The Edmonton Oilers are off to a disastrous start. After a offseason of uncertainty and a lot of contract extensions, the Edmonton Oilers entered the season as the favorite to come out of the West after back to back Final appearances. Unfortunately things haven’t exactly gone as planned with many of the players playing below average by all accounts. So today let’s see if we can get to the bottom of what’s going wrong for this team and the harsh truths about the rest of their season. Subscribe to Jimmy Hockey for more NHL News and Breakdowns.
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12 Comments
McDavid sucks, nothing new
Watch them somehow turn it around and lose a 3rd straight SCF ðŸ«
Skinners way too inconsistent to be in the NHL
Elite forwards doesn't mean average goaltending or team defense
The Oilers never bothered to get McDavid a goalie. It's crazy.
The goaltending issue has been following this team for years. Lots of goalies have swapped teams over the years and Edmonton wasn’t in on any of them. Also, the Hyman injury really hurt them. He still doesn’t look like himself.
Plus, those offer sheets really hurt and honestly so did losing Ryan Mcleod. Bringing in Arvidsson and Jeff Skinner last year was not the answer.
I'm surprised Draisaitl isn't an alternate captain for the Oilers
Welp I hate to say it but the 2 things that need to change and hasn't is goaltending. Skinner is a decent goalie at best but he lets in the softest goals at the absolute worst times. Pickard is pmayin horrible rn too
Oiler management need to bite the bullet and adequately address their current
goaltending situation.
Skinner, Bouchard, and nurse are given too big of a role imo. Watching Bouchard give up 20 breakaways a game as a $10 million defenseman drives me mad, then you got skinner to bail him out… I'm not even an oilers fan and this team makes me mad. Mcdavid deserves better
Not sure how you can use analytics then go on to undervalue Bouchard. Out of the 3 d-men contracts they handed out, his was by far the most important and is by far the best. He’s a top 10 dman and by all metrics he’s honestly top 5. You should look at what happens to McDrai this season and historically when they don’t have Bouchard on the ice with him. He’s elite
As a fan who watches every game can say that if they play like they have over the last three Capitals, Tampa, and The Panthers it's at least a playoff season for sure. BUT goaltending and Defensive turnovers will fuck them in the playoffs.