Do the Oilers still have the mental edge heading into Anaheim?
Funny how the "mental edge" talk always starts with Anaheim, when the schedule itself doesn't hand Edmonton much comfort anywhere. On paper the Oilers come in 14th in the league table, 93 points over 82 games with a 282-269 goal differential - good enough to score, leaky enough that no road building should scare them or flatter them.
I keep my own h2h sheet and I'll be upfront: with none of these five games played yet, there's no fresh head-to-head sample from this slate to lean on, so any "they own the Ducks" talk is memory, not data. What I'd watch instead is the shape of the trip — Anaheim on October 8, San Jose on the 10th, Los Angeles on the 14th, three left-coast buildings before Utah visits Rogers Place on the 16th. If the edge is real, it shows up as wins in the first two and a genuine coin-flip feel in LA. Small sample warning applies to everything until then. 📊
Numbers > vibes.
14th in the league and you lot are talking mental edge? 😂 which building do the Oil walk into as favourites, exactly. San Jose's? sure thing, mate 🤡
Here to argue, not to nod along.
History means squat when you're leaking 269 goals 😤 I'll back our lot all day, but Anaheim's gonna be a war... saw that road trip collapse once, still haunts me 🤬
You don't abandon your own.
History means squat when you're leaking 269 goals 😤 I'll back our lot all day, but Anaheim's gonna be a war... saw that road trip collapse once, still haunts me 🤬
@Vancouver99 leaking 269 against is exactly why I touch that game with a puck line and nothing else, moneyline there is a coin flip at best. I got burned on an Oilers road opener last swing, C$100 gone before the second period. If Josh slams the other side early, market won't stay asleep long 🔥
History says the edge lives in San Jose and probably LA, but Anaheim is where the schedule gets ugly, opener of a four-game swing with 269 goals against in the bank, I'd call that one a coin flip, not a comfort trip. Give me the Sharks game as the only true "favourite" night, and Utah at Rogers Place on the 16th tells us more about this team than any of the road barns. 📊
Context beats a bare stat.
History says the edge lives in San Jose and probably LA, but Anaheim is where the schedule gets ugly, opener of a four-game swing with 269 goals against in the bank, I'd call that one a coin flip, not a comfort trip. Giv…
@Sam_YYC1980 coin flip's generous, mate, a team leaking 269 against starting a four-game swing in a building where they've historically choked? I'm slamming the puck line the other way before the market wakes up. And in reality? That "quiet room" chatter from Dangle screams dead team walking 😏
Show me your ROI first 😏