 RDOilerfan
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The Oilers are tops in the West, 3rd overall in the NHL, tops in their division. I supposed anything is possible but in all likelihood they are going to make the playoffs, they will probably be in the top 3 of the pacific and there is a good chance they will be battling for top spot in their divisions. If a person can't be at least somewhat happy with where the team is at and just focus on poking holes in how they win, then in my opinion you will probably always be down on the team.
The Oilers are winning with McDavid and Leon being amazing. Well McDavid is the best player in the world and Leon is proving he's at worst a top 10 player in the NHL, maybe top 5. McDavid scoring at almost 1.80pts per game. Probably unsustainable. But he was at almost 1.5 last year so is it unrealistic not to expect at least that? I don't think so. He's 22 and hasn't peaked yet. Leon is at 1.85 pts per game. He was at almost 1.3 last year. So he drops off a bit. I don't think he drops off that much. He had 50 goals and 105 pts last year and he is just entering his prime as a player. These guys are 2 of the best players in the NHL, they are extremely motivated to win this year. They are buying in. They might fall of slightly but it's not going to be a massive fall off.
They are winning with a great PP and really good PK. The PP should be good with McDavid and Leon. Why would they fall off much? The Oilers brought in guys who specifically were good on the PK. They have a new system and WAY WAY more commitment to it. Why would it fall off much?
They are winning because they are getting good goaltending. Early on it was unbelievable. Lately, it's cooled off slightly but they are getting good goaltending every night. These guys need to give the Oilers just decent goaltending and given how the team plays and how the Oilers manage them, why would they fall off that much?
They are winning with solid defense. They now have 3 decent, not spectacular but decent defense pairings. They played 1/4 of the season without Larsson's who's a good NHL dman. They got him back and as he gets back up to speed, he will get better. So why would the Oilers defense drop off much?
Early on, they won with next to no a depth scoring. The depth scoring is starting to come. They are getting goals every game for guys other than McDavid and Leon. Every team expects their top end guys to carry the load offensively then get some lesser guys to chip in. They are getting that now and chances are, they will get more goals from the bottom guys. It looks like guys are figuring things out. Last night, McDavid and Leon didn't get anything done last night. They got a PP goal from one of the best PP's in the league but they should have a good PP. Then they got 2 goals from Chiasson and Granlund. 2 depth guys. Then they won it in a skills competition.
They are winning because they have a good coach who knows how to deal with his guys properly and seems to be playing all his guys in the right spots. They have a good system that the players are all buying into and for most games, they are playing hard. So why would that change?
I don't think the Oilers roster is perfect, it's got holes. I had hoped that the Oilers would be battling for a playoff spot. So I am pleasantly surprised as to where they are at. I admit I am more positive on the team than some here and I could see them level off a bit but unless the team stops playing, I don't see how this team is going to drop off a ton. They are almost at the point where all they have to do is go .500 for remaining points for the rest of the year and they make the playoffs. That's not hard to do.
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