NHL: 3 teams that are proving their doubters wrong
By Jasmine Yen
2. Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers have been the butt of many jokes for the past few years and many people are angry at them for wasting Connor McDavid‘s prime. They’ve been told year in and year out that they can’t just rely on McDavid and Leon Draisaitl to win games.
Even though that was true last season, it’s not true anymore as they have reached another level of greatness. Both players have reached the 75-point plateau in less than 50 games played and they finally have goaltending to back them up.
When you have two life-changing players scoring at will on your team, all you need is some league-average goaltending to build a playoff contender. People have been constantly saying that it isn’t sustainable to rely on two players but it sure is working for the Oilers right now. Their power play is the best in the league and they average 3.1 goals per game.
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McDavid and Draisaitl are 1-2 in league scoring and it’s not even close. To make matters worse (for the rest of the league), both players are the best points per game percentage of their career. If they can get more scoring depth before the Trade Deadline, this team will look really dangerous.