3 Underrated Oilers Who Are Key to a Stanley Cup Run

1 year ago  /  The Hockey Writers

Every successful team needs players who overachieve, whether it’s a young player on an entry-level deal or an older player on a team-friendly contract. If players perform better than their cap hit, it usually doesn’t last long, which is why Stanley Cup-winning rosters can rarely stay together. For the Edmonton Oilers to be successful, they will need many players to overachieve – the more the better. He, too, is in the final year of his entry-level deal (after an entry-level slide for the first two years). The Oilers benefitted from two great young players on entry-level deals last season as well – Bouchard and Stuart Skinner....

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