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Why The Edmonton Oilers Will Be Better This Year.
#oilers #hockey #edmonton #edmontonoilers #sports #icehockey #nhlteams #nhl #mcdavid #draisaitl
What is up guys! Welcome back to another episode right here on AboveAverage!
This video is simple. Is this years Edmonton Oilers team better than last years team!?
I look through the roster, offence, defence and goaltending and give you my thoughts on if I think this team is better than last years!! What do you guys think?!
And it's an interesting conversation. Because if this team does better in the regular season, but doesn't go as far in the playoffs, does that make them a better team?! I discuss this as well!!!
But as always guys, drop a comment down below in the comment section as I read every single one. And just want to say thanks to everyone who's been a part of this journey with me. Took a little bit of a break but I really, really needed it. But I'm back, hungrier than ever, and have some really going things coming down the pipeline here, and I cannot freaking wait for what's next!!!! So from the bottom of my heart, thanks so much!!!
Also huge shout out to my buddy Marcel!!!!! Couldn't be more happy with the new logo!!!!
What is up guys! Welcome back to another episode right here on AboveAverage!
This video is simple. Is this years Edmonton Oilers team better than last years team!?
I look through the roster, offence, defence and goaltending and give you my thoughts on if I think this team is better than last years!! What do you guys think?!
And it's an interesting conversation. Because if this team does better in the regular season, but doesn't go as far in the playoffs, does that make them a better team?! I discuss this as well!!!
But as always guys, drop a comment down below in the comment section as I read every single one. And just want to say thanks to everyone who's been a part of this journey with me. Took a little bit of a break but I really, really needed it. But I'm back, hungrier than ever, and have some really going things coming down the pipeline here, and I cannot freaking wait for what's next!!!! So from the bottom of my heart, thanks so much!!!
Also huge shout out to my buddy Marcel!!!!! Couldn't be more happy with the new logo!!!!
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Bouchard or Quinn Hughes - This Might Change Your Mind...
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#oilers #hockey #sports #edmonton #edmontonoilers #canucks #hughes #bouchard Evan Bouchard or Quinn Hughes? That is the question! In this video I've give my thoughts on who I would rather have to start a franchise. The answer is fairly obvious, but the more you look at the numbers, the more your mind could change! Had a lot of fun with this one guys. Please show your support, would absolutely m...
This Is Huge For The Edmonton Oilers - Leon Draisaitl Makes History!
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#hockey #oilers #nhlteams #nhl #edmontonoilers #sports #hockeyteams #icehockey #edmonton #yeg #leondraisaitl #draisaitl Leon Draisaitl will be back in Edmonton for 8 more years! Star centre Leon Draisaitl commits to being loyal to the Oil as earlier today he signed the richest contract in NHL history, coming in at 8x14 million dollars! This is huge for the Edmonton Oilers, but what does it mean...
How Many Oilers Will Have Career Years This Upcoming Season?
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From Connor Mcdavid, to Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman and Evan Bouchard. This Oilers squad has some SERIOUS offensive threats. Not to mention the new guys like Jeff Skinner and Viktor Arvidsson! In this video I give you my thoughts on some players I think should have career years... before I get ripped in the comment section down below, just know that I know this is very unlikely that all these pl...
Remembering Johnny 'Hockey' Gaudreau - A Flames Legend
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Wow. This truly heart breaking. I can't imagine what the families and loved ones are going through. It was confirmed early this morning that Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Gaudreau passed away last night in a devastating accident. Definitely a different one for you guys today. In this video I share my favourite memories I have of the one they called Johnny Hockey. This guy was remarkable on ice. H...
Are The Edmonton Oilers Contenders Or Pretenders...?
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The Edmonton Oilers have had one of the most entertaining off seasons in recent memory... With additions like Jeff Skinner, Viktor Arvidsson and Matt Savoie. And subtractions like Ryan McLeod, Warren Foegele, Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg... they have certainly made a lot of changes. In this video, I give you my way to early thoughts on the team. Do I think that they are a legit contender o...
The Edmonton Oilers Just Got Way Worse...
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#oilers #blues #stlouisblues #edmontonoilers #hockey #sports #nhlteams #edmontonoilers #mcdavid #draisaitl The Edmonton Oilers have not matched the St. Louis offer sheets, meaning Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway are now the newest members of the St. Louis Blues.... What is up guys, welcome back to AboveAverage! Thanks for clicking on the video. This was a tough one, not going to lie. I really...
Would You Rather Sign Broberg or Holloway? Oilers Land Vasily Podkolzin...
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The Oilers have just traded for Vasily Podkolzin... What does this mean? I give my thoughts on that at the very end of the video because of course the news broke when I was editing this bad boy! But the initial idea of this video was Would you rather sign Broberg or Holloway.... if you could only pick one, who would it be!? I also dive into the fact that the Oilers must do everything they can t...
Dylan Holloway & Philip Broberg Are As Good As Gone...
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#oilers #hockey #nhlicehockey #nhlteams #nhl #edmontonoilers #hockeyteams #blues #stlouisblues #broberg #holloway The St. Louis Blues have tendered offer sheets to Oilers defensemen Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway earlier today... Honestly, I knew it was to good to be true. This offseason couldn't have started any better and look what's happened. I personally believe that if Ken Holla...
Buffalo Sabres Fans Deserve So Much Better...
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#sabres #buffalosabres #sports #hockey #nhl #rasmusdahlin #tagethompson #dylancozens The Buffalo Sabres have not been in the playoffs in 13 years... which is the longest drought not only in the NHL, but for any major sport in North America and is also an NHL record... But have the Buffalo Sabres finally done enough this off season? You got an older Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson, Jack Quinn and D...
There’s No Competing With The Oilers Top Six…
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#hockey #edmontonoilers #nhl #hockeyteams #sports #draisaitl #mcdavid #coloradoavalanche #dallasstars #newyorkrangers #newjerseydevils #detroitredwings #tampabaylightning #torontomapleleafs Anytime you have a Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and now adding Jeff Skinner and Viktor Arvidsson. It's hard to argue that the Edmonton Oilers don't have the best top 6 in t...
Looks Like 8 More Years Of Leon Draisaitl In Edmonton...
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Looks like Leon Draisaitl is not going no where... shocker! What is up guys, welcome back to another episode here on AboveAverage! In this video, it's all Leon Draisaitl. I share my thoughts on the recent news of his contract negotiations. Shared some insight of his last contract signing, and compared how much more he'll be making from the likes of players like William Nylander & Ellias Petters...
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#hockey #edmontonoilers #nhl #hockeyteams #nhlteams #sports #draisaitl #mcdavid #oilers The Edmonton Oilers name Stan Bowman as the 11th General Manager in the franchise's history. This is crazy. This is unfortunate. And I'm honestly in disbelief... sort of. What are your guys thoughts on Stan Bowman being named gm? Was he really the best guy? Does this immediately overlook all the good Jeff Ja...
Is Connor McDavid The Greatest Oiler Of All Time...?
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Oilers Fans Have Waited YEARS For Someone Like This…
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We May Never See A Stanley Cup Final Like This Again...
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Is Connor McDavid The Best Playoff Performer In NHL History...?
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Is Connor McDavid The Best Playoff Performer In NHL History...?
This Sucks Oilers Fans - I've Waited My Whole Life For This?!
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Oilers vs Canucks - May The Best Team WIN...
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Hows this for a hot take...if you think hes the 15th best starting goalie in the league that also means you think hes a bonafide starting goalie. You already said that over half the league has a worse goalie starting in thier net on any given day.
The d core worries me ngl
Noah Philips is becoming a dark horse. Watch out for him
Time will tell and also injuries will play a roll in how the game plays out
You seem like an analyst channel, but all I heard you say was “I don’t know” and “I hope” if you aren’t sure then don’t make some opinions based on your feelings. The numbers are there and Edmonton is going to dominate the nhl this season. Bet on EDMvNYR in the SCF
Nice to see ya, took from the last whistle of the SCF until last night away from this team.... Frustration. I'm with ya man. The concerns I had at the end of the session were tending and defense.... Neither of which were improved upon. What I saw during the summer was Leon getting paid more than I thought he was worth (he floats way too much), the loss of future skill in Broberg, a hit to the team speed and the acquisition of a couple older guys. Being older myself, I know that can at least be beneficial but dropping speed, which the team is known for and not improving the backend, I'm not sure the distance they'll go. 2 6-1 preseason losses is telling, regardless of who was dressed then last night barely squeaking one out, I can only hope they at least start the season better than last year. I'll try and revisit this after the break and see how much hate came my way since.
I agree that we broberg was a loss but at the same time we haven’t seen much. I would have liked to keep him but the 4 mil was an over pay and broberg wanted out. All we can hope for is for stecher and emberson to play well enough. I hope they can find another D man in the future. But let’s see how they play cause again before coffee came in we weren’t really moving the puck with the D and coffee as made a big change in making the D move the puck fast and effective. So I think will be okay for now and build on it during the year to be better for the playoffs.
I think Ty Emberson will surprise the Oilers fans, and there not changing the blue line.. amd with the goaltenders don't really need to worry, Stu did his job and another experience that he has under his belt, and as long he's 900 900+ goaltender he's the guy that can, and now this is the opportunity to show the team that they can rely on him and Pickard
Skinner last year was the best when the pressure was on.
The best at first shot goals both regular season and postseason.
skinner is a perfectly average starter and calvin pickard is a perfectly average backup
Skinner had 10 regular season first shot goals and 5 first shot goals in the playoffs. Impressive.
more like the Coilers!
How original. Must have taken a long time to think that one up.
Always stoked for your vids bud
I compare these two to some older hockey players. Quinn reminds me of Erik Karlsson, while Evan reminds me of Brian Leech. Who would you rather have on your team, Karlsson or Leech? Either way, it is hard to go wrong!
I love Bouchard and the oilers and I think that he might be more built for playoff hockey than Hughes. I think it's Draisaitl who goes from a beast in the regular season to an insane animal in the playoffs in terms of production. Not to mention, I don't know how much playoff experience Hughes and Pettersson have, especially compared to the oilers
Who won the norris?
Bouchard is the most overrated player in the league
Hol up Hughs getting 10 points in 13 games is not showing up? That is still fantastic production for a d-man Plus you have to realize that everyone is taking less chances without demko, even if silovs was solid
Bouchard benefits HUGE from his line mates. Quinn would smoke Bouchards numbers if he was on the ice with McDavid & Draisaitl. Your bias (albeit slight) is showing (on your walls 😜).
Not even the same type of Dman, Quinn gets pushed off the puck by a 12 year old kid, doesn't defend for shit. Bouch has some position lapses but can also shoot the puck through a goalies stomach. I guess it's just a biased opinion like most on this thread anyway.
Hughes props his team up, bouchard is propped up. If you watched both of them play last season its not even close
2 game winning goals from Bouch against the Canucks in the playoffs vs 0 goals from Hughes...
@@aboveaverage5979 That is true yet Hughes still has a huge gap on him. Not to mention Hughe's insane TOI. You give any team the option to take hughes or bouch 100% are taking hughes
As an oilers fan I’d take Hughes every day and it’s not even a question
Agreed!
Hughes is the better one imo, not that Bouchard is bad in the slightest but playing on that Oilers PP numbers are bound to be inflated a little.
This is correct.
Evan Bouchard is better, only canCUCk fans would think otherwise. Go Oilers!
Don't know about this ahah.
Stylistically Bouchard fits with McDavid better than Hughes would with McDavid. Hughes drives play but that would be less beneficial with McDavid who doesn’t need that in a defensemen as he’s the best in the world at it.
Good comment. I agree.
Watch game 5 of the canucks oilers series quin would never bobble the puck in front of his own net leading to a game tieing goal
Bouch also had 2 gwg in the series... Hughes had 0...
You are smoking rope pr something! Put Quinn Hughes on that Oilers blue line on that PP unit and your logic of who's better goes up in same smoke!
Evan Bouchard's numbers are vastly inflated by quarterbacking McDavid's power play unit. Quinn Hughes is the better player, no competition. Also it's unfair to judge Hughes' playoffs when the Canucks had not been to the playoffs in a while whereas Bouchard has tons of experience.
Bouch has 20 more playoffs games under his belt... But Quinn Hughes has 100 more regular season games under his belt. So technically Hughes has more experience.
@@aboveaverage5979 Playoffs is a different beast than the regular season, mate. Teams really turn up the heat there. So no. Bouchard still has more playoffs experience.
If the Canucks traded Hughes for Bouchard, the Oilers would be bragging about how the fleeced the Canucks, and the Canucks would be immediately ridiculed by the entire hockey world.
well maybe a person who thinks points are what makes the best player he's better but how many times did players blow by him to get a grade A chance how many times were they pinned in their end because he couldnt get the puck out . Theres more to being the better player then points
Nothing to do in dreadmonton so they think up fantasies that ain't reality, chronic boredom, and meth no brain stimulation is dangerous mix in the city of irrelevance
Lol
lol from a guy from edmonton and an oiler fan
It’s so funny hearing everyone saying “lets see how good he is away from McDavid” or “If Bouchard didn’t have McDavid, Bouchard will be an AHL player”. I think I’ve heard the exact same thing with Leon and Hyman. So from these stupid logics, without McDavid, Leon is a 70 point player, Hyman is a top 9 player and Bouchard is an AHL guy. Makes me laugh how delusional people can be and don’t realize all these guys are top end players without McDavid. Sure McDavid obviously helps but insanely delusional comments. I guess with that logic Paul Coffey isn’t one of the best d man of all time because he played with Wayne, Kurri and Messier???
Defensive play is so, so, so important. And when you have a team that is so offensive (Oilers), someone like Hughes would be better. You need a balanced team. And I don't think there are enough defensive defenseman out there to fill the holes.
And Hughes is breaking ankles all of the place.
Just because Hughes didn’t score a thousand points doesn’t mean he didn’t show up. He was still pretty dynamic at driving the play.
but it dosent show
@@frenchbellow2 in what metric?
@@reeddixon5758 bouchard is better for the playoffs which is more important
@@frenchbellow2 It does take a lot of skill to be on the power play with McDavid and then suck in your own end.
@@reeddixon5758 really do you even watch oiler games
Would we have this conversation if Hughes were playing with McDavid and Draisaitl? No. The Canucks had no second line last season. We'll see how the Oilers can handle Peterson's line now that he has a supporting cast. Expect JT Miller's line to produce in a big way as well with Boeser in a contract year. Watch the Canucks bottom six to wear out and produce offense which will free up their top 6. I don't think the defense or goaltending would be an issue as well if the forwards are doing their job in banging teams down and keeping their opponents on the other end of the ice with scoring chances. That being said, the team that stays healthy will be more productive in the playoffs. Expect to see the smart teams on top to have an early push the start of this season. If the Oilers needed a game 7 to pass the Canucks of last year, yeah...I don't think that would ever happen this time around. Stay healthy my friends.
To be totally fair.....Bouchard has to repeat his points before you can have this conversation and learning a little bit about defense couldn't hurt either.....he's brutal!
Quinn Hughes is better and is the best player on his team. If he played with McDavid and Draisaitl, he’s probably putting up 120 pts a season.
If Bouchard was playing with the Blackhawks offensive core he’d be in the AHL
😂 trust me so would Quinn
Let's see what Bouchard does away from 2 of the top point producing players. This isn't even a real debate in my opinion
Hughes is better right now, but Bouchard will be better than Hughes
Lol punish him because he has better players? Can't have it both ways Cafuck fans, you try and say the Canucks are a better team, so wouldn't that mean they have better players? And bouch smoked Hughes in playoffz
@@PastaRobot19 If he does it's because of mcdavo and drai
This channel is a joke! Some dust producer thinks he knows hockey.
Bouch is more clutch
Match Hughes with McDavid...then compare
If you took a d for the playoffs you would have to have a team to get to the playoffs...otherwise it's senseless...
now as a canucks fan i gotta say something, i didnt hear in the video that you have to take into account is the playoff experience between the 2 (i would think playoff experience is important for a small guy who can get hit easily so he knows how to handle it) and the players surrounding them. this was Quinn Hughes first time being in a non pandemic playoffs environment and Bouchard has been i believe 3 times, you can let me know if I'm wrong. and as i said before the players surrounding them, my assumption would be is if Quinn Hughes had Draisaitl and Mcdavid to play with him he could put up similar points probably a little less. Quinn Hughes had a injured Petterson who couldn't perform and jt miller. i would bet that when Hughes gets more playoffs experience he will outperform Bouchard, though Bouchard is also going to get better with time. (ok just looked it up and Bouchards first time in the playoffs actually had very similar numbers to Hughes) now i know people will hate and say that im wrong, im biased, or even playoff experience isn't that important and whatever someone's brain may conjure up. im not trying to be biased just trying to say my piece and my thoughts on the matter. good day to you all. this comment is way to long but there is no turning back now lol.
Its an interesting debate, Bouche is great, but he played almost exclusively in a five man unit with Mcdavids line in the playoffs. It's hard to evaluate his true value when you have a guy that warps gravity on the ice.
this is only a argument for low iq people like urself. put mcdavid with hughes and his points would triple
It’s safe to say Quinn Hughes is overrated and a massage fraud. Id take a guy like Bouchard 10/10 times if I were constructing a competitive roster
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@@brotheryodabrain damage he has
I hate people who pretend to be good at giving massages
If you put in conversations with the likes of Brian Leetch, and Booby Orr. You're probably a pretty special player. Setting playoff records makes you a special player too. We all have our bias answers. I do think that Hughes is better than Makar. Makar had a much better team when he broke out. Quinn is leading his team out of depression. So I believe the pressure is higher on Hughes. I dont know? Just blabbering. And yes I know the talk is about Bouchard.
Hughes is for now, but 2 or 3 years frome now, I'll probably be sold on Bouchard.
They're the same age...
@matthewjudge3763 hugse made a name for himself earlier. It'll take a year or 2 to cache up.
I thought it would be aboot 13.75m/yr. According to Price is Right law, you win an all expenses paid trip to Germany, a new BMW and a years supply of bratwurst. Lucky
I've always thought that Quinns biggest weakness is that he isn't as sturdy of a person as Makar is. He's just easier to move off of the puck than Makar is. This is most noticeable in the defensive end, but Quinn has made up for this a lot with his skating ability, especially this season. The difference between the two has always been overstated, and it helps a lot when you play with Mack and Rantanen your whole career.
Why the preds