GOilers88
#DustersWinCups
- Dec 24, 2016
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If New Jersey stays in the basement for the next decade after several top of draft picks then you have something.The needle wouldn't move at all. Why it drives me crazy when people go "DUUUUUUUH 1ST OVERALLS RUINED!!!" when the reality is the players just weren't that great in the first place.
What annoys me is Jersey doesn't get hit with the same tag. Hischier is a decent player, but now laughably overpaid and won't be a much better player than Nuge if he even gets to that level. Hughes is off to a good start this year, but if we're being honest with ourselves he isn't going to be much more than a good first liner level talent, but not any kind of franchise defining player. But for them these players weren't considered "ruined" in the hockey lexicon, but just players that aren't that great which should be the same narrative in the Oilers dark days.
Until then I don't see why anyone would compare them to Edmonton. The Oilers had a solid decade of ineptitude and inability to surround their young picks with proper support. Let's not start pretending this is only a thing bEcAuSe It WaS a WeAk DrAfT cLaSs.