I've been thinking alot lately of how the Oilers will do scoring goals next year with a group of forwards that are either boarder line NHLers or pretty good AHLers. The more i thought about it the best way to look into the future is to see what the recent past tells us. Alot of Oiler fans last year got all excited about the Oilers filling the oppositions net with a lot of pucks and in the end the Oilers were one of the worst offencive teams in the NHL.
So Here Goes.
At center the Oilers have Horrcoff, Stoll, Reasoner and Pouliot. Looking at the last 3 year of NHL play it's reasonable to assume that this goup of players should be good for 58 goals.
At left wing the Oilers have Torres, Moreau, Sanderson and Nilsson. I figure this group should be good for about 70 goals.
At right wing the Oilers have Hemsky, Pissani, Thorenson and Stortini. This group of players is the weak link in the Oilers already weak offence. It's lead by a player that, as good as he is, refuses to pass the puck. I can only see about 42 goals coming out of this group.
On defence the Oilers have Souray, Pitkanen, Staios, Tarnstrom, Green and Smid. I'm thinking the defence should be able to kick in 54 goals.
This isn't pretty but as it sits right now the Oilers should be able to score about 224 goals and will only have four 20 goal scorers. That means the almost 40% of the offence is going to come from those 4 players, lets hope none of them get hurt. 224 goals is about 29 more goals than the Oilers scored last year but in my mind not enough to get the Oilers into the playoffs yet. Lets hope we get some help up front before the season starts.
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