Yeah, they look like a team that knows how to play hockey. Unfortunately for us they did exactly what we made fun of them for not doing - Getting rid of one dimensional players and getting away from a bunch of soft, high drafted top six guys that can't play defense.
McDavid was always going to be a superstar in the NHL as much as we laughed that he wasn't right out of the gate. Nugent Hopkins is made of glass but has come around to being a fantastic centre, and Draisitl is going to be a very good player as well.
It's funny because for all their bumbling as a franchise and putting in the ball in the wrong hands (see: Taylor Hall) they've actually backdoored their way into having exactly what a contender needs - elite depth down the middle.
Nugent Hopkins has developed into a great centre that could probably be a number one at some point, but instead will be a number two behind McDavid, then Draisitl is coming around as a great player who would probably be number two if not for Nugent-Hopkins.
So when teams look for depth down the middle, the Oilers may be looking at their centre depth as Elite - number 1 - number 2, instead of number 1 - number 2 - number 3.
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