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Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 23, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 17, 2023 at 10:30 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 31, 2023 at 9:12 p.m.
Thread: Best team within cap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JKCpp</b></div><div>Draisaitl had selke votes in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 but ok also check the numbers after ekholm arrived and u will be surprised</div></div>

Thank you for bringing that up! Yes he's received a grand total of 4 total Selke votes in his 9 seasons in the league. The highest he ever placed was 13th, when he got 2 2nd place votes and a 4th place vote, in 2021. Of course worth noting is the 2 2nd place votes were both from members of Edmonton media who cover the Oilers. He also received 1 5th place Selke vote in 2020, the year he was statistically one of (if not the) worst forwards in the entire league. So yeah, he's not really raking 'em in.

The basic numbers tell that yes, they allowed fewer goals per game post Ekholm trade... but going deeper into that, in the 21 games following, they played mostly interdivisional and interconference games, which led to them playing cupcakes, like the Ducks twice, the Coyotes twice, and the Sharks three times. That's 1/3rd of the games right there against teams who knew going into the year they had no shot. They did have some good wins in that span though, to their credit.

However, the playoffs...woof. 12 games, and only 3 of them did they allow fewer than 3 goals. In 7 games, they allowed 4 or more! A part of that goes to shaky goaltending, I'm sure, but then how do you not structure your defensive system around limiting shots at that point? Can't blame the goalie every year...
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 31, 2023 at 5:31 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 31, 2023 at 4:57 p.m.
Thread: Best team within cap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JKCpp</b></div><div>Huh what are u talking about lol do you have no clue who Slavin or Toews is they are easily 1D on most teams in the nhl today Carolina being one of the best defensive teams in the league and he’s the 1D also once again oilers had the best powerplay the NHL has ever seen that’s why draisaitl Bouchard McDavid Hyman are on this team also the oilers have the best 2 players in the world if u didn’t know</div></div>

Makar gives you the best dman in the world. It does not get more legit than that lmao. Toews is great in his role supporting him. And Slavin is terrific, I've definitely watched more of him than you have, lol. Carolina plays in a defensive system, are you expecting this team featuring a stacked forward core to play the same way the Hurricanes do? No? Ok, so you need better defense or Bouchard looks like a pylon every shift at ES. And, no, Draisaitl isn't the 2nd best player in the world, he's the best at playing with McDavid. Great player boosted by the best in the world. But not #2. If your Oilers are so great, why do they fail year after year?
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 31, 2023 at 4:29 p.m.
Thread: Best team within cap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JKCpp</b></div><div>Why would I take draisaitl off this team lol he has the best contract in the league</div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JKCpp</b></div><div>Oilers had the best powerplay the nhl has ever seen am I wrong and Bouchard elevated that in the playoffs that’s why so many oilers are on this team</div></div>

To fit Makar in so you could have a legit 1D... instead of Bouchard as well, who I've seen Oilers fans describe as having "concrete skates"... also no reason to bury a 50 pt playmaker wing who threw 24 hits last season on the 4th line... you're trying to build the best team under the cap, not the Edmonton Oilers (who obviously have not been the best team in the league) with friends. And again, people when they do this challenge limit themselves on the number of ELCs they use, and you've got 4.