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Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Of course he's a #1 defenseman - look at the other 5 guys

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I was just looking at Hockey Reference for team ages. I like the way they do it, weighting it by TOI, because a team could have a 40 year old, or a 20 year old sitting on the bench getting 3 minutes a game - either way it is irrelevant. Weighting it by TOI considers who the important players are.

Going by wtd avg age, the Oilers are right on league avg at 28.0 (and rank 16th or 17th, I forget which).

The Flames, BTW, are a little below avg at 27.7 (tied with the Lightning and Pens)

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

The Oilers were a young team, just starting re-build 2.0, and drafted Taylor Hall 1st overall. That was 10 years ago. TEN!

Using that excuse - even if it were true, which it isn't - doesn't provide any leverage to the team, it is simply an indictment of management.

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Since 2010, the Oilers have had the following lottery picks:

#1
#1
#1
#1
#3
#4
#7
#8
#10

(think about that for a minute).

Meanwhile, the Flames have had:

#4
#6
#6

and yet the Flames are younger and better. (going by the TOI-std stats)

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

and since the year that you get your picks matters, for the 3 years that the Flames did have a lottery pick, the Oilers had the following (Flames - Oilers):

#6 - #7
#4 - #3
#6 - #4

So for the 3 years that the Flames had lottery picks, the Oilers had identical lottery picks (slightly better actually). And on top of that, they also had:

4 #1s, a #8 and a #10

and yet they suck.

Quintuple post score!