cory40 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Wow that's a terrible line on the Oilers for betters. Anyone who puts money on the Oilers winning the Cup deserves at least 100-1. This is the time of year where fools are made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickly Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Rightfully so. The Jets, Flames, and even Oilers should and probably will be better than the Canucks this year. However, as long as the Sedins are around there is always reason to believe the Canucks can overachieve and do better than predicted. From what I've seen thus far in preseason it's looking more and more likely that a top 5 pick is in the near future but I could be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Revelation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soshified Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Hey guys Sorry to break it to you, but Vegas has them at 85 to 1..........about 25th OA Not too encouraging. Who cares about odds. Just a few years ago, Canucks would have the highest odd of winning it. Guess what really happened... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Just like the Flames weren't even supposed to ve remotely close to making the playoffs. After LA won in 2012, I don't look at any odds anymore. Its all complete bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1Luongofan Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 So they're telling me there's a chance.....Yeaaaaaahhhhhh! Yeah a chance to suck badly this year and get a high draft LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiboynux4lifee******* Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Our veterans have not scored yet in the pre-season. so ??????????????YEAAAAAAAAH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 we need to chill its preseason see how we do before we can say oilers are go na be better than us all the pil fans say that every yr then draft in top 3 everytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Who cares about odds. Just a few years ago, Canucks would have the highest odd of winning it. Guess what really happened... Injuries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S.Strowbridge Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Lemieux was nuts his rookie year. But it took years to build around him. They won when they also had a good complimentary team. Exactly. Anyone who thinks a team can turn around because of one guy is delusional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Lemieux was nuts his rookie year. But it took years to build around him. They won when they also had a good complimentary team. Here were the top-5 scorers on the Penguins after Lemieux, in his rookie year: Warren Young Douglas Shedden Michael Bullard Wayne Babych John Chabot They didn't have talented players to play with him...at all. But then they started adding more young talent and complimentary vets, and years later they eventually built a quality team to surround him with...and they dominated. But the Oilers are different. They have a ton of young talent (Hall, RNH, Eberle, Nurse, Draisatl, Klefbom, Reinhart, Yakupov, Talbot, Schultz), and some decent complimentary vets as well (Sekera, Pouliot, Fayne, Purcell, Ference). They were already well on their way to building a quality team, even without winning the McDavid lottery. So Oilers are dropping McDavid - considered the best Junior player since Lemieux - into team that is close to already complimenting him. They are going to be a force to be reckoned with, and soon. I think they will need another year to all come together, and for the young D to mature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo1970 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 That's a pretty ridiculous set of stats. Oilers were an awful team last year and have not even played a game since their last bottom of the pack finish - all the sudden they have double the odds of winning a cup over the Canucks who were 7th overall at the end of the regular season? Okay... Big changes will always call out the doubters. The Oilers were, once again, bottom feeders. Any change at all has to make them a little better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Curse Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Better on paper means just that, better on paper. They still lack legit bottom 6 NHL level players and their d corps and goaltending is amongst the worst in the league unless talbot magically goes all world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahyoung Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Clearly it's the McDavid factor in play here. When the season starts, we shall see how big a factor he actually is. You'd better believe, other teams are going to match up their best defensive/checking lines against him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Barzal Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Bill Watterson was an incredible man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cory40 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Oilers will be a good team this year and probably a force next year. Not saying I'm happy about that, but let's be realistic. That much talent with the new management team, something has to happen! Really? where is all the Talent. At best I see Edmonton squeaking into a play-off spot within the next five years. But I am not sold on RNH (too small) Hal,l might not have a very high ceiling, and Yak just looks too slow. Remember Pavel had like 4 break aways a game when he was a rookie. and every time he touched the puck fans were on their feet. Yak only gets fans on their feet when they take off their jersey's. Edmonton has finally made some good management changes. But the mess is still their. It will take until December this year to realize they have to blow up some of these draft picks, and change the product on the ice. And another though what if McDavid is not ready physically? Do they still rush him , I mean he is on TSN's most watched list . He should be rookie of the year next year. This year I see struggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 So how do you gauge a team like ours that has gone through so many changes the past couple of years? It would be nice if we can surprise people and go against the odds. We really don't know what to expect this year though. Let's find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasCanuck Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Odds at Bodog.ca for Canadian teams winning the Stanley Cup: Canadiens - 18-1 Flames - 28-1 Jets - 28-1 Oilers - 33-1 Senators 40-1 Canucks 66-1 Leafs 100-1 (Taken from http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/carey-price-montreal-canadiens-preview-1.3247182) Yikes. I expect us to be a bubble team, and probably not making the playoffs. But I also expect similar results from the Jets, Oilers, and Senators. That's quite a wide discrepancy though. I think that with the signing of Mike Babcock and Lou Lamoriello, the leafs have a better shot than the Canucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I think that with the signing of Mike Babcock and Lou Lamoriello, the leafs have a better shot than the Canucks. Problem is, even with these signings, it's likely going to take more than a year to fix that team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Industrious1 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I'm not sure the Oilers are going to burn down the house this year and send Gretzky-like waves of fear through the opposition...but they certainly look to have improved with their changes to management and the addition of a 'generational' player (anyone else feel that word has lost a lot of meaning over the last ten years?). Odds are they will be a bubble team...which i'm sure is fantastic for the majority of their fans. As for the Senators and the Jets its a bit of a crapshoot because the circumstances in their divisions are so different than the Canucks and Oilers that its really tough to predict just how things will play out over there. Personally i'm not sold on either of those teams and their ability to compete in the playoffs, much like the Canucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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