Could what happened to Lucic and Maroon happen to them? It’s certainly possible given how difficult it is to maintain this style of rugged and fierce game. That could be bad news for the Oilers, given that Zach Hyman will be 30 this season and Evander Kane 31. Power forwards in the NHL can get old mighty fast. Odds of this failure repeating in 2022-23? 30/70. The demise of Lucic was especially ruinous to the Oilers, as he was paid huge dollars and counted on to ride shotgun with McDavid but he could no longer keep up to that pace of play. Kassian again scored seven, while Pouliot was bought out in the summer of 2017, ending a disappointing run with the Oilers. A year later, Maroon scored just 14 in 57 games before the Oilers traded him and Lucic dropped to 10 goals. Edmonton’s 2016-17 team was pushed ahead by a number of big, tough wingers, namely Milan Lucic, 28, with 23 goals, Patrick Maroon, 28, with 27, Zack Kassian, 25, with seven, and Benoit Pouliot, 29, with eight. The power forwards on the team collapsed. But there’s enough depth and talent for this group to figure it out, I strongly suspect, with additional use of Bouchard and his nasty shot another probable difference maker.ģ. This Edmonton power play was only mediocre for the Oilers for large stretches last year. Even the best power plays can have tough patches. Odds of this failure repeating in 2022-23? 20/80. But such is the depth of the scoring on this team, with Evander Kane, Zach Hyman, and Jesse Puljujarvi all capable in front of the net, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Kailer Yamamoto solid on the wings, and Tyson Barrie and Evan Bouchard strong at the point, it’s likely Edmonton’s power play will continue to be one of the NHL’s best with a man advantage.
Edmonton’s power play has been strong three straight years now, with Draisaitl scoring 24 goals last year and McDavid, 10.
Veteran Mark Letestu went from scoring 11 power play goals to three, Milan Lucic from 12 to three, and Leon Draisaitl from 10 to six. Edmonton’s power play went from the fifth best in 2016-17 to worst in the NHL in 2017-18. Of course, any goalie can have a crappy season, but between Campbell and Stuart Skinner, it’s likely Edmonton will get reliable netminding in 2022-23.Ģ. Teams, including Edmonton, appear far more aware of the enormous wear and tear that comes with riding one goalie. But unlike Talbot, Jack Campbell didn’t play 86 games last year with Toronto, he played just 56. As with Talbot, the Oilers are again relying on a good goalie in Jack Campbell in the prime of his career, just 30-year-old. This saw him get traded to Philadelphia for a minor league goalie. 893 save percentage in 31 games in 2018-19. 908 save percentage in 67 games in 2017-18, followed up with an. Talbot was never again the same for the Oilers, with a. Some folks warned about his overuse, and perhaps there was something to that line of thinking. That’s right, Talbot played 73 games, along with 13 more in the playoffs. 919 save percentage and 42 wins in 73 games. At age 29, goalie Cam Talbot had been Edmonton’s best player in the 2017 playoffs, after a stellar regular season where he had a. Here’s what went so wrong, as well as the odds of that same kind of thing repeating:ġ. The Oilers followed up with another rancid season in 2018-19, which cost both head coach Todd McLellan and GM Peter Chiarelli their jobs.įrom those inspiring 2016-17 Oilers, only McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse and Jesse Puljujarvi remain on the team. They went from scoring 3.0 goals a game and letting in just 2.5, to scoring 2.8 and letting in 3.2. Article contentīut instead of making the playoffs and challenging for the Cup, the 2017-18 Oilers collapsed, winning just 36 games, losing 46, and finishing with 78 points in the standings. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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