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#-3 · 08-05-2013, 06:27 PM

It's hard to find what a team had for prospects in there system 3 years ago. So I'm just trying to guess who the 40 players were at the time, who the Oilers might have thought would have an impact on there NHL roster of the following 3 seasons. comparing the teams.

Horcoff - Stajan
Penner - Glencross
Hemsky - Cammaleri
O'Sullivan - Stempniak
Pisani - Hudler
Nilsson - Neimsz
Moreau - D Jones
Gagner - Backlund
Comrie - Galiardi
Cogliano - Baertschi
Pouliot - Knight
Brule - Horak
Stortini - Jackman
Stone - Hanowski
Jacques - Bouma
Potulny - B Jones
R Jones - Reinhart
MacIntyre - McGrattan
O'Marra - Jooris
Hall - Monahan
Eberle - Gaudreau
Paajarvi - Klimchuk
Omark - Porier
Hartikainen - Jankowski
Lander - Granlund

Souray - Wideman
Whitney - Girodano
Gilbert - Brodie
Grebeeshkov - Butler
Staios - O'Brien
Smid - Russell
Strudwick - Smith
Chorney - Wotherspoon
Peckham - Seiloff
Arsene - Breen
Jonson - Condari
Plante - Ramage
Motin - Martin
Marincin - Kanzig

Khabiibulin - McDonald
D-Deslauriers - Ramo
Dubnyk - Berra
Pitton - Ortio
Roy - Brissoit
Bunz - Gillies

I think the guys in bold are clearly better than the players I compared them too, but I think for the rest of the players we will have to wait and see how they develop.

I think the Flames already have a better NHL roster today (except for the goalie).

So I think we can avoid there level of futility if a few things happen.

We need our Goaltending prospects to develop better & faster. I hope that having worse NHL goaltending will actually help that situation.

We need to keep our top 2 D men, who are not yet over the hill. You can't really avoid the injury problem Whitney had, but the Souray thing really did set that franchise back. Especially after going through the same thing with Pronger.

And we need to get some value out of guys like Stajan, Cammaleri, and Stempnaik. Rather then holding on to mid level players who do not fit with the direction the team is going, or trading for players with limited future value.

08-05-2013, 06:27 PM	#7
#-3 #1 Goaltender Join Date: Mar 2008 Exp:	It's hard to find what a team had for prospects in there system 3 years ago. So I'm just trying to guess who the 40 players were at the time, who the Oilers might have thought would have an impact on there NHL roster of the following 3 seasons. comparing the teams. Horcoff - Stajan Penner - Glencross Hemsky - Cammaleri O'Sullivan - Stempniak Pisani - Hudler Nilsson - Neimsz Moreau - D Jones Gagner - Backlund Comrie - Galiardi Cogliano - Baertschi Pouliot - Knight Brule - Horak Stortini - Jackman Stone - Hanowski Jacques - Bouma Potulny - B Jones R Jones - Reinhart MacIntyre - McGrattan O'Marra - Jooris Hall - Monahan Eberle - Gaudreau Paajarvi - Klimchuk Omark - Porier Hartikainen - Jankowski Lander - Granlund Souray - Wideman Whitney - Girodano Gilbert - Brodie Grebeeshkov - Butler Staios - O'Brien Smid - Russell Strudwick - Smith Chorney - Wotherspoon Peckham - Seiloff Arsene - Breen Jonson - Condari Plante - Ramage Motin - Martin Marincin - Kanzig Khabiibulin - McDonald D-Deslauriers - Ramo Dubnyk - Berra Pitton - Ortio Roy - Brissoit Bunz - Gillies I think the guys in bold are clearly better than the players I compared them too, but I think for the rest of the players we will have to wait and see how they develop. I think the Flames already have a better NHL roster today (except for the goalie). So I think we can avoid there level of futility if a few things happen. We need our Goaltending prospects to develop better & faster. I hope that having worse NHL goaltending will actually help that situation. We need to keep our top 2 D men, who are not yet over the hill. You can't really avoid the injury problem Whitney had, but the Souray thing really did set that franchise back. Especially after going through the same thing with Pronger. And we need to get some value out of guys like Stajan, Cammaleri, and Stempnaik. Rather then holding on to mid level players who do not fit with the direction the team is going, or trading for players with limited future value.