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Originally Posted by 1991 Canadian

Their poor depth just goes back to their poor drafting and development.

Outside of Skinner, which of their young NHL players / prospects can even the most delusional oiler fan get excited about?

On forward, you have the likes of Yamamoto, Puljavrvji, McCleod, Holloway, Kostin. They are NHL players, but they don’t drive play. Maybe one of them becomes a legit top 6 player, but I don’t see it happening.

On defence, you have Broberg and Bouchard. Broberg doesn’t have the mobility / first pass ability that you’d want in a top 4 dman. Bouchard is a tire fire defensively. Even oilers fans have turned on him. They are both young, but I’m not getting high end dman vibes from either.

And down to the prospect system, I don’t see any intriguing players. Is Bourgault their top prospect? (If you count Broberg and Holloway as graduated) A 20 year old putting up 15 points in the 30 games in the AHL this year. That’s not nothing, but it’s hard to get excited about.

The Oilers should be making win now trades. But that is a depressing reality as well with Holland at the helm.

Oh well lol

I think Reid Schaefer is next in line to have his career derailed by the Oilers undevelopment system.