I belive the oilers will make it to the cupp.
It was amazing last year how they made it to the last game..
Goo Oilers Goo<33
2006-12-03 05:48:01 · 14 answers · asked by staygolden 2 in Sports ➔ Hockey
no, Ducks-Sabres.
2006-12-03 06:43:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, when that idiot Pronger left town, so did a lot of their flexibility. And not just on defense. The amount of minutes that he logged ,coupled with his ability to push the puck, enhanced the effectiveness of thier forwards exponentially. Spacek's loss is a big one too.
I do think the goaltending is leaps and bounds ahead of where it was last year and that, as far as "stay-at-home" defense goes, the Oilers' blue liners are actually pretty good.
This team could scrape in like last year if they pick up the pace (which I expect), but, unless an offensive minded defenseman is added, it is unlikely that Edmonton will advance at all.
2006-12-03 20:45:33 · answer #2 · answered by MnM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the Oilers made it to the cup last year because the best western conf teams lost their stride just a little to soon. I would've been surprised to see such a good team such as Carolina lose to them.
2006-12-03 16:01:29 · answer #3 · answered by starsfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God I hope so!!! They have all the elements in place, great scoring, great goalie, pretty good defense, one of the best coaches in the league and also a damn good GM in Kevin Lowe. They just need to get more consistent and stop losing to the worst teams (4-0 to Columbus?!?!?) and then they'll do fine. If they can just make it into the playoffs, they'll explode into the team they are destined to be.
2006-12-03 18:13:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They let the nucleus of their team go in players like Pronger, Peca and Spacek (thanks for Spacek by the way---he's great!).
The Oilers were fun, fun, fun to watch last year, but it will take a near miracle to repeat that run.
2006-12-03 21:12:59 · answer #5 · answered by Lori 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About a week ago I would tell you forshure, but now with hemskey, and smyth hurt, and smid is sore and now Roloson couldn't stop a beach ball i don't know?
They'll need to get there act together.
2006-12-04 20:03:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...They're not great this year...they even lost against Columbus :S
And they are [13-10-2] at the moment.
2006-12-03 18:15:13 · answer #7 · answered by hockeyg11rl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they will if they quit losing to ridiculously bad teams like COLUMBUS!
2006-12-03 19:57:04 · answer #8 · answered by prairiefire_14 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not this year, bad trades in off season.
2006-12-04 08:06:24 · answer #9 · answered by Patrick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of hockey has to be played. they are good in the playoffs so maybe...
2006-12-03 17:47:14 · answer #10 · answered by Keary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with cooltd825 ducks-sabres LETS GO BUFFALO!!!
2006-12-07 08:29:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋