If you could only take one. Which of the Oilers "big 4" would you want on the Flames?

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Eberle.

Dude played Buffs here, lives in Cranston and dislikes Edmonton. Would be a great Flames player.

Went to high school with him here, Oilers were his favourite team growing up, but he doesn't like the city (Or at least didn't then) which I always found funny.

[stemit14]

I think they are all damaged goods now but I would take eberle. Hall and yakupov both have attitude problems... Plus they both play like they are still in junior. RNH seems like a guy that is going to battle injuries his whole career and it will start to take its toll on his performance and, one day, end his career early.

[shniper]

Eberle. He has the least punchable face.

[Textcritic]

I find it really interesting that opinions are as divided as they are between Eberle, Hall and Nugent-Hopkins. This is quite possibly a result of the fact that none of Edmonton's "big four" is a great elite level talent to begin with, coupled by the fact that they all have some pretty glaring flaws in their games.

As I think about it, I have a difficult time choosing one of them over the others. And that is not because they are all so comparably good, but moreso because it is so difficult to imagine which one of them will be the least bad.

[Itse]

As they are, none of them would do well on a contender, which is what we're trying to become.

I mostly would try to get a grasp on which of them could still find a winning attitude and fix the holes in their games. Lots of talent obviously. It's sad really that after all these games they're still so raw.

Having seen a few of Hall interviews recently, he seems very complacent about the losses, and strikes me as a guy that's never going to get it.

That was my 2 cents.

[icecube]

Not sure how Taylor Hall all of a sudden has bad hockey sense. Must be one of those CalgaryPuck only memes.

Hall
RNH

Eberle

Yakupov

As of today Hall is the best player of the bunch and one of the best powerforwards in the NHL. If he can stay healthy he's dominant.

MMF and FDW make good points and it's a tough call for me. As a centre, the Nuge probably is the most important guy in the long run.

Eberle isn't on the same level as those guys. I don't think Yakupov will bust, but he has a long way to go before he figures it all out.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by icecube

Not sure how Taylor Hall all of a sudden has bad hockey sense. Must be one of those CalgaryPuck only memes...

No. It actually has much more to do with the fact that he makes an alarmingly high number of inexplicably stupid plays with the puck.

[moon]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

No. It actually has much more to do with the fact that he makes an alarmingly high number of inexplicably stupid plays with the puck.

No more than Eberle makes and a lot less than Yakupov.

The "inexplicably stupid plays" are vastly overrated here and likely in large part due to him playing for the Oilers. My guess is if Taylor Hall is a Colombus Blue Jacket or Florida Panther his so-called poor hockey IQ is nearly the issue it is with many on CP as it is now.

[Table 5]

If RNH can show he can stay healthy and bulk up a bit, I'd take him. If not, I take Hall...so-called dumb head and all.

However, with our defensive holes, and the fact that he has only minimal stink of the Oilers on him at the moment, Nurse is pretty tempting too.

[Inglewood Jack]

I take the moon side probably once in a blue moon or less, but this is one of those instances. Hall is the only one who has consistently shown 1st line and sometimes elite level point production. The whole idea of hockey is to win games by scoring goals, so I don't give a crap how supposedly dumb he looks doing exactly that.

Oh, and poll poll poll.

[puckluck2]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

I think I'd go with Hopkins, talented player and he plays the middle, a much more important position then wing. After that I'd go with Hall, he is a talented offensive player but he has his warts, doesn't play a complete game but he actually seems to care. Eberle is like a tinier version of Hall, though a better passer. Eberle is a small guy that plays small though, doesn't battle, and can't win in the tough areas. His play in his own end is very poor and his defensive IQ is just horrible.

Yakupov is trash.

RNH is also trash though.

Terrible defensively but gets a I am Canadian free pass and his offensive instincts don't make up for his play in his own zone.

[Poe969]

Thank you for getting this "discussion" into it's own thread. I would personally take Hall but it depends if it was right now or in the future and it would depend on our strength at the time.

Like someone else said, I'd take Nurse if possible. It would be fun to have Bryz just for his interviews!

[N-E-B]

None of them.

[Textcritic]

According to Kevin Lowe, "half of the League's general managers" would trade trade their entire rosters for Edmonton's embarrassment of riches.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

I take the moon side probably once in a blue moon or less, but this is one of those instances. Hall is the only one who has consistently shown 1st line and sometimes elite level point production. The whole idea of hockey is to win games by scoring goals, so I don't give a crap how supposedly dumb he looks doing exactly that.

Oh, and poll poll poll.

That's fair. But I still posit that Hall is not a very bright player.

[CSharp]

Eberle is a no brainer if you had to pick any of the Oiler's top 2 lines. Every one of them is too small and when you put together line with the combination of all of them, in addition to their small defence and crappy goaltenders, that's why the Oilers suck so bad for so many years. But Eberle is the best of the bunch. All the rest are like junior-A boys.

[Bourque's Twin]

I think Eberle would fit in best on the Flames.
Hall would be a close 2nd choice.

Nuge is too injury prone and Yak is a lost cause.

[Bertuzzied]

I wouldn't take any of these pieces of crap if they each have a $6million cap hit per.

What a ridiculous organization.

[dammage79]

RNH. Its too simple of a decision for me. Elite level skill and hockey sense. His flaws can be corrected by Rich Hesketh.

His injuries are a direct result of the Oilers rushing him to the NHL before he was physically ready.

[FlamesAddiction]

Hall.