Better top 6, Oilers, Blues, or Senators??

[Vakarte]

Oilers:

Kane - McDavid - Puljujarvi
Hyman - Draisaitl - Yamamoto

Blues:

Buchnevich - Thomas - Tarasenko
Saad - O'Reilly - Kyrou

Senators:

Debrincat - Stutzle - Giroux
B. Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson​

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[Sasha Orlov]

Oilers AINEC

 

[PuckG]

The Oilers top 6 should be pretty distinctly number 1 here between McDrai being the two best players listed and Kane and Hyman likely being middle of the bunch amongst everyone else. Not only that, but the Oilers 4th best forward in Nuge isn't even listed and likely fills in on the wing.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Edmonton. They can load up McDrai on the fly whenever they want for even more of a push if they need to.

 

[SpezDispenser]

The one with McDavid.

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

I get that Ottawa took some big steps but the fact they are listed in the same breath as the other two is a bit ridiculous

 

[Love]

Close between the Blues and Oilers for me. Pretty sure the Blues’ top 6 outscored the Oilers and was way better defensively but of course the Oilers have the two best players.

 

[Rengorlex]

I think the Oilers top line in the playoffs was trending towards RNH - McDavid - Kane, which would make sense if McLeod centers his own line this year.

Nope.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Oilers > Blues > Senators

 

[Holymakinaw]

Oilers:

Kane - McDavid - Puljujarvi
Hyman - Draisaitl - Yamamoto

Blues:

Buchnevich - Thomas - Tarasenko
Saad - O'Reilly - Kyrou

Senators:

Debrincat - Stutzle - Giroux
B. Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson​

Is this a joke?

Oilers, by about 100 million miles.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Nope.

Yeah I don't know what I was looking.

 

[KevinRedkey]

Oilers > Sens > Blues

 

[NyQuil]

Once again I'd like to see a few games before I would conceivably say anything about the top six of the Sens.

 

[snipes]

Oilers.

Don’t think it’s particularly close either.

RNH plays in the top 6 as well at certain points, if McLeod can lock down the 3C spot when needed the Oilers could arguably have the best top 6 in the NHL.

 

[TK 421]

I guess it's nice for the Blues to be mentioned with other teams fancy pants top 6 forward groups but they're not built in a way that would make them stand out on a list like this. They're much better in a top 12 forwards type of list where the quality of their 3rd and 4th lines do stand out.

 

[KevinRedkey]

Close between the Blues and Oilers for me. Pretty sure the Blues’ top 6 outscored the Oilers and was way better defensively but of course the Oilers have the two best players.

Of the names mentioned:
Oilers scored 182 goals in 425 games (0.428 gpg)
Senators scored 166 goals in 427 games (0.389 gpg)
Blues scored 156 goals in 450 games (0.347 gpg)

 

[Pyrophorus]

Sens aren't even the best in their division

 

[NyQuil]

Sens aren't even the best in their division

Where was that even implied?

 

[Love]

Of the names mentioned:
Oilers scored 182 goals in 425 games (0.428 gpg)
Senators scored 166 goals in 427 games (0.389 gpg)
Blues scored 156 goals in 450 games (0.347 gpg)

I was talking about points not goals and I'm unsure why Saad is in the OP over Schenn or Barbashev

 

[Fourier]

I was talking about points not goals and I'm unsure why Saad is in the OP over Schenn or Barbashev

A similar point can be made about Nugent-Hopkins who plays regularly in the top 6. The points totals also are based on only 1/2 a season for Kane.

Things become somewhat closer in terms of production because JP and Yamamto are the weakest links in the groups by a fair bit. Yamamoto played a fair bit in the Oilers bottom six. JP played less but when he did his production dropped of significantly. Overall though I think the Oiler's top six, no matter how it is configured, is the strongest simply because of the immense advantage due to McDavid and Draisaitl.

 

[Love]

A similar point can be made about Nugent-Hopkins who plays regularly in the top 6. The points totals also are based on only 1/2 a season for Kane.

Things become somewhat closer in terms of production because JP and Yamamto are the weakest links in the groups by a fair bit. Yamamoto played a fair bit in the Oilers bottom six. JP played less but when he did his production dropped of significantly. Overall though I think the Oiler's top six, no matter how it is configured is the strongest simply because of the immense advantage due to McDavid and Draisaitl.

Yeah that’s a fair take. After all this is about the top 6 not the forward group as a whole.

 

[jbeck5]

I was talking about points not goals and I'm unsure why Saad is in the OP over Schenn or Barbashev

I think points would still be in the same order.

 

[RapidKnight]

I think it’s St. Louis.
Their first line simply puts up better results than Edmonton’s first line. And while Edmonton’s second line is a little better offensively, Oilers wingers have a tendency to cheat and disregard defense when playing with Draisaitl.
On top of that, St Louis’ forward core is also one of the league’s most productive group when trailing. Which is somewhat an universal indicator of offense since players aren’t prioritizing defense.

 

[biturbo19]

I don't even really know how to vote here. It's kinda hard not to just default to the one that has arguably the two best players in the league. But the rest of that Top-6 is kinda cruddy. Hyman is alright, but other than that it's two superstars and a lot of filler. So as a group...they're not really very strong. But like their team as a whole, i think the quality of McDavey and Draisaitl kind of carries the day.


The Senators group is kind of the opposite. It's a much "deeper" or more "balanced" group. But the two Centers are the weakest, or least proven. It's hard to pick that group over McDavid and Draisaitl. Makes for a kind of weird poll.

 

[4EDM14OIL93]

I don't even really know how to vote here. It's kinda hard not to just default to the one that has arguably the two best players in the league. But the rest of that Top-6 is kinda cruddy. Hyman is alright, but other than that it's two superstars and a lot of filler. So as a group...they're not really very strong. But like their team as a whole, i think the quality of McDavey and Draisaitl kind of carries the day.


The Senators group is kind of the opposite. It's a much "deeper" or more "balanced" group. But the two Centers are the weakest, or least proven. It's hard to pick that group over McDavid and Draisaitl. Makes for a kind of weird poll.

Lol what?

Nevermind the fact that Hyman is an absolute beast, especially when it matters as shown in the playoffs, Kane is “kinda cruddy”? What an awful take. Regardless what you think of him as a person, he is still a very good hockey player