisdsson. Combine that depth with the best player available in world and best 1-2 c punch and you have the best forward group in the league. Dallas is still deeper but they have nobody close to McDavid or drai.

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[Turin]

Definitely a fantastic group if Arvidsson plays more than 20 games.

 

[olafsson]

Will believe it when I see it.

 

[KCC]

On paper they are loaded. Guess we will see what happens. You have to think they are the cup favourites next season by many again.

 

[FinlandPanther]

Yeah adding soft one dimensional Jeff Skinner and often injured Arvidsson doesn’t really do much for them. I mean I guess Mcdavid can carry them to the finals and then no show the important games at best.

 

[booyakasha]

RNH - McD - Hyman
Skinner - Drai - Arvidsson
Holloway - Henrique - Kane
Janmark - McLeod - Perry

that's an impressive set of forwards.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

RNH - McD - Hyman
Skinner - Drai - Arvidsson
Holloway - Henrique - Kane
Janmark - McLeod - Perry

that's an impressive set of forwards.

Skinner=

 

[Jacob]

I’m a big time Oilers hater but they had a good day today.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Top 15 for sure. No debate.

Their defense on the other hand....

 

[Goon42]

ya jeff skinner and evander kane wow

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Solid forward group.

Some question marks but also excellent potential if things work out.

 

[sepHF]

Yeah adding soft one dimensional Jeff Skinner and often injured Arvidsson doesn’t really do much for them. I mean I guess Mcdavid can carry them to the finals and then no show the important games at best.

gives Draisaitl a lot more to work with. He was mostly stapled to Foegele/McLeod/ Holloway last year

Both players are good 5v5 contributors as well

 

[ozzie]

Best forward group or not, that wasn't the problem. The problem was their BEST players vanished when it mattered most. You can't win if your 2 best players show up for 2 or 3 of the 7 games.

Skinner, Kane and Perry. Good grief.

 

[McFlyingV]

I mean he’s not wrong. Skinner IS soft and one dimensional. Arvidsson IS often injured.
I actually think Foegele is a big loss personally

I think Oilers had a solid day however.

I'd love to hear your rationale as to how Foegele is a big loss.

 

[Sypher04]

I'd love to hear your rationale as to how Foegele is a big loss.

Just thought he played really well in the playoffs. No huge explanation

 

[dgibb10]

I'd love to hear your rationale as to how Foegele is a big loss.

he had 37 even strength points last year. Ranking him 4th on the oilers. That is a significant loss of even strength production

 

[Three On Zero]

Cup or Bust 2.0?

 

[GhostfaceWu]

I mean he’s not wrong. Skinner IS soft and one dimensional. Arvidsson IS often injured.
I actually think Foegele is a big loss personally

I think Oilers had a solid day however.

Did you even keep reading past the first sentence?

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Will this make them better 5 on 5? Their special teams certainly wasn’t the issue.

 

[McFlyingV]

Just thought he played really well in the playoffs. No huge explanation

Hmmm I guess we have very different opinions on that. Felt like he was pretty bad outside of a few games in the finals when he got elevated to play with Draisaitl. 3-5-8 and a -7 in 22 games (he was healthy scratched for half of the Dallas series) and of those 8 points 3 were on empty netters and 3 more came while playing with McDavid or Draisaitl. Just not good enough for a guy who scored 20 goals and 40 points in the regular season.

 

[Sypher04]

Did you even keep reading past the first sentence?

I quoted the part I thought he was right about. I read the whole post.

 

[GreeningOil]

Will believe it when I see it.

Was the SCF not enough of a preview?

 

[ManofSteel55]

Just thought he played really well in the playoffs. No huge explanation

So well we had to healthy scratch him for a few games.

The issue with Foegele isn't how he looks. It's that he looks like a stud but has little finish. Plus he is so streaky.

 

[olafsson]

Was the SCF not enough of a preview?

You lost. So… no

 

[Nemesis Prime]

I’m what you call a “sore winner”

Bandwagoner, got it.