McIce Whole
Registered User
It's all just excuses! every team gets hit with injuries. I have a hard time believing that Oilers would be sitting just outside a playoff spot if they where healthy.
No one here is saying that the Oilers are definitely a playoff team if they are healthy but there is that chance that if they were healthy, they wouldn't be half as bad. With Ryan Whitney in our line up, we were only 6 points out of the playoffs. Once Whitney went down, Hemsky went down and then the rest of our team just went down and we just slid to the bottom of the standings. Also do you have any idea how it works with young teams? Taylor Hall, MPS and Eberle were all rookies this year and are very likely going to improve. It's not like these guys aren't going to get any better. There going to get better and that itself can make a huge difference. Also depending on our PP and if Dubnyk actually plays makes a huge difference as well. Also, if your going to say that what if they dont improve? Well they already played the top players, especially Hall and Eberle and MPS got tough minutes towards the end but next season he should be back to getting second line minutes, with Hall getting first. Usually rookies that get sheltered minutes in their rookie years struggle in their second year.