The Sheet with Jeff Marek
Oilers and Stars Eliminated ft. David Pagnotta & Greg Wyshynski
01 May 2026
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Chapter 1: What led to the Edmonton Oilers' first-round exit?
We are live once again at the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington, home of the Everett Silvertips. Alongside Greg Wyshynski, I am Jeff Merrick. What color cadaver gloves would you like for the autopsies today? I tend to go with a purple old-school Undertaker-style cadaver glove when I'm doing autopsies on NHL teams. Do you have a preferred color, maybe a gray or a black?
How do you like to do your autopsies, Greg?
What kind of coward wears gloves for an autopsy? I like to put them there.
Chapter 2: How did Connor McDavid's comments impact the Oilers' mindset?
I just feel the squish between my fingers. Here's the pancreas.
That's what I like to do. Okay, well, the autopsy is going to begin with this quote. Who said it? We were an average team all year. When you're an average team with high expectations, you're going to be disappointed, Greg Wyshynski.
Chapter 3: What roster holes did the Oilers struggle with this season?
Game show Friday, who said it?
That would be Connor McDavid. I know that because I stayed up very late to write the story. That's why I look so terrible on the show today.
Our producer, Amal. Our exec.
Yeah, I know.
Get your talent ready for the program. Man, you look awful. Anyway, go get it, boys.
Amal's the best. So anyways. I mean, I thought there was two assessments last night of the Oilers that led to the same place. McDavid calling them an average team. And then Chris Knobloch, when asked by our friend Sean Gentile last night about McDavid calling them an average team, saying that they were a team that had some holes.
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Chapter 4: What were the Dallas Stars' challenges in their playoff series?
That is an indictment of the roster. That is an indictment of the people building the roster.
Let me give you some names. It's to the general manager's office is where that one went directly.
Let me give you some names. Remember a couple years ago when the Edmonton Oilers played in a Game 7 in the Stanley Cup final? They lost to Florida, but they played in a Game 7. Here are some of the names involved in that game. Philip Roberg, Dylan Holloway, Rick Kulak, Ryan McLeod, Warren Fogle, Corey Perry, Connor Brown. That's called a supporting cast, ladies and gentlemen.
That is what this Oilers team does not have. Get out of here, Ryan McLeod. We don't need you. We've got a Trent Frederick now.
You left out one whopper there.
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Chapter 5: What changes might the Oilers consider for next season?
When you talk about holes. I was doing this on Zacharis and Price today. Can you name a bigger superstar who's had worse goaltending in his career? Now, Dale Howarchuk never had good goaltending in Winnipeg. Marcel Dion, outside of Rogier Vachon early, never had good goaltending in Los Angeles. But McDavid saddled with what he's been saddled with all these years is criminal.
And it continues and continues and continues.
But goaltending wasn't the issue this series. Am I wrong? Yeah.
The goaltending was horrible this series. The goaltending was terrible.
The goaltending was horrible because the defense in front of the goaltending was horrible.
That was bad, too.
Yeah.
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Chapter 6: What are the latest developments in the Toronto Maple Leafs' front office search?
I know. Listen, trust me. The leaders in tipped goals goes like this. Tim Kerr, Dino Cicerelli, Darnell Nurse. But Nurse is around his own net. That's part of the story. I get it. The defense wasn't great either. But at the same time, and even like the idea that you have two guys that are significantly banged up in Connor McDavid and Leon Dreisaitl. And you're on the road.
So you put them together. And playing defensive conscience on that line is... Kasperi Kapanen?
What? Again.
Chapter 7: How could the Nashville Predators be affected by recent events?
There's a lot of blame to go around. A lot of blame to go around here. But I don't think the goaltending is a massive story and still will be.
But ultimately, the blame is being placed on the construction of the team by the team's captain and by the team's coach, who will probably not be the coach for much longer.
Correct.
Does he lost the weekend? Dude, listen, I am the first one to blame the shortcomings of the Edmonton Oilers' goaltending. And by no means am I saying that the goaltending was sufficient. I'm saying the bar is set so low that the performances that you got at Connor Ingram and Tristan Jari in the series were actually adequate by Oilers' standards.
I don't think the goaltending is the reason they lost the series. I think the overall team defense and the depth issues on this team. McDavid's completely right. Look at this roster. This isn't a championship roster in any way. It's not to say that the other rosters he took to the cup final were, you know, the Colorado avalanche circa 2026, but this is a really not very impressive team.
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Chapter 8: What implications do these playoff outcomes have for the future of the NHL?
And it's a team that Stan Bowman's now had two years to build. And both the team captain and the head coach say it's a team riddled with holes, a very average team. And now I suppose the real heavy lifting starts for Stan Bowman.
And you forgot about one thing. There's a doomsday clock that ticks every single day that goes by for Connor McDavid. We can get into this. We're going to get into the Dallas Stars. We're going to get into a whole lot of stuff today. The Blueprint, powered by FanDuel. Download the app today and play your game on FanDuel. Excuse me, coming up on the program.
More from your favorite, Greg Wyshynski from ESPN and ESPN.com. We will get into Dallas Edmondson. Yes, both eliminated. More on that in a moment. What's next for the Oilers, you ask? What's next for the Stars, you ask? Should we probably, Greg, throw in what's next for the Penguinos as well, you ask?
We'll get into all of this and a discussion about GM searches with our good friend DFO Insider Dave Pagnotta. So a snappy little show today to conclude the week before we get into some more action on the ice. In the meantime, I want to swing back to Edmonton, but first your thoughts on the Dallas Stars. Now... I ain't trying to say nothing. I ain't trying to say nothing here.
But I got a text from someone last night who said this. Dallas has to decide whether they want to be the Florida Panthers with Jonathan Huberto or they want to be the Florida Panthers with Matthew Kachuk.
Oh, boy. Here we go. I knew you would go there. I knew you would do it. So in this case, Jason Robertson is Jonathan Huberto. Is that what we're doing? And Brady is Matthew in this one. And Brady is Matthew.
Okay. Yes.
Sure. I mean, that'd get him in theory, right? That maybe a little sweetener gets him. You know who had a bad series for Dallas? Jim Mill.
Who had a bad series? Okay, explain. Tyler Myers, scratch.
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