[Huntingwhale]

A lot of thing have to go right for the Oilers to completely right the ship. Getting a generational centerman is a good start. In fact, it's probably the greatest building block an entire franchise can have. Having a competant GM is another step. Some help is on the way on D, but they have no mentorship on the backend (Ference lol), poor goaltending. But to me the most important flaw is their piss poor scouting and poor development system. Getting Mcdavid at #1 is cool and all. How about the rest of the picks.

The Flames recent success can strongly be attributed to the strong drafting and development system. The oilers will be starting that from scratch. And players having a loser mentality is a very real thing. The Flames had to ship out players from the old guard before fresh young players stepped in and could contribute. Are Hall, Eberle and Schutlz willing to put forth the work and sacrifices to better the team? Are they they type of players willing to buy in? Time will tell. But all signs have continuously pointed to NO. However they are still young and time is on their side.

I'm not at all worried about the Oilers....yet. Yes Mcdavid is good. Yes not having Lowe or Mctavish at the helm is good. But until I personally witness various picks/prospects turning into roster players and contributing, until I see them develop a couple legit top 4 defensemen, until I see their players start to buy into a culture and change starts happening, they are still the same crappy Oilers who are up against the cap and this is the final result of their rebuild. I'm not worried in the least until all those things come together. Then, and only then, will I accept the BoA is ''back''.