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Originally Posted by Jmac
They have two #1 picks, a #2, and a #3 ...
Mackinnon, E. Johnson, Landeskog, Duchene, and O'Reilly
vs.
Hall, Nugent-Hopkins, Yakupov, Gagner, and Eberle
It really doesn't seem like Edmonton has much, if any, skill advantage there. Maybe a bit more offensive skill, but Colorado certainly has players that have a more diverse skillset than Edmonton's. O'Reilly and Landeskog are both very versatile players and Mackinnon has some bite to his game as well. Only Duchene is similar to most of Edmonton's prospects and I'm hesitant to say he's any better or worse than them skill-wise.
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Johnson was brought in on a trade, Av's gave up 2 pretty pricey pieces to take a chance on Johnson who was underachieving with the Blues. And save for Mackinnon, the Avs had the same young players last season where they sucked it up
So basically the Oilers have too many of the same players, but they are unwiling to part with them (or have been in the past) to allow the whole team to move forward. That's not any of the players' fault. The Oilers now have a coach who's pretty bent on work ethic, was known as a player's coach, pretty good track record of working with and developing young players. Change doesn't happen overnight, but so far, it seems the players aren't getting the message. THAT is on the players.