Baxterman
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It is just McDavid they have McDavid and Draisaitl. That's two centers that should make it easy to build two solid scoring lines.
But the answer is very easy drafting and developing. They have been awful at it.
Someone on TSN (I think Poulin, but he usually doesn't make good points so could be someone else) said everyone focus' on the the #1 picks but what is even worse is that every year they had the #1 pick they also had the 31st pick and 1st pick in the 3rd round.
Now while those aren't gimmes you still have a lot of talent around at those spots. The fact the Oilers have got so little out of their picks past the 1st overalls is insane and terrible.
I don't know if it is coming from the top down because it has been two regimes in a row, but there doesn't seem to be a team that overrates its own guys more than them. They have multiple times thought they were ready to compete and not been close enough at all.
While people would say that nobody thought they would be this bad this year there were certainly a lot of signs that they would be a team that was in a battle for the play-offs. They have clear and very real problems with the roster and multiple holes to fill.
But the answer is very easy drafting and developing. They have been awful at it.
Someone on TSN (I think Poulin, but he usually doesn't make good points so could be someone else) said everyone focus' on the the #1 picks but what is even worse is that every year they had the #1 pick they also had the 31st pick and 1st pick in the 3rd round.
Now while those aren't gimmes you still have a lot of talent around at those spots. The fact the Oilers have got so little out of their picks past the 1st overalls is insane and terrible.
I don't know if it is coming from the top down because it has been two regimes in a row, but there doesn't seem to be a team that overrates its own guys more than them. They have multiple times thought they were ready to compete and not been close enough at all.
While people would say that nobody thought they would be this bad this year there were certainly a lot of signs that they would be a team that was in a battle for the play-offs. They have clear and very real problems with the roster and multiple holes to fill.