Fingers crossed then *g* Hm, I don't know much about the current Oilers players apart from their names, especially now that Schultz, Hall, and Yakupov are gone. (My guess is that their roster turn-over is among the highest in the last few years.) I'm sort of fascinated by the Oilers (as well as the Leafs) in the sense of "how will they manage, against all odds, to screw up this time?" (They traded Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson. I don't care if Larsson is better than people think he is, Hall is a better winger than Larsson is a defenseman.) (Also I'm occasionally annoyed because I'm a big Sidney Crosby fan and I roll my eyes when people claim that Connor McDavid is the best player in the world already ;) )But McDavid is an amazing player, and they still have some other very good young players, and they have to get better eventually (right?), and if they can stay clear of injuries maybe this season really is the season they finally make it to the playoffs again. Who knows! It would certainly make the Western Conference even more exciting :)
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Hm, I don't know much about the current Oilers players apart from their names, especially now that Schultz, Hall, and Yakupov are gone. (My guess is that their roster turn-over is among the highest in the last few years.)
I'm sort of fascinated by the Oilers (as well as the Leafs) in the sense of "how will they manage, against all odds, to screw up this time?" (They traded Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson. I don't care if Larsson is better than people think he is, Hall is a better winger than Larsson is a defenseman.) (Also I'm occasionally annoyed because I'm a big Sidney Crosby fan and I roll my eyes when people claim that Connor McDavid is the best player in the world already ;) )But McDavid is an amazing player, and they still have some other very good young players, and they have to get better eventually (right?), and if they can stay clear of injuries maybe this season really is the season they finally make it to the playoffs again. Who knows! It would certainly make the Western Conference even more exciting :)