 RDOilerfan
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| Adam wrote on Thu, 17 October 2019 14:26 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 17 October 2019 14:07 |
The record is absolutely relevant. They are 6-1. You don't do that without your entire team contributing in some way. I am not saying the bottom 6 is solved. They need to score more. That's obvious. But they aren't completely crap either. There needs to be adjustments clearly but they basically changed out almost their entire bottom 6, they have new coaches, new systems, new style of play. There is going to be growing pains.
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I think what other people are saying here is that McDavid & Draisaitl have been so good that it masks the flaws in the lineup. Some hot goaltending and a scorching hot powerplay, likely at both playing at levels that are unsustainable, have also made the team look better than it is. The fact we've mostly played B-level teams or below also has helped greatly.
I'm not saying you shouldn't be excited about the 6-1 start. That's a really good thing for this team. But there are large parts of this team that aren't really contributing to the wins. The bottom six forwards have not been a factor at all. They're getting owned whenever they're on the ice, and that's a major concern.
Sticking our head in the sands about the concerns with this roster isn't really helpful. I really hope that the Oilers aren't feeling content because of the record, because anyone watching critically should see that there's some huge holes here that need addressing if this success is going to be anything besides fleeting.
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I am not sticking my head in the sand. I recognize their flaws. There are areas in their game they need to improve big time if they want to get to the next level. Some of it is consistency problems, I think some of it is guys learning a new way to play and some of it is personnel. But they aren't a tire fire like they were in previous years. Last year, after 5 games, they would have been probably 2-2-1 at best. After the Chicago loss where they played OK, probably deserved a point but ran into a hot goalie. They would have come home and lost 6-3 or worse. All of a sudden they go from being .500 to being 2 games below and in a tailspin. Then followed it up with a crap game against Detroit and went into a 3 or 4 game losing streak. The goaltending would have been a problem. The PK a joke, the PP sputtering and the bottom 6 was crap.
But it's not the case. They aren't playing amazing but they are finding ways to win. Instead of finding ways to lose, they are finding ways to win. The coaches have things to work on to improve the overall game but they are winning games and its a hell of a lot easier to be hard on guys to button things up when you are winning than when you are in a losing streak getting their asses kicked.
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