Edmonton Oilers: Four overreactions to the game 1 loss
By Carson Trask
The Edmonton Oilers glaring weaknesses were on full display in their season opener against the Devils. With that said, it is common for fans and media alike to think the sky is falling. Here are some overreactions to what we witnessed during the game.
The Edmonton Oilers got off to about as bad a start as humanly possible on Saturday. Mental errors and sloppy play were the theme the entire game. The Devils were prepared to play from the opening puck drop, the Oilers were not. Seemingly every puck battle went in the Devils favour, resulting in the Oilers only having 3 shots in the second period, two of which came in the final minute of that period.
The same problems that plagued the Oilers a season ago were on full display. Running around without any real purpose leading to mistakes that NHL players shouldn’t be making. The Oilers simply have too much talent to look the way they did in the season opener. It is not as simple as looking for help via trade or shuffling players around in the lineup. For the foreseeable future, this is the roster that is tasked with getting the job done.
One game is a remarkably small sample size. Everyone knows that, but here we are. Unless improvement comes quickly drastic changes on and off the ice will occur.
So let us overreact to what we all saw in Sweden.