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Originally Posted by Husky
Oilers are not as bad as people think (and i hate the oilers)
For now to build around a core of mcdavid, RNH and Draisatal upfront and on D Klembom, Nurse snd larrsson is okay. Probably sonewhere middle of nhl when conparing cores. The wild card is mcdavid who is elite.
Where the oilers have struggled is quality depth.
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The core is not really the problem for the upcoming GM. The lack of assets, the terrible cap situation and the fact that players rather not come to Edmonton in the first place because of the no goodness is the problem, as it makes it difficult to build anything at all over the next bunch of seasons.
By the time some contracts come off the books a lot of the pieces you listed are getting close to 30, and building a team around 30 year old players is not exactly the best of ideas, as the LA Kings can attest to. That is if they are even still in Edmonton. You would have to imagine RNH at least getting traded out of there in order to restock some assets.