Fourier
Registered User
Well, my point stands that since Nov 24, 2019, collectively, the Oilers aren't any good. October and early November skewed hot more than December skewed cold.
I mean we could slice time lines, but overall the Oilers created a healthy stagger from pack early in season and were starting to fade as the season went on. By Suspension of season the team was playing badly and running on fumes.
In anycase since Feb 1 the Oilers Won 10 games and lost 10 games. The Oilers were bad in December and good in January. They were lukewarm rest of the way.
Fact of the matter is a club that was 11 games over .500 as early as Nov 24 2019 ended up 12 games oThe ver at end of season. pretty much treading water.
January 1st was not a cherry picked date. I have used this many times. December was a horrid month for the team. As a fan of Draisaitl you should be aware of this. Because his month was particularly horrid. Something seemed to happen over the Christmas break and what we saw was a very different team. Draisaitl went from disaster to the best player in the league. The goaltending went from as bad as it had be in the dark years to above average. Secondary scoring became a real thing. And the emergence of Yamamoto and the Draisaitl / RNH/Yamamoto line gave the team the best line in the league. From January 1st onward, the toughest part of their schedule by the way, the team was very good. And while Chicago was playing better hockey the Oilers still out pointed them 37 in 29 to 30 in 29. The Oilers were also top 10 in GA over that period. So in fact the trends from the latter part of the season did not actually foreshadow what happened in the playoffs.