If NHL GMs were given the opportunity to pick either

Jan 23, 2020
12:29:13pm

kotacoug All-American

The bottom 6, defense and goalies of the Oilers or the Blues who would they pick to have on their team? hint: based on talent and performance it’s not the Oilers players. 🙂

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NHL ALL Star break... who would have thought Van, Edm CGY would be top 3 in

kotacoug

1/23/20 8:49am

RE: NHL ALL Star break... who would have thought Van, Edm CGY would be top 3 in

Sandstone Cougar

1/23/20 9:03am

Calgary won the Pacific last year.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 9:09am

It would be great for the NHL to have more Canadian representation late in the

Sandstone Cougar

1/23/20 9:12am

Edmonton has "always" underachieved? Recently? Yes! Always? 5 Cups say NO! 🙂

CanuckUte

1/23/20 9:25am

Sorry, meant recent history. They have arguably the best player in the world in McDavid.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 9:29am

I don’t know... yes they have McD and Drai but their bottom 6

kotacoug

1/23/20 9:33am

I have to say that Dave Tippett (and Holland for that matter) have made a huge

CanuckUte

1/23/20 9:47am

Teams have won the cup with far less talent.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 9:49am

What teams have won the cup with less talent top to bottom

kotacoug

1/23/20 9:53am

St Louis for one.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 10:00am

Here’s the thing with St. Louis they are solid top to bottom, and....

kotacoug

1/23/20 10:05am

Once again before the season started who would you have picked as the better goalie?

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 10:15am

If NHL GMs were given the opportunity to pick either

kotacoug

1/23/20 12:29pm

Your team has two all star type top lines including the greatest player of his generation.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 12:40pm

Coaching is most defiantly an issue, team leadership meh.

kotacoug

1/23/20 12:51pm

If by team leadership you mean the GM and admin team then yes it has been

CanuckUte

1/23/20 1:07pm

Two Oiler fans defending their team. So I’m gonna just disagree with you both and leave it at that.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 1:28pm

Here's hoping Tippett can be the guy to get them back in the groove this year

CanuckUte

1/23/20 10:03am

Let's hope that Deboer gets vegas playing consistently again. They are way too

vegasnative

1/23/20 9:38am

I still think Arizona and Vegas will finish in the division's top three.

mannheimadler

1/23/20 9:45am

I would love to get back to seeing a Battle of Alberta in the playoffs again.

CanuckUte

1/23/20 9:48am

I think only one of either Arizona or Vegas will make playoffs this year.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 10:13am

Fleury was playing really well before his father passed away. He has really

mannheimadler

1/23/20 10:35am

7 of those road games are against current playoff teams. I dont see any easy wins there.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 10:43am

None of the other Pacific teams has shown any more consistency than Vegas

mannheimadler

1/23/20 11:04am

For sure. Calgary has lacked scoring.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 11:20am

Sean Tierney just tweeted his predictions. He thinks Vancouver, Edm, Vegas and

mannheimadler

1/23/20 11:33am

If that does happen, my prediction of one of either Arizona or Vegas getting in would be accurate.

JohnnyComeLately

1/23/20 11:36am

Yeah, it really hit him hard and it has shown. He is a completely different

vegasnative

1/23/20 11:22am

At the very least, I expect them to get a puck-moving defenseman

mannheimadler

1/23/20 11:26am

On another topic, if you are an Oilers fan & you aren't listening to Oilers Now

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