The best? Not sure about that. They were 4th in goals for last year behind some really high powered offensive teams. I don’t think getting to the SCF changes that.
As for changes, they lost Foegle and probably Kane and added Arvidson and Skinner. That feels like a wash. I really like the Arvidson pick up but I’m sceptical that Skinner will work out well.
I would agree though that they’re a top 4 forward group.
They were no.2 under Knoblaugh, one whopping goal behind Colorado.
In the playoffs they were no.1 (not even close either).
In the last two years, the Oilers are the no.1 offense in the league by far. No one else is close.
1. Oilers - 617 goals
2/3. Leafs/Avalanche - 576 goals (tie)
4. Dallas - 575 goals
5. Tampa - 568 goals
This is not even close, there's a whopping 40 goal gap between 1 and 2, lol.
You can go back even further, the Oilers are no.1 for the last 3 years, and 4 years also.
So no, it's not really "well ackshually Oilers are just about in the same group with 4 other teams", no they're not, offensively they have been better than anyone else for a long time now and by a fair margin at that.