Can The Edmonton Oilers Win The Cup?

Can The Edmonton Oilers Win The Cup?

Throughout the course of the 2023 24 season the Edmonton Oilers have been one of two things an NHL team underperforming to an embarrassing degree or a completely Unstoppable Force the obvious Turning Point from the former to the latter was when Chris noblock took over as head coach however

They have still had their struggles in these past 4 months the Oilers have been one of if not the best team in the NHL in the time since noblock took over the bench but they’re not perfect and despite how good they’ve been there are questions about how this roster is built

And how the team may perform when it matters most today we explore whether or not the Oilers are ready for this to be their year because while we know they have the top-end talent to win the question is if they have enough to win it all let’s flash back to no November 10th

2023 it’s exactly 1 month into the NHL season most teams have played enough games to figure out what the rest of their season is going to look like the San Jose Sharks are being talked about as possibly one of the worst teams in NHL history and equal with them on

Points are the Edmonton Oilers two days later Edmonton coach Jay Woodcraft is fired Chris noblock takes over and the o Oilers begin to go on a tear over 50 games later the Oilers are pretty comfortably etched into a playoff spot their 16 game win streak went a long way

In recovering for their abysmal start of the Season there’s room for their exact position to shift around but almost no chance of them missing out on the postseason which is incredible given how they’d started despite the criticisms of Oilers management they obviously understand the position that they’re in

With Conor McDavid and Leon dyle in their prime years among their other star players so given that they’ve recovered the season to being at minimum a playoff team they spent at the deadline and decided to trade away their first round pick their decision to move their first is absolutely correct it’s who they

Spent it on that may be a concern and opens us up to discussion about the problems with Edmonton’s man management as a whole despite having assets at the deadline like their next three first round picks and Expendable players with some value like Philip broberg or Dylan Holloway they didn’t have the cap space

They could have had to pull off a major move they didn’t have the space if they wanted to easily bring in one of the top few guys on the Block and that problem is entirely a creation of Ken Holland and the Oilers management if not not for

Some of the decisions that Holland has made the Oilers could have a legitimate Dynasty level roster if that sounds dramatic consider this Connor McDavid is signed below market value he makes 12.2 million per year and could easily be making in the range of at least 14 or 15

Leon dry Sidle makes 8 and a half he could easily be making 12 or 13 Zack Hyman Evan buard and Ryan net Hopkins make a combined total of about 14 million if they were all to be signed today it’s within reason that the sum of their three contracts would be $10

Million more all five of the Edmonton Oilers top scorers are signed below market value some significantly so but then they’re weigh down by moves like the signing of Jack Campbell Cody CeCe or the overpayment of Darnell nurse they’re Limited by these deals when the core is set up to absolute perfection in

At minimum this year and the next but unfortunately past mistakes limit their present and future options and so they ended up with Adam Henrik Adam Henrik is absolutely not a bad player the Oilers are getting him at a cap hit of less than 1.5 million and

Also added Sam Carrick in the deal for less than league minimum but it’s not not the Home Run deal they could have been able to get had their situation been different they also added Troy steter later on Deadline day to shore up their defensive depth but the focus for

Them was clearly on offense as it has been in Edmonton for much of their recent history and if their plan is to blow away teams with Incredible offensive potency well it’s pretty hard to doubt that approach when you see how electric they’ve been this year Connor

McDavid is in the MVP race while Leon Dr idle is one of the most dangerous dual threats in the NHL no surprises there despite being so incredibly critical to the success of the Oilers McDavid and dry style are so excellent and dependable that we really don’t even

Need to talk about them so how about Edmonton’s surprise leading goal scorer Zack Hyman each and every year Hyman has grown more into his role in Edmonton when he first signed there there were questions about whether he could be a top six forward over his 2 and 1/2 plus

Seasons Heyman has proven to be able to hang with Edmonton’s other stars and has become one of the greatest netfront presences in the NHL today it looks like he’s going to score over 50 goals this season likely to end with a total that destroys the career high he’d set only

Last season a Mark he’s well passed already Hyman style has and should continue to translate well to the playoffs if he McDavid and dry cidal can get back to the playoff production they put up in 2021-22 the Oilers are set to make another Deep Run the Edmonton Oilers have been very offensively oriented

Throughout much of the McDavid era and because of that that perception is still there for much of those recent years that offensive dynamism has went along with a weak defense but that’s no longer the case this year the Oilers are stronger defensively than ever before and much of that is thanks to Evan

Buard Evan buard is the most significant influence on the Oilers back end this year buard gets more time on Ice than any other Oiler the first season in which that’s been the case and that’s very welld deserved bu Shard is an offensive Force rivaling players like Victor Hedman Roman Yosi and Noah Dobson

In defenseman scoring but he’s been extremely strong on the defensive end this year also this is proven by his individual analytics but also how strong the Oilers as a whole have been defensively with buard as their 1D the Oilers are top 10 in the NHL in goals allowed this season considering

They haven’t gotten consistently excellent goal tending at any point this season it’s indicative that they’ve got a strong defensive system especially considering how good their numbers are post Woodcraft this is also backed by more advanced stats money Puck has the Oilers comfortably in the top three in the NHL

In all situations in expected goals against their overall expected goals percentage is also top three this defensive Foundation is built off of the performances of Evan buard along with his frequent defense partner Matias eckholm the Edmonton Oilers display an incredible defensive system to go along with nearly unrivaled offensive

Firepower the combination of which makes them extremely dangerous for any team on any given night in the NHL there are concerns about the Edmonton Oilers the goal tending probably isn’t as strong as you would want wanted to be for a championship Contender but despite that they’re still winning the roster may be

Constructed poorly in some Fashions but in others it’s fantastic and it’s good enough for them to keep winning since Chris noblock took over as head coach the Oilers have been borderline the best team in the NHL judging by the points they’ve earned in the standings they’re at least good at

Everything and great at most things it’s hard to believe this is the same season in which a coach got fired and fans were calling for every executive’s head but in the past few months Connor McDavid has been a two-way Superstar dry Sidle Heyman and Bard have played at Superstar

Levels also teams can’t stop them from scoring and have trouble scoring on them as well if noblock Oilers can continue the form they’ve been on now into the season it’s going to be extremely difficult to defeat them they’ve been doing it for long enough now the Edmonton Oilers are legit they are maybe

The biggest threat to contending teams across the Western Conference this is the best chance the Edmonton Oilers have had with Conor McDavid to win a Stanley Cup and anything short of that lofty goal will go down as a failure e

The Edmonton Oilers have been the hottest team in the NHL over the past few months. Under the guidance of coach Kris Knoblauch, Zach Hyman and Evan Bouchard are having career years, while the likes of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl continue to play like superstars. With such an incredible run of form, the question needs to be asked: Can the Oilers win the cup this year? Today, we look at this season and this roster to determine whether that’s a possibility for the Oil.

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0:00 Intro
0:58 Disaster Start
2:18 Oilers Management
5:00 Offensive Juggernaut
6:35 Defensive Juggernaut??
8:23 High Expectations