OT: Oilers 2009/10 Roster vs Oilers 2014/15 Roster

[MettleMcOiler]

2009/10

Goalies

Jeff Deslauriers - AHL - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin
Devan Dubnyk - NHL - Arizona Coyotes 1y/800k
Nikolai Khabibulin - UFA

Defencemen

Tom Gilbert - NHL - Montreal Canadians 2y/2.8mil
Theo Peckham - AHL - Rockford IceHogs - 1y/200k
Sheldon Souray - NHL - Anahiem Ducks 1y/2.5mil
Jason Strudwick - Retired
Ryan Whitney - AHL - San Antonio Rampage 1y/900k
Aaron Johnson - AHL - Hartford Wolf Pack 1y/600k
Dean Arsene - INACTIVE since 2012

Center

Gilbert Brule - KHL - Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Andrew Cogliano - NHL - Anahiem Ducks - 4y/3mil
Mike Comrie - Retired
Sam Gagner - NHL - Arizona Coyotes - 2y/4.8mil
Shawn Horcoff - NHL - Dallas Stars - 1y/3mil
Patrick O'Sullivan - UFA - Last played 2012 for HIFK for SM-I
Ryan Potulny - KHL - Avangard Omsk
Marc-Antoine Pouliot - NLA - HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Ryan Stone - Deutsche Eishockey Liga - Hamburg Freezers

Left Wing

Jean-Francois Jacques - Austrian Hockey League - Klagenfurter AC
Ryan Jones - UFA
Charles Linglet - KHL - KHL Medveščak Zagreb
Ethan Moreau - Retired
Robert Nilsson - KHL - Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Dustin Penner - UFA

Right Wing

Ales Hemsky - NHL - Dallas Stars - 3y/4mil
Fernando Pisani - Retired
Zack Stortini - AHL - Norfolk Admirals 1y/150k (expired)


Vs


2014/15

Goalies

Viktor Fasth
Ben Scrivens

Defencemen

Andrew Ference
Martin Marincin
Nikita Nikitin
Mark Fayne
Jeff Petry
Justin Schultz
Keith Aulie

Center

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Leon Draisaitl
Matt Hendricks
Boyd Gorden
Anton Lander
Mark Arcobello

Left Wing

Taylor Hall
David Perron
Benoit Pouliot
Jesse Joensuu
Luke Gazdic

Right Wing

Jordan Eberle
Nail Yakupov
Teddy Purcell
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Just a quick update on where most of the roster of 2009 status

*Bolded for those still in the NHL with a contract
*Red for retired

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

That 2009/10 roster definitely looks better than the roster we currently have.

 

[McDeathbyCheerios*]

That 2009/10 roster definitely looks better than the roster we currently have.

On defense maybe, our team now has better players then that one did.

 

[McDraekke]

On defense maybe, our team now has better players then that one did.

This is BS, imo. Just looking at the names, and thinking about how they were in their prime, sure Souray and Whitney look good. But both of those players wilted and haven't really performed well since. So I don't think that's very fair. Knowing how it turned out in a year or two, really shows that at least our d line up now has a tone of potential. Peckham, Strudwick, Arsene, Johnson... there's a reason why those names aren't mentioned anymore.

All of the defensemen in the current lineup (except Aulie) are NHL dmen. You can't say that about the old roster.

 

[gwiz999]

OT On a side note, I have a team signed canvas from late in the 2012/2013 season and there are only 6 players (Petry, Schultz, Eberle, RNH, Hall and Yakapov) left on the team out of the 20 dressed for that particular game and the few who were on IR or in the pressbox.
So basically in a year and a half they have changed all but 6 players on the team.

 

[ahawowow]

Jesus, completely forgot about POS and JFJ. Those were dark times.

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

Jesus, completely forgot about POS and JFJ. Those were dark times.

But apparently that roster is much better than the current one.

 

[DisgruntledGoat*]

So in six years, we have added the following Edmonton drafted players: Marincin, Petry, Lander and Eberle. I'm not counting the first overalls because no skill was involved in making those picks.

Not great.

 

[McDraekke]

So in six years, we have added the following Edmonton drafted players: Marincin, Petry, Lander and Eberle. I'm not counting the first overalls because no skill was involved in making those picks.

Not great.

While I see your point by not including them... it dilutes your stat by not allowing the oilers all of the draft picks they had in those years. By saying 1st OV's don't count, does that mean 2nd, 3rd, 4th OV shouldn't count as well, if your team still chooses BPA and the picks they wanted were chosen before they had the chance? Doesn't work that way, IMO.

 

[rboomercat90]

Management believed that 2009-10 team was going to make the playoffs and they paid to the cap for it. By contrast, management doesn't believe the current team is going to make the playoffs. Not sold on this team just yet.

 

[DisgruntledGoat*]

While I see your point by not including them... it dilutes your stat by not allowing the oilers all of the draft picks they had in those years. By saying 1st OV's don't count, does that mean 2nd, 3rd, 4th OV shouldn't count as well, if your team still chooses BPA and the picks they wanted were chosen before they had the chance? Doesn't work that way, IMO.

Fair enough but you also shouldn't get full marks for them either.

Especially when your whole rebuild plan for several years was, 'suck really bad, draft good player'.

 

[Gobo]

Even just looking at our opening roster from last season. MacT did work