Same can be done for Toronto with their ridiculous top heavy cap situation, or Montreal with their quite honestly luke-warm and unexciting roster. But hey, just blame Bettman or whatever for no Canadian win since 1993…
SpartanNige329
Mattias Ekholm is a great defenseman. Problem is, they need five more. Bouchard doesn’t play defense, which about fits the bill for the Oilers.
dementedchimpanzee
Ekholm is getting older, and that’s about all they have to offer. The time is now go kings go
LindsayLohanDaddy420
Gleason is gonna be good. Just wait.
Zarktheshark1818
They have the worst defensive forwards I’ve ever seen. It goes beyond just them not having good defensive defensemen though they lack that too
Smittysgreasymullet
It wasn’t so much the personnel this year as it was the structure. You heard it from the Conn Smythe Champ himself, they knew how to beat us because we played way too much man on man. If Woodcroft can adjust just a bit I see us having a much better chance.
SomeJerkOddball
Then it should be the the Edmonton Oilers holding the lack of good defence. They make their own bed.
masterOfdisaster4789
You mean Mcgregor in the playoffs ☠️☠️
Louvrecaire
Feels.
Mysterious_Ad_5261
Karlsson will help that
stupidussername
I dont think the Oilers can win a cup with Darnell Nurse’s contract. He’s a good player but he is getting paid like a number 1 when he is more suited to be a number 2.The one hope is the cap increases enough to make that digestible but until then they are stuck. Especially if they want to keep Draisaitl.
ChaosWarrior95
It’s kinda crazy how this has been an issue in the organization, even before McDavid, for years.
Legitimate-Ad327
Just get EK65. 4 forwards and Ekholm. Skinner or Campbell will do just fine in that scenario.
dkelley824
Edmonton always looking for explosive offense, which played fine in the regular season but won’t get them past the second round. McJesus and DrySaddle were both minus one in the playoffs. They need defensive players that know how to protect the net and Nurse ain’t it. Karlsson isn’t the answer, either.
AffectionateLaugh738
Nurse contract can piss off man,
gelapenosunrise
Lack of defense, goalie, 2nd or 3rd line.
rossco311
Too much bread tied up in too few players. More than half the cap (46.75M) covering the cost of 3 top forwards, 2 top defensemen and 1 goalie.
PoorMansSamBeckett
Exchange « Lack of Good Defense » with « They’re a Canadian team. » I genuinely think that there’s some sort of curse on those teams. (Okay, no, not really. But, it’s been 30 years. Something’s gotta give, right?)
Shenanigans315
Same story year in year out with them. Add goaltending to the list. Pretenders.
Markel100
Its not even the defense its putrid 5 on 5 scoring if that had more production they proably beat us in the second rnd cause their power play was killing us every game. So much it made it look like we were a bad pk team
Morudith
I’d say Dallas is in a similar situation.
Travieso_Cochino
If the La Kings and the Golden Knights were Porns Stars the Oilers would be the Lube.
Spiritual-Jelly-9308
Hey, at least they’re consistent in being consistently bad! 😅
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Low effort meme I made in under an hour, lol…
Same can be done for Toronto with their ridiculous top heavy cap situation, or Montreal with their quite honestly luke-warm and unexciting roster. But hey, just blame Bettman or whatever for no Canadian win since 1993…
Mattias Ekholm is a great defenseman. Problem is, they need five more. Bouchard doesn’t play defense, which about fits the bill for the Oilers.
Ekholm is getting older, and that’s about all they have to offer. The time is now go kings go
Gleason is gonna be good. Just wait.
They have the worst defensive forwards I’ve ever seen. It goes beyond just them not having good defensive defensemen though they lack that too
It wasn’t so much the personnel this year as it was the structure. You heard it from the Conn Smythe Champ himself, they knew how to beat us because we played way too much man on man. If Woodcroft can adjust just a bit I see us having a much better chance.
Then it should be the the Edmonton Oilers holding the lack of good defence. They make their own bed.
You mean Mcgregor in the playoffs ☠️☠️
Feels.
Karlsson will help that
I dont think the Oilers can win a cup with Darnell Nurse’s contract. He’s a good player but he is getting paid like a number 1 when he is more suited to be a number 2.The one hope is the cap increases enough to make that digestible but until then they are stuck. Especially if they want to keep Draisaitl.
It’s kinda crazy how this has been an issue in the organization, even before McDavid, for years.
Just get EK65. 4 forwards and Ekholm. Skinner or Campbell will do just fine in that scenario.
Edmonton always looking for explosive offense, which played fine in the regular season but won’t get them past the second round. McJesus and DrySaddle were both minus one in the playoffs. They need defensive players that know how to protect the net and Nurse ain’t it. Karlsson isn’t the answer, either.
Nurse contract can piss off man,
Lack of defense, goalie, 2nd or 3rd line.
Too much bread tied up in too few players. More than half the cap (46.75M) covering the cost of 3 top forwards, 2 top defensemen and 1 goalie.
Exchange « Lack of Good Defense » with « They’re a Canadian team. » I genuinely think that there’s some sort of curse on those teams. (Okay, no, not really. But, it’s been 30 years. Something’s gotta give, right?)
Same story year in year out with them. Add goaltending to the list. Pretenders.
Its not even the defense its putrid 5 on 5 scoring if that had more production they proably beat us in the second rnd cause their power play was killing us every game. So much it made it look like we were a bad pk team
I’d say Dallas is in a similar situation.
If the La Kings and the Golden Knights were Porns Stars the Oilers would be the Lube.
Hey, at least they’re consistent in being consistently bad! 😅