Edmonton..looks bad

[La Bamba]

The pressure of being Cup favourites was too much for these poor Oilers. The entire team apart from the top line and top D pairing looks terrible. The depth of the team is very poor.

 

[Claypool]

McDavid has taken 10 faceoffs tonight a only won one of them.

 

[34]

No depth past mcdavid draisaitl

D and tender suck too

This exactly. No depth whatsoever. 2 player team.

 

[AveryQuietMan]

Eberle wasn't as bad as they thought?

great locker room guy, decent hands and skill..... lets trade him to the isles.

 

[La Bamba]

Eberle wasn't as bad as they thought?

The current Oilers would be worse with Eberle tbh

 

[General Disarray]

Leafs are already better than the Oilers.

Who is their backup goalie? He should probably start the next few games.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

McDavid has taken 10 faceoffs tonight a only won one of them.

yeah it's clear why he has Draisaitl on his line now. Only going to hurt them in the future if they can't break them up

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

there's no cause for concern when it's 5 games in and your luck looks to be really bad

We'll see. Hopefully this is a fun thread to revive in a couple months time from an Oilers fan perspective.

 

[KingsHockey24]

I don't see any scoring wingers on the Oilers. Lucic? Maroon? Yikes.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

After this season once McDavid's contract kicks in it'll only become harder for the Oilers to compete; and Lucic...that contract will hinder them badly.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

We'll see. Hopefully this is a fun thread to revive in a couple months time from an Oilers fan perspective.

Yeah we'll see. They need more depth though for sure

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

The current Oilers would be worse with Eberle tbh

Except Eberle can score, so not possible.

 

[Brownbeard]

Going in, I didn't think they had enough depth. And it seems to be true, although this is a small sample size so things could change.

I expected them to be pretty good, though, like last year. I never expected them to start like this, or look this bad.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

One line team. Don't have a 1D (and the overall D isn't great either). Goalie is a career backup who over achieved last season. But as long as they have McDavid anything is possible.

 

[Mick Riddleton]

Should get Yak back

 

[The List Of Jericho]

McDavid will prevent this team from ever being average or below average. That said, not sure they have the pieces to actually be a serious cup contender right now.

And I've been watching this whole Sens/Oil game and Oilers do look pretty bad, but I assume its more of an off-night for them (plus they're missing Drai) than their norm.

He hasn't prevented back to back ass kickings, holla if ya hear me.

 

[CgyFlamesftw]

Zero depth. And talbot was MVP last season as everyone is realizing now.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Except Eberle can score, so not possible.

How many goals does Mr Eberle have this year?

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

It's there master plan to tank for first overall #5 and get Dahlin.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

McDavid has taken 10 faceoffs tonight a only won one of them.

He was 7 for 10 or something going in. Sens have good faceoff men, too. He needs work in the dot but most young players do, too. I'm sure he will be an elite FO man before long.

 

[The List Of Jericho]

I don't think you'll find anyone outside of Edmonton who would call them a "good team".

Plenty of people outside Edmonton, called them Stanley Cup finalists. The reality is that they do still have a ton of defensive deficiencies and their forward group outside of McDavid and Drai isn't that great. Nug is overrated and overpaid, Strome is what he is, Lucic grinding style all his career is catching up to him, Maroon is a product of McDavid. How many Cup contenders have a low first round pick make their opening day roster and play top 6 minutes? I almost forgot Puli, his development hasn't gone as predicted either.

 

[White Out 902]

This is what happens when hockey media boils it down to :

Well, McDavid is the next Crosby
Crosby has won several Cups right?
So CLEARLY McDavid is about to bring the Oilers along for the same ride

Problem with that is the Oilers team stinks. They have McDavid, a generational talent. After him they have a very good player in Drai, a very good goaltender in Talbot, and then a bunch of spare parts and mediocre players. Oh and an insanely overpaid, lousy Lucic. So they're already in cap hell before they even win a championship.

 

[La Bamba]

Except Eberle can score, so not possible.

Eberle hasn't scored a goal in the last 17 games. (regular season and playoffs)

 

[Human]

well, everyone is saying the team has no depth. not easy to have depth with three players signed up for 27M $ of cap space. that's kind of crazy for a team that has achieved one decent playoff run.

 

[Hockeyholic]

I can definitely see heads rolling if this continues.