Edmonton is No Good XII: "I Dunno.. it's Just Not Good."

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by getbak

It would be like a Flames fan bragging about having Andersson, Kylington, Fox, and Valimaki all in the development pipeline at the same time.

Flames also had Brett Kulak (projected Top 4 in Edmonton this year) in the system then, too.

[TheIronMaiden]

Training camp is around the corner. Where is the McDavid contract?
How is the Oilers doomsday clock looking?

[looooob]

Originally Posted by Roughneck

Flames also had Brett Kulak (projected Top 4 in Edmonton this year) in the system then, too.

yeah and his point isn't even that they had all of Kulak, Valimaki, Kylington, Andersson, Fox or their equivalents at one time- just that they have always- in retrospect had one Kulak or Kylington in their system

[dino7c]

Oilers traded the Hutson pick for Kulak

[Reggie Dunlop]

Next from Staples:

Ten Reasons why the Oilers deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.

[CaptainCrunch]

Couldn't that article be, that the Oilers drafting is so bad that they've literally ruining their 20 year streak of wrecking defensive prospects, because they have no real defensive prospects?

[Sofa GM]

I just learned in an article from the Athletic that the Oilers defence is and I quote,

"recognized as being top-drawer. It is so deep that any trade in-season for a goaltender may include a defenceman as part of the assets out."

I'm confused, where is this depth? Am I missing something? The Oilers have some of the worst defensive depth in the league and literally not one player on the farm team to come play any real minutes.

[FleeceGang]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

I just learned in an article from the Athletic that the Oilers defence is and I quote,

"recognized as being top-drawer. It is so deep that any trade in-season for a goaltender may include a defenceman as part of the assets out."

I'm confused, where is this depth? Am I missing something? The Oilers have some of the worst defensive depth in the league and literally not one player on the farm team to come play any real minutes.

Mcdavid blinders are real. He alone gives each player on the team +10 to all skills and casts confusion and charm on all reporters.

Also, defence in modern NHL is more about your offence than it is about keeping pucks out of your own net. No more “a goal prevented=a goal for” mentality.

On this topic, I saw a cray trade proposal where the oil send ackey and ekholm out for Jake dedrusk. Same thing was said there, “oilers d is so deep they can afford to send out their only defensive D man and their only D prospect and they will still be fine!”

Lunacy.

[topfiverecords]

Beau Akey might nab them a goalie from a team that is near max contracts and needs to find someone to take one from the bottom of the list.

[Reggie Dunlop]

The Oilers will grab a goalie off waivers.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

The Oilers will grab a goalie off waivers.

aka Carter Hart

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

The Oilers will grab a goalie off waivers.

One of Cooley or Prosvetov will need to clear waivers. I wouldn't be shocked if the Oilers take one of them (likely Cooley).

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

One of Cooley or Prosvetov will need to clear waivers. I wouldn't be shocked if the Oilers take one of them (likely Cooley).

Cool, they can have our 28 year old career-AHL guy.