Oilers 8 wingers Vs. Waivers 8 wingers (Excluding contracts)

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Oilers 8 wingers:

Tomas Jurco
James Neal
Joakim Nygard
Zach Kassian
Markus Granlund
Alex Chiasson
Jujhar Khaira
Josh Archibald

Waivers 8 wingers:

Sven Baertschi
Darren Sprong
Joshua Ho-Sang
Kenny Agostino
Nikolay Goldobin
J.T. Brown
Marko Dano
Scott Wilson

Which set of wingers do you prefer?

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[InfinityIggy]

Wow that is a remarkably bad set of wingers. The waiver guys aren't so hot either.

I should add, Oilers moving Neon Leon to the 2nd Line C gives them some pretty sick center depth though with RNH on the 3rd line.

 

[klozge]

That's actually not an easy decision. I guess, Oilers by a bit?

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Jurco and Neal have looked good so far. Everyone else hasn't. We don't have much contract room either, so we can't really take too much advantage of waivers.

 

[Puckstuff]

Trashing Edmonton is getting old so i'll throw them a vote. Though i'm not suggesting this isn't a fair a question

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

Pretty sad depth.. Over/Under on Connor asking for a trade within a season? Nothing is saving that tire fire.

 

[Bounces R Way]

It's pretty close but give me the Oilers' group.

James Neal has scored 270 goals in the NHL, the rest of these players combined have scored 439.

 

[qqaz]

It's pretty close but give me the Oilers' group.

James Neal has scored 270 goals in the NHL, the rest of these players combined have scored 439.

Ya, Neal is the only standout on either list. But Ho-Sang is young and, by all accounts, ultra talented. So he comes pretty close to making up the gap.

It's the Edmonton group, for me. But there will probably be more guys waived during the course of the year that would tip the scales the other way.

This reminds me of the "Leafs top 6 vs Flyers bottom 6" thread from a few years back. It was shockingly close, too.

 

[Soundwave]

What's really that great about Ho-Sang versus say Jurco?

Jurco scores far more goals at the AHL level and in his last NHL season Jurco had 6 goals in 29 games ... which pro-rates to a 17 goal NHL season. Ho-Sang has never come close to that in the AHL, let alone the NHL.

The reason Jurco is not an NHL regular is because the guy has had bad injury luck over the years.

The Oilers don't need another young player trying to make it.

 

[Kcb12345]

Oh my this is kinda sad

 

[ujju2]

If you restructure the top 6 as:

Draisaitl-McDavid-Kassian
Chiasson-RNH-Neal

that paints a different picture. Draisaitl was a 50 goal/100 point player last year, Chiasson scored 20 last year, and Neal has hit 20 8 of his last 9 seasons. Kassian would be the only "weak" link, and he'd be the toughness on a line with 2 100 point players.

 

[Nizdizzle]

I feel for ya, Oilers fans.

Reminds me of a few years ago when we had to sit through the "Leafs top-6 vs Flyers bottom-6" thread.

 

[pabst blue ribbon]

If the Oilers don't make any moves in the near future then waiving Sam Gagner was a dumb decision that makes no sense

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

If you restructure the top 6 as:

Draisaitl-McDavid-Kassian
Chiasson-RNH-Neal

that paints a different picture. Draisaitl was a 50 goal/100 point player last year, Chiasson scored 20 last year, and Neal has hit 20 8 of his last 9 seasons. Kassian would be the only "weak" link, and he'd be the toughness on a line with 2 100 point players.

Oh yeah, if you bump Draisaitl to the wing then the Oilers win this AINEC. But from what I see, it looks like the Oilers are starting with Draisaitl and RNH playing center.

 

[KidLine93]

Would have been nice if Benson, Yamamoto or Puljujarvi had developed into a top 6 winger by now. God our wings are trash. In 2012 all we had was a surplus of wingers and nothing else. This team is running in circles

 

[ThatGuy22]

Hm. Waivers crew definetly seems like it would be more fun to watch if nothing else.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

What's really that great about Ho-Sang versus say Jurco?

Jurco scores far more goals at the AHL level and in his last NHL season Jurco had 6 goals in 29 games ... which pro-rates to a 17 goal NHL season. Ho-Sang has never come close to that in the AHL, let alone the NHL.

The reason Jurco is not an NHL regular is because the guy has had bad injury luck over the years.

The Oilers don't need another young player trying to make it.

Because Ho-Sang stickhandles well and is flashy. Ignore the fact he's basically a one-man show out there, and his stuff doesn't translate to production at the professional level. He's super awesome in the same way Robbie Schremp was -- until he wasn't.

 

[Soundwave]

Because Ho-Sang stickhandles well and is flashy. Ignore the fact he's basically a one-man show out there, and his stuff doesn't translate to production at the professional level. He's super awesome in the same way Robbie Schremp was -- until he wasn't.

Jurco has Youtube highlights too ... he just scores more goals and doesn't come with the attitude problems and is more mature being older.

There's that too. I don't think Ho-Sang makes the Oilers over Jurco or Nygard (this guy was sought after by several NHL teams).

Sprong, however, I think that's a player the Oilers should look at.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

I thought Benson and Yamamto would make it this year, its disappointing if they didn't.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

unfortunate that Sven Baertschi and Darren Sprong might be two of the best out of that group.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

 

[stopclickbait]

I think any team should take a flyer on Ho-Sang but Dinosaurs gonna Dinosaur

For being a one man show he sure is good defensively and has a lot of assist and is a better skater to his somehow narrative lazy comparable Schremp

"Insert lazy media narrative not a team player"

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

Whichever NHL PS2 game I played a lot, I think it was 04, I created an expansion team from my hometown, gave myself max stats, and surrounded myself with random Euros and free agents who were like 75 overall. Antti Aalto! Ryan Vandenbussche!

Haven't thought about it in years until I saw those lists.

 

[abo9]

If you restructure the top 6 as:

Draisaitl-McDavid-Kassian
Chiasson-RNH-Neal

that paints a different picture. Draisaitl was a 50 goal/100 point player last year, Chiasson scored 20 last year, and Neal has hit 20 8 of his last 9 seasons. Kassian would be the only "weak" link, and he'd be the toughness on a line with 2 100 point players.

Debate is up for Neal after failing to record 20 points last season... but ehhh.. Chiasson is not a top 6 player.

But yes with semi-decent wingers the Oilers would be a totally different team. With players like Draisatl and McDavid (+ rnh) its a travesty that the Oilers are still that bad

 

[North Cole]

Pretty sad depth.. Over/Under on Connor asking for a trade within a season? Nothing is saving that tire fire.

I'll take the under