Most Overrated and Underrated Player HfOil Edition

[Johnny McBravo]

Take your pick everyone. Most overrated and underrated players on the Oilers, by HfOil

My picks

Overrated: Ladislav Smid

Underrated: Sam Gagner (Not as bad lately however)

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[Turrican*]

I somewhat agree.

Smid/Petry have been pretty bad this year... But no one is saying that they are playing well.

 

[Meanashell11]

I rate this based on my expectations coming into the season versus what we have seen so far.

Overrated: Whitney, Potter

Underrated: J Schultz

 

[Tarus]

Over

- Smid(decent, not great)
- Hemsky
- RNH(good player, but people are going overboard with the 100+ point potential expectations)
- Horcoff(his ability to play defense is grossly overrated)

Under

- Gagner
- Hall
- Petrell
- Dubnyk

 

[jsho]

Overrated: Oscar Klefbom

Has potential but a lot of people have him penciled in our lineup automatically for next year.

 

[jsho]

I somewhat agree.

Smid/Petry have been pretty bad this year... But no one is saying that they are playing well.

I'm not surprised about Petry at all. He didn't really do anything during the lockout.

 

[Tarus]

Overrated: Oscar Klefbom

Has potential but a lot of people have him penciled in our lineup automatically for next year.

Yeah, that one bugs me too.

He will have missed close to a year of hockey, and is coming over from a league that requires a decent amount of time to adjust from(Hedman, Larson, Paajarvi/Lander are all recent examples). But he's just going to step in on an already young and mistake-prone defense and contribute positively?

It's kind of nuts.

 

[CornKicker]

Yeah, that one bugs me too.

He will have missed close to a year of hockey, and is coming over from a league that requires a decent amount of time to adjust from(Hedman, Larson, Paajarvi/Lander are all recent examples). But he's just going to step in on an already young and mistake-prone defense and contribute positively?

It's kind of nuts.

you are asking yourself the wrong questions.....................is he better than potter? ok he can play

 

[CornKicker]

as for the OP

overrated - smyth , he is too slow

underrated - taylor hall and jeff petry

 

[Tarus]

you are asking yourself the wrong questions.....................is he better than potter? ok he can play

Replacing someone who isn't very good at playing NHL level hockey, with someone who doesn't know how to play hockey at that level at all and just missed a year of development?

It's a downgrade.

 

[T-Funk]

overrated: Paajarvi
overrated by media: Horcoff
underrated: Gagner, Hall

 

[dubs]

Overrated: Eberle (seems very lazy lately)
Underrated: Yakupov (sky is the limit for this kid. Has every tool in the book.)

 

[jsho]

Replacing someone who isn't very good at playing NHL level hockey, with someone who doesn't know how to play hockey at that level at all and just missed a year of development?

It's a downgrade.

Yeah. Like you said hes coming off an injury, and who knows how he will adjust to the North American game.

Hes also played 67 games in the SEL...over the last 3 years. That's not very much hockey. How will he adjust to playing 82 games.

Hes probably going to follow similarly to David Rundbland for playing time in the NHL once he comes over, but probably even less NHL time at the start.

 

[nitz]

Overrated: SMIDSMIDSMID

Underrated: Gagner

 

[McDoused]

Overrated: Teemu Hartikainen (we just like him because he's a big body and that's something we don't have)

Underrated: Nick Schultz (probably our best defensive defenceman)

 

[McOilbleeder]

Overrated: Ales Hemsky

Underrated: Nick Schultz

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Overrated: Smyth

Underrated: Jones

 

[Joey Moss]

Overrated: Nick Schultz or Ryan Smyth
Underrated: Devan Dubnyk

People saying Smid is overrated?

 

[Jumptheshark]

Overrated Hemsly
Underated Horcoff

Why horcoff is hated more then Hemsky confuses me

Horcoff does the little things better then Hemsky

 

[Joey Moss]

Overrated Hemsly
Underated Horcoff

Why horcoff is hated more then Hemsky confuses me

Horcoff does the little things better then Hemsky

While Hemsky does big things better than Horcoff. Like making offensive plays...