Just thought of making this thread as I drink my morning tea.
I was listening to The Oil Stream podcast last night and they were doing segments of the top 20 Oilers of importance, 5 at a time until they get to #1 so I figured this could generate some discussion while we wait for preseason to start.
Here's mine... 20-1 to make it more dramatic
20) Murray
19) Holloway (Wild Card #1 but keeping him lower for now because there's a good chance he doesn't start with the Oilers)
18) Janmark
17) Foegele
16) Ryan
15) Broberg (Wild Card #2. Lower for now but the growth potential could lead to a top 4 role before seasons' end, which would be a good thing of course)
14) Barrie
13) Puljujarvi
12) Yamamoto
11) McLeod (placed higher importance on him due to #3C being more pivotal than 3rd cog middle 6 wing)
10) Kulak
9) Kane (I have him lower than RNH and Hyman because he doesn't touch as many areas of the game as they do even though he brings that different dimension)
8) Bouchard
7) RNH
6) Hyman
5) Ceci (I have Ceci this high because I feel he's the only shutdown guy on the roster, I'm not sure that Bouchard is ready for a tough minutes role if Ceci goes down for an extended period. Maybe Barrie fills that role? I don't know, I just feel that Ceci is their 2nd most important Dman as of today.
4) Campbell
3) Draisaitl
2) Nurse (controversial one but if Nurse goes down, Kulak is your top pairing LD whereas Drai goes down and they have plenty of quality forward depth to compensate including the best player in the world)
1) McDavid
That was harder than I thought. What say you guys.
I was listening to The Oil Stream podcast last night and they were doing segments of the top 20 Oilers of importance, 5 at a time until they get to #1 so I figured this could generate some discussion while we wait for preseason to start.
Here's mine... 20-1 to make it more dramatic
20) Murray
19) Holloway (Wild Card #1 but keeping him lower for now because there's a good chance he doesn't start with the Oilers)
18) Janmark
17) Foegele
16) Ryan
15) Broberg (Wild Card #2. Lower for now but the growth potential could lead to a top 4 role before seasons' end, which would be a good thing of course)
14) Barrie
13) Puljujarvi
12) Yamamoto
11) McLeod (placed higher importance on him due to #3C being more pivotal than 3rd cog middle 6 wing)
10) Kulak
9) Kane (I have him lower than RNH and Hyman because he doesn't touch as many areas of the game as they do even though he brings that different dimension)
8) Bouchard
7) RNH
6) Hyman
5) Ceci (I have Ceci this high because I feel he's the only shutdown guy on the roster, I'm not sure that Bouchard is ready for a tough minutes role if Ceci goes down for an extended period. Maybe Barrie fills that role? I don't know, I just feel that Ceci is their 2nd most important Dman as of today.
4) Campbell
3) Draisaitl
2) Nurse (controversial one but if Nurse goes down, Kulak is your top pairing LD whereas Drai goes down and they have plenty of quality forward depth to compensate including the best player in the world)
1) McDavid
That was harder than I thought. What say you guys.