Edmonton Oilers' Urgency To Improve Has Yet To Translate Into Progress
The Edmonton Oilers are all-in, but their trades have been lateral moves at best, and they spent another first-round pick in the process, writes Eric Cruikshank.
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I mean, I don't think so.
And I think that, like you said, I mean, I think that that deal that Connor, Connor signed was pretty much the perfect deal all around, and I think it gave him a lot of flexibility, for this window, and I think it's kind of on the shoulders now of management and some of the other guys running the show there to make several more of these Connor Murphy-like deals to give these guys the best chance they can.
And yes, they still can't defend, but I mean, I don't know how many games they've won of their last twenty-five.
They're starting to win games, and I think in playoffs, like, I mean, it showed, right?
I think Bobrovsky was probably the difference maker in both of those finals the last couple years.
So I definitely think they still need some upgrades, but I think getting ahead and having a great start to the week is a good place to be.
