Obviously our centre depth has sucked for 30 years, but this tweet is dumb. Nudge hasn’t been U30 for two years. Zary was a centre in the AHL and WHL and played well there last year, would it really be that much better if he was drafted 5th? Same with if Sharangovich was drafted 5th? Elias Lindholm was top 5 and U30 (for only this season), but it’s not like that was some magic sauce that meant we should have signed that extension.
Cutter Gauthier is also a winger. And Shane Wright honestly looked weak against the Wranglers.
Less-Ad-1327
It’s okay the goal is to fight for a playoff spot not win a cup
Doesn’t matter when you draft, you have to draft well if you want to be successful. Every year there are franchise altering players drafted well outside of the top 10, and finding these players is the difference between a successful and a failed rebuild.
Professional-Lab6895
If only we kept Sam, but he is nowhere near the quality of these players
best_dad_I_can_be
Vegas didn’t draft Eichel….
ProphetOfScorch
This is just James Johnson posting more negative rubbish to pander to downers as usual
klondike16
Wouldn’t this list be more meaningful if there was actual success tied to it? Edmonton is deep, but the majority of this list is still TBD
arashinoko
Centers not picked in the top 10 that turned out to be top players:
* JT Miller (15th) * ~~Sam Reinhart (15th)~~ (nope, 2nd…my mistake) * Brayden Point (79th) * Sebastian Aho (Carolina) (35th) * Jake Guentzel (77th) * Nick Suzuki (13th) * Vincent Trocheck (64th) * Carter Verhaeghe (82nd) * Dylan Larkin (15th)
Condition_Boy
Oilers fan in peace. Every single player gets his full name. But nuge is just nuge I guess lol.
dritarashtra
When have we had a center?!
Gnarly-Banks
Can’t have nice things
misterktomato
Ok but Will Smith?? That dude 55 years old smh
BasicTennis9861
By the time we are good again edmonton and vegas and maybe Vancouver will be junk.
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Draft top 5??? No we don’t do that here
Obviously our centre depth has sucked for 30 years, but this tweet is dumb. Nudge hasn’t been U30 for two years. Zary was a centre in the AHL and WHL and played well there last year, would it really be that much better if he was drafted 5th? Same with if Sharangovich was drafted 5th? Elias Lindholm was top 5 and U30 (for only this season), but it’s not like that was some magic sauce that meant we should have signed that extension.
Cutter Gauthier is also a winger. And Shane Wright honestly looked weak against the Wranglers.
It’s okay the goal is to fight for a playoff spot not win a cup
https://youtu.be/woA-ogAQL6E?si=dgkxkk_65kL4pDYp
Doesn’t matter when you draft, you have to draft well if you want to be successful. Every year there are franchise altering players drafted well outside of the top 10, and finding these players is the difference between a successful and a failed rebuild.
If only we kept Sam, but he is nowhere near the quality of these players
Vegas didn’t draft Eichel….
This is just James Johnson posting more negative rubbish to pander to downers as usual
Wouldn’t this list be more meaningful if there was actual success tied to it? Edmonton is deep, but the majority of this list is still TBD
Centers not picked in the top 10 that turned out to be top players:
* JT Miller (15th)
* ~~Sam Reinhart (15th)~~ (nope, 2nd…my mistake)
* Brayden Point (79th)
* Sebastian Aho (Carolina) (35th)
* Jake Guentzel (77th)
* Nick Suzuki (13th)
* Vincent Trocheck (64th)
* Carter Verhaeghe (82nd)
* Dylan Larkin (15th)
Oilers fan in peace. Every single player gets his full name. But nuge is just nuge I guess lol.
When have we had a center?!
Can’t have nice things
Ok but Will Smith?? That dude 55 years old smh
By the time we are good again edmonton and vegas and maybe Vancouver will be junk.