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 PlusOne
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Registered: July 2006
Location: Regina, Sask
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| Goose wrote on Fri, 25 October 2019 10:26 |
| PlusOne wrote on Fri, 25 October 2019 09:07 |
| Adam wrote on Fri, 25 October 2019 09:30 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 25 October 2019 09:20 |
| Rocksteady wrote on Fri, 25 October 2019 09:02 |
| jerekybeef wrote on Fri, 25 October 2019 01:59 |
Brutal bottom 6. As the season grinds on, they will falter badly unless the bottom 6 can do anything positive besides warm the bench. Depth has been a huge factor for this team for years. Pretty dismal bunch aside from the top 2 lines. That’s Holland’s quest this year
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One of 97 or 29 get hurt this team is in severe trouble.
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Your comment isn't wrong but name me a team in this league who can just roll along no problem when they lose a true star player? I would say there are a few teams like say a Nashville, maybe Vegas who don't have a true superstar, just a bunch of good players who might be OK if they lost one of their better players but there aren't very many.
Leafs lost Tavares and they have lost 2 in a row, are 5-4-2 so technically below .500 and they have more forward depth than the Oilers.
Pens lost Malkin. Treaded water for a bit. They are 6-5 and have lost 3 in a row.
Colorado just lost Rantanen. Not sure how long he will be out but it's week to week. They lost the game he went down. We will see how well they do without him.
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I think the point is, no team relies on its stars as much as the Oilers do.
Most of the Cup winners and Cup finalists will have strong third lines, and fourth lines that AT LEAST chip in occasionally. The Blues had Steen on their fourth line last year - a pretty solid player.
The balance with the Oilers is so skewed, that if one of our pinnacle guys goes down, we lose a massive percentage of our offence and we need to fill 25 minutes a night of ice time. Rantanen, Tavares - those are big losses for their teams. But they aren't anything close to what it would be if the Oilers lost one of their stars.
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I think that is the key. Every team leans on its best players, it's logical. The issue is that the Oilers are not just leaning on McDavid and Draisaitl but are on pace for historical usage.
The other point is that the gap between the top and bottom is bigger on the Oilers than any other team. That is skewed a bit given the top two are both elite and most teams dont have that luxury.
There are teams every year that have star players hurt and can tread water without them. If the Oilers lost one of the big two I would guess they are a bottom 5 team in a hurry.
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No question a big win last night. That was, imo, the Oilers first real test of the year, and they passed.
It's going to be fascinating to watch to see how long this team can continue to be successful getting absolutely zero from the bottom 6. Especially when you do have guys in the AHL (Yamamoto, Benson) that aren't new to the pro game and are putting up points.
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Yep, the thread got derailed back to the top 2 VS the rest of the forwards talk. Unfortunately, that will be a topic until that group is at least passable.
I agree with you on the AHL guys. Time to shake things up in the bottom 6/9. Try to find something that contributes.
In the end though they won another game and as your sig shows, the goal differential is looking good.
sustainability is the ever looming concern but for now I am enjoying the wins
Survivor LX(I) and 67 Champ(i)on
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 30 January 2020 12:21 |
und(i)sputed O.L.F.N Heavybra(i)n Champ(i)on of the Woooooooooooooooooorld. Plus. One.
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