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CrusaderPi Messages: 7764
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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Mike wrote on Tue, 22 November 2022 06:53 |
HamBlaster wrote on Tue, 22 November 2022 00:16 | You'd think the Oilers would be "damn good" by now, but nope... still haven't figured out glaring holes in their game. Year after year.
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It is quite frustrating. Even with 15 years of "rebuilding" and armed with arguably the 2 best players in the world, one of the best in the history of the NHL, here we sit at the end of November outside of a playoff position looking up at, amongst others, 2 teams that didn't even exist when we drafted McDavid.
Is Seattle doing this year what Vegas did their first year? Their goalies have been OK - around middle of the pack. Their PP is a little better than average (12th with 22.6%), PK is not very good (25th with 74.6%). So how are they 3 points up on us with a game in hand? Well, only thing I can see is even though they don't have a McDavid or a Draisaitl, they have 13 guys with 8+ points so far. We have 7. It's a problem we've harped about for years, yet the results never seem to change - we are getting nothing from our bottom 6.
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I love Seattle's defense, but I think they've been riding a goalie heater. They're the bizarro world Oilers: no stars, a lot of depth, good D, and hot goaltending.
23 years since Kevin Lowe took over from Sather.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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