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Originally Posted by theslymonkey
To say that their forward group is a C with the likes of McDavid, Hall, Eberle, RNH, Pouliot, Yakupov, Draisaitl, would be very Homeresque.
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Draisatl may not even make the team. Pouliot is underwhelming. And the others have some nice offensive skill but the game is more than the odd deke or breakaway goal. That's the rub for the Oilers 'star' forwards....Eberle is not good defensively at all, neither is Hall and his IQ is poor as well, Yakupov looks like a bit of a one trick pony. I don't mind RNH's two-way game, at least it looks like he cares. And as fantastic as McDavid may be, he hasn't played a single game yet.
If they put everything together, sure, they could put up some points, but that's a big if, plus they need to help out their team in other areas. Not sure a 'C' grade is very far off as we sit here today.