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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Outside of Brodie, Giordano and Hamilton, Calgary's D-core is pretty average......
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Outside of Bourque, Blake, and Foote, 2000-01 Colorado's D-core was pretty average
Outside of Pronger, Neidermeyer, and Beauchemin, 2006-07 Anaheim D-core was pretty average.
Outside of Lidstrom, Rafalski, and Kronwall, 2007-08 Detroit's D-core was pretty average
Outside of Keith, Seabrook, and Campbell, 2009-10 Chicago's D-core was pretty average.
Outside of Keith, Seabrook, and Hjalmarsson, 2014-15 Chicago's D-core was pretty average.
Outside of Chara, Seidenberg, and Boychuck, 2010-11 Boston's D-core was pretty average
(Not that any of that has anything to do with prospects)
Prospects
Hickey
Kylington
Andersson
These three guys' upside is significantly higher than any Oilers prospect not named Nurse. In Kylington's case, a year ago he was considered a better prospect than Nurse was ever considered, and if he gets his future back on track will be better than Nurse. I would rather have all of these three than Nurse, by a long shot. The competition between them will make each of them better players and trade assets.
Nakladal*
Morrison
Kulak
Culkin
Kanzig
Wotherspoon
Rafikov
Each of these guys, as much as OIlers fans want to think otherwise, is a similar level prospect to Griffin Reinhart and better than LaLeggia. Maybe Nakladal's too old to be officially a prospect, but he like Russell and Smid is still on the good side of 30 and he's waiver exempt next season so we can acclimate him into our system slowly.
Gilmour
Ollas Mattson
Sieloff
These three guys are all close in level to Oilers B-prospects like Simpson, Musil, Bear, Marino, and Oesterle.