Is this Oilers team more talented on paper than the one that just lost in the Stanley Cup Final? Should Jeff Jackson be the Oilers general manager? What do you want to see happen with Evander Kane? What is the Oilers biggest remaining need? How do you see the Leon Draisaitl situation playing out? Is Edmonton the clear favourite to win the Pacific Division? Jason Strudwick joins SC with Jay Onrait to discuss all that and more.
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Just keep in mind that there are other teams in that conference that are gunning for the oil. Getting back to the cup will be even harder this year!!
lots of good, but some bad.
Corey perry and josh brown. 2 bad contracts.
Remember when Ottawa was proclaimed to win the off season and fell flat on their face lol just keep that in mind
End of the day someone is getting traded for some cap
I think Connor and Leon are quite close and they know what each other plan to do.
Ya think? Pretty much every other top 4/5 team got slightly worse, yet Edmonton not only brought back everyone they wanted to, but added 2 huge pieces to their team.
Justin Shultz
Prima Donna's who lose 10 regular season games in a row, 3 in the finals don't have heart don't win Stanley cups…..especially with the "curse 'Perry playing and only Pickard and Skinner the "sieve" in net ….McCupless is overdue for a major issue ,be that an injury , a slump , a personal controversy, remember he is getting married ….his best buddy Darnell is a liability and he has been carrying this whole team on his back for quite some years now…..
Now get rid of that ridiculous Nurse contract. That $9 Million can buy 2 solid defenseman, help the Draisaitl re-sigh or even get another high scorer, even a solid veteran backup goalie for the playoffs.
So many options with $9 Million.
On paper yes absolutely. They should always be contending with McDrai. Adding Skinner only bolsters that
Theres still issues but everything looks great for them
Yeah but they’ve still got that pylon on D.
There is only one puck to go around…would like to see less focus on fowards to address needs on defense.
Did they upgrade in goal? No. Defense? No. Cool, they can score a lot still, we already knew that. I’d have kept Foegle instead of picking up Arvidsson who can’t stay healthy. Skinner will help, but really they didn’t upgrade where they needed.
We won't know until they actually hit the ice.
Absolutely more talented. For much of last season it seemed like Draisaitl was skating with guys who were not really top 6 players. With Skinner and Arvidsson that won't be the case. The forward group is way deeper than last year's.
Most talented team in the NHL for sure
It's honestly amazing what they pulled off. As Oiler fans we're not used to enjoying this time of year, but wow how cool is it to see the team get EVEN better.
On paper they are now SC winning team, but then again, quite a many stars aligned in their last run.
SC favorites ? Absolutely. Will they win it ? Well, roughly 100 games ahead can change everything, also for the worse…
Oilers will not make the finals next year.
Oilers fans already thinking they are owed the Cup. They deserved to lose in the finals and deserve to not make it there next season.
No critical d-men or top goalie added… so, no.
Kane when he is on top of his game; is a hard guy to replace. Had he not been sliced on his hand , then after the dirty check he took hurt his hip and had a hernia from over extended activity , those are hard injuries . of course he couldn't play a full season .
what a stupid thing to quote for a reason to give up on him . he scores more hat tricks in the playoffs then every oiler on the bench for easy 7 years . he scores more then 80% of the rest of the team .
WE NEED TO KEEP HIM PERIOD . EVERYTHING ELSE IS NONSENSE EXCUSES TO FREE UP CAP SPACE. GET RID OF NURSE AS HE HURTS THE TEAM FARM MORE THEN HELPS AND COSTS 9.5 A YEAR.
KANE HURT PLAYS BETTER THEN NURSE HEALTHY
A hockey team is like rock (offence), paper (Defence), scissors (goal). *Oilers management “good ol rock, nothing beats rock”
How's this sound for round one of playoffs next season:
Line 1 – McDavid/Skinner/Hyman
Line 2 – Draisaitl/Holloway/Arvidsson
Line 3 – Nuge/Kane/Mcleod
Line 4 – Henrique/Brown/Janmark
Corey Perry an extra
No one in the league can match that or even get close (well maybe the Leafs, just ask the media lol). That's a scary lineup
Never asked if they could beat the cats in a rematch