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Craig Simpson mentioned - yet again if you've heard him on Oilers Now - during tonight's broadcast that the Oilers are always mentioned as a team with a lot of high end offensive talent yet the offensive numbers don't back it up. They used the Oilers team GF ranked at 26th in the league as evidence to support the argument. This point of view seems to be popping up more frequently in the media as the stench of losing stains the Oilers young forwards.
Of course team GF completely ignores the contributions of the defence to goal scoring but I thought I would do some research and compare the Oilers offensive production from it's top 10 forwards to that of the top two GF teams in the league, Dallas and Washington.
Dallas has 204 GF from it's top 10 goal scoring forwards.
Washington has 207 GF from it's top 10 goal scoring forwards.
Edmonton has 150 GF from it's top 10 goal scoring forwards.
Big difference. Until you look at games played.
Dallas' top 10 goal scoring forwards played 781 games or on average 78.1 games per player.
Washington's top 10 goal scoring forwards played 740 games or on average 74 games per player.
Edmonton's top 10 goal scoring forwards played only 651 games or on average 65.1 games per player.
So I decided, what if you pro-rate the Oilers' top goal scoring forwards whom missed the most games to 78 GP? Here are the pro-rated goal scoring numbers:
Draisaitl = 21
McDavid = 28
Eberle = 28
Pouliot = 20
RNH = 20
Yak = 10
That's an increase of 29 GF over their actual goal totals. Add those 29 goals to the Oilers 196 and you hit 225 GF, good enough for 11th in the league.
That's 11th with the fewest goals scored from the defence in the league. In fact both Dallas and Washington had roughly 10 more goals from their D than the Oilers. Add 10 more GF to the 225 and the Oilers are 6th in the league.
Indeed Craig Simpson, the Oilers forward group lacks offensive skill.
Of course team GF completely ignores the contributions of the defence to goal scoring but I thought I would do some research and compare the Oilers offensive production from it's top 10 forwards to that of the top two GF teams in the league, Dallas and Washington.
Dallas has 204 GF from it's top 10 goal scoring forwards.
Washington has 207 GF from it's top 10 goal scoring forwards.
Edmonton has 150 GF from it's top 10 goal scoring forwards.
Big difference. Until you look at games played.
Dallas' top 10 goal scoring forwards played 781 games or on average 78.1 games per player.
Washington's top 10 goal scoring forwards played 740 games or on average 74 games per player.
Edmonton's top 10 goal scoring forwards played only 651 games or on average 65.1 games per player.
So I decided, what if you pro-rate the Oilers' top goal scoring forwards whom missed the most games to 78 GP? Here are the pro-rated goal scoring numbers:
Draisaitl = 21
McDavid = 28
Eberle = 28
Pouliot = 20
RNH = 20
Yak = 10
That's an increase of 29 GF over their actual goal totals. Add those 29 goals to the Oilers 196 and you hit 225 GF, good enough for 11th in the league.
That's 11th with the fewest goals scored from the defence in the league. In fact both Dallas and Washington had roughly 10 more goals from their D than the Oilers. Add 10 more GF to the 225 and the Oilers are 6th in the league.
Indeed Craig Simpson, the Oilers forward group lacks offensive skill.