The Oilers are the only contender that already seems to be in crisis mode. Will it last?
We’re two weeks in. Are you keeping up on your mandatory first-month cliches? Week 1: “It’s too early.” Week 2: “It’s still early.” Week 3: “It gets late early around here.” Week 4: Miscellaneous Halloween “it’s getting scary” reference. But while it’s still early, some trends are coming into focus already. Let’s take a look at a few, and see if we think they’ll continue. Advertisement Bonus Five: Early-season trends 5.
But given how high the stakes feel in Edmonton — in this final season before extension time starts kicking in for the big stars — we can’t just hand wave these first two weeks away. As Jay Woodcroft said, it’s been . And that’s especially true given how many of this team’s early-season negatives align with what felt like the Oilers’ worst-case scenarios. The stars are scoring, but there . The blue line has been just OK, at best. And the goaltending … yeah.
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