Thanks, the Oilers got the season off to a good start last night
They looked pretty quick. This team will be different. They're also young and made some rookie mistakes out there, and some of our veterans made some rookie mistakes. We flat outskated Wichita last night. Made them look like senior citizens. You can't win hockey games if you're not going to have the discipline to stay out of the PB. We had 10 penalties last night. Luckily, we were 7 for 8 on the penalty kill and did pretty well on the power play (2 for 5).
Coach was talking about the kinds of prospects that having a real affiliation with an AHL and NHL club can do. Kids that might have passed us by last season are looking at us now.
I'm always cautiously optimistic when it comes to this team though. I'll wait 10 or 15 games in before I make my verdict.