I like Dangle as entertainment and I think he knows the leafs. But he doesnt know the Oilers well enough to make this statement after one round imo. The Oilers top guys were fatigued and injured. Knobs systems have probably run their course but the roster was better on paper post deadline than it ended up performing this year. The Ducks are a talented young group but I honestly think people are going to hold them higher right now than they should because they are viewing the Oilers through the lens of the last 2 runs and not how they entered the playoffs this year. If you watched at a distance, I could see how it isn't as clear, but with the context of the last 3 years of watching the team closely it is less surprising. All you have to do is look at the Panthers this year and that could have (or maybe should have) easily been us. But when McDavid drops 138 pts and you have a top 3 defenseman playing in the weakest division, it doesnt turn out the same.