The NHL is TERRIFIED of the Oilers...

The NHL is terrified of the Edmonton Oilers as they've been having an historic start to this season as they are still undefeated in regulation. In this video, we're going to break down everything that's been going good, some surprise players that have been popping out of nowhere this year, and so much more. You're not going to miss this episode of NHL Digest. 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Four goals, 13 assists, 50% on the draw. He's just playing unbelievable hockey right now. He's doing Connor McDavid things, that's for sure. And Connor McDavid says it's been fun. Obviously, when the team's out there, they're having fun. They're winning games. The play is only going to be better on the ice. We're seeing that right now with McDavid and just how well he has been playing. And, of course, there is two elite threats on this top line, talking about Leon Draisaitl as he's the best player in the world, is what Connor McDavid said, or one of the best players in the world. So when you've got two of, in my opinion, the best players in the world on the same line, it's going to lead to success, and we're seeing it early here. Draisaitl, we're going to talk about in just a second, but McDavid is really silencing the haters this year and really showing everybody that he is the best player in the world, and he's going to go out and win a cup here in Edmonton. So it's going to be fun to watch him keep going as well. Obviously, McDavid and the boys were great, is what Babcock is giving the guys some praise here, just saying, hey, you know, McDavid's playing great hockey, and, you know, we're obviously carrying that momentum forward, keeping on winning games, and we've only lost one game, and that was in overtime. It wasn't in regulation, and the Oilers are playing great right now, and hopefully they can keep this up because they are getting some great goaltending as well, which we're going to talk about a little later. Looking at McDavid's scouting report here, his strengths are his assists a game. He's over two assists per game here for the first six games of the season, and over 2.83 points. He's at 2.83 points a game, almost at three points a game here through six games, which is ridiculous. His giveaways are about one a game, but when you're logging a lot of ice like McDavid and carrying the puck a lot, yeah, you're going to give away the puck sometimes, but I don't think that sticks out to me. I think McDavid is just a player who kind of transcends the game. He is just so good. Watching this guy, you're like, oh my God, I get to watch this guy. I get to tell people in 20 years time that, you know, I got to watch McDavid, right? That's the type of player this guy is, he's so good. He's so fast, has great hands, is a great shot, has great vision. Like he's probably one of the best players to ever touch a hockey puck. So I just, I'm just grateful that we get to watch it and grateful that he continues it again this season after putting up 17 points here early. Draisaitl as well, having a good start. He's at about .67 goals a game right now and is over one assist a game as well as weakness being giveaways. Like I said, when you're logging a lot of minutes, these guys are going to give up a lot of giveaways. Draisaitl here to start the first six games. Has him playing well as well, 11 points through six games, four goals, seven assists for Draisaitl. He's been phenomenal, right? His shot percentage is at 16.7% here to start the year, which is amazing. Obviously, him and McDavid have been having a great connection here with the guy we're going to talk about in just a second, in puck goals, and this top line has been so good. These guys are just absolutely beating up on teams. There's no team in the NHL that can stop this top line, and I'm certain of it. This team is so good. They've got two of the best players in the world on the line. It's ridiculous, right? It's crazy that we're talking about two of the best players in the world playing on the same team and now playing on the same line, and we're seeing the repercussions of that is that they're beating every NHL team handily, and you know they're just the league is terrified of them that's the whole premise of this video is that nobody wants to play this team because they have so many great talents in this roster this year and obviously a guy who maybe it was thrown under the bus a lot over this offseason I would say is Evan Bouchard he adds another threat here he has 14 points through six games six goals as a defenseman I might add with eight assists he's been unbelievable averaging about 22.5 minutes a night I mean he's playing great he's got three takeaways on the year he's got three power play points like this guy is playing unbelievable hockey from the blue line and for everybody who said Evan Bouchard is not worth the extension he got I hope you I hope you uh you know you you didn't have anything else to say on that because he is worth this and then some because he's been so good here this year and everybody that doubted him and doubted that deal it's really getting it backfiring on them right now with Bouchard the way he's playing it's been unbelievable he's had like a historic start to this season uh we're gonna get that in the second But Drysdale just as he makes the right plays nearly every time that's one thing with Bouchard he's a great passer he has a great shot from that blue line and like I said a lot of people doubted this guy and he's really backing himself right now and he's really proven that he is a great defenseman in this league and obviously now Drysdale against his poise at the puck is just second to none he just is so confident and that's why he's so good like he it just exudes through him and exudes through his play on the ice and it's so great to see Bouchard kind of play with that confidence as well and it was a historic start for Bouchard where he had 10 plus points and a plus 10 to the first four games he's the first NHL defenseman to do this so that that's a great start for him setting records here early on in this season and just looking like here here is his scouting report he's over a goal a game over assist a game his giveaways like i said anybody who logs minutes is going to get high giveaways just the way it's going to be so i wouldn't read into too much of that looking at his shot chart here as i bring up a little bit bigger for you guys uh you see here three of his goals have come from the point two from outside uh the slot area and then one from the inner slot so you see all the shots are coming here on this left point and he's just ripping them like he loves it he's already his expected goals so far would have been 0.8 this season through six games he's already plus 5.2 on that so he's having a great year right like there's no doubt about it that Bouchard is one of the guys who's definitely leading the charge here and setting up these forwards for their success and I you know we can't sweep that under the rug and as well as another guy who's helping out is Vasily Podkolzin who has just had a great year so far completing Edmonton's top line with McDavid and Draisaitl he's got nine points through six games and seven of them have been goals and obviously when you're playing with great guys like McDavid and Draisaitl who are going to set those goals up to you on a platter you know he's gonna he's gonna finish them and Podkolzin is really uh you know stepping into his own this season playing with some top guys it's really his talent is really coming out seven goals through six games is over a goal per game for him so that's great to see and great to see this guy kind of step up this year and just trying to looking at this top line how dominant it has been they have 10 goals for only one goal against like that is ridiculous how good this top line has been playing this season and we'll just have a look here you know is it luck or is it for real so far he'd be expected to have about two and a half goals he has uh well at seven now and now his shot percentage is at 35% so i don't think this is luck i think this is real whenever he's playing with a guy i'm gonna tee it up to him he's gonna put it in the back then and he's been playing so good great great to see pod come out here join the top line take these minutes and you know not you know take advantage of it or to or take advantage of it and not take it for granted and really make the best out of this opportunity of playing two of the best players in the world which is great to see and obviously we got to talk about the guy between the pipes that's Devin Levi uh giving edmonton another way to win by being such a great goaltender uh one thing that has been lacking on him is his high danger uh chance save percentage we'd like to see that a little bit higher but other than that he's been great and just looking at you know his last starts he had a bad one his first game out where he had seven goals against and ever since then he's locked in he's had 9.50 9.35 and 9.75 with only four goals against over his last three games so that's great to see from Devin Levi when you put all those numbers together you get him at a .903 save percentage so far on the year and it's great to see him obviously come in in this season in a slot where you know Edmonton doesn't really know what's going to happen with the goaltending situation. Obviously, you know, with Jerry getting him in the trade last year wasn't really what they worked out to be. They end up getting Levi and Levi really comes in this year and just proves to everybody that he is an NHL goaltender and can get wins in this league and he's doing it in a big way, putting up some insane games and really keeping the Edmonton Oilers in these games. So it's great to see him have that confidence as well. This team is so confident right now. They think they can beat anybody and when you have a team like that their team to look out for and a team to definitely be terrified for for sure looking at just Edmonton's next couple of games coming up here they got back-to-backs against the Mammoth uh one on Thursday one on Saturday uh we're not back-to-backs but back-to-back games against them then they have the Wild, the Hurricanes, the Maple Leafs so it's a tough task coming up for the Edmonton Oilers if they can still remain undefeated in regulation after this i mean we're going to be talking about them being one of the greatest teams uh you know maybe we've made one of the greatest starts we've ever seen but it's going to be a tough task for the Edm and Oilers but like i said when you have a guys like McDavid and Draisaitl on your team and Evan Bouchard, Levi in the cage and Podkolzin on a breakout season i'm not going to bet against this team i think they're looking good and i think that they're on their way to hopefully knock on wood if you can hear it another another Stanley Cup and McDavid's first Stanley Cup so hopefully we can see that for you guys this year how are you feeling about uh the start to the season for the Edmonton Oilers let me know down below in the comments if you're down there uh leave a like subscribe to the channel as always i've been host KC, stick on the ice