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Seems like the Oilers are pretty serious about rebuilding. Other than Chara, PC gave the Bruins an amazing defensive corps who weren't huge names until they joined the Bruins. Their forward group was made by great drafting outside of the 1st round - Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci,Comment
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I would say it's very likely that the Oilers do not re-sign Derek Roy; he was underwhelming in Edmonton and they have enough talent at C, especially with McDavid on the way.
I think you've got the centre depth like this:
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Anton Lander
Bogdan Yakimov (20)/Leon Draisatl (19)/Connor McDavid (18)
I would suggest that if all five of those players were in their primes, they would only want to keep three of them. I think that Lander and Yakimov are the two lowest ones in terms of pedigree, but that Draisatl and even McDavid might not be ready for 2C/3C next season.
So you see where Draisatl and McDavid are at. If you judge that they can both slot into the lineup immediately, you trade Lander and Yakimov. If only one of them is ready, you trade Yakimov, and if neither are ready then you let them both continue developing and keep Yakimov and Lander on board.
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I don't know a ton of information about the Oilers system.
I think McDavid is ready for a #1 centre role next season. Will he be a bonafide #1 centre? Probably not. But he should be able to put up 55-65 points as a rookie, which is great. Him and RNH will make one hell of a 1-2 punch for years to come. I'm not familiar with Yakimov, but Lander has shown he'll be at least a good third line centre (potentially more).
They'll eventually have to deal some of their forwards. They have too many guys who will probably be big money players sooner rather than later. RNH, McDavid, Hall, Eberle, Yakupov.Comment
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I would have a blast in Chiarelli's shoes:
RE-SIGN: Schultz (RFA), Pitlick (RFA)
TRADE: Lander, Klinkhammer, Nikitin, Ference, Scrivens
ACQUIRE: Phaneuf (trade), Franson (signing), Niemi (signing) OR Ward (trade)
Hall - Nugent-Hopkins - EberlePouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Slepyshev - Draisatl - Purcell
Hendricks - Gordon - Pitlick
Phaneuf- Franson
Klefbom - Schultz
Nurse - Fayne
Niemi/Ward
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