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 Adam
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| benv wrote on Thu, 30 January 2025 16:58 |
| nullterm wrote on Thu, 30 January 2025 16:48 |
| Adam wrote on Thu, 30 January 2025 14:50 |
| benv wrote on Thu, 30 January 2025 15:49 |
The NHL is unveiling a quarter century team for each team and they just released the Oiler selections:
1st team:
Forwards: McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins
Defense: Bouchard, Nurse
Goalie: Roloson
2nd team:
Forwards: Hemsky, Horcoff, Smyth
Defense: Ekholm, J Smith
Goalie: Salo
https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/release-nhl-unveils-oilers-q uarter-century-team
Can't say there's much to dispute there--particularly the forwards (I could see some quibbling on the defense). Five out of the six first teamers plus one on the second team are current Oilers. Of the remaining six, five were on the 05-06 SCF team, so they entirely ignored the decade of darkness--again not surprising.
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I'd probably have Pronger on Team 1 on the left side. Only one year but man...what a year.
Would suggest Hall over Horcoff too...
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Hall was never a center, and I'd take prime Hemsky or Smyth over him (in his time as an Oiler).
Pronger definitely deserves to be in there.
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For the record, they made it clear that the forwards were selected regardless of position (i.e. it's fine that the three first team forwards are all officially centers).
So replacing Horcoff with Hall would be fine
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Hall was better than Smyth too. Smytty's beloved by many Oilers fans, but he wasn't an elite player. Just had a sweet flow and an "aw shucks" vibe that people loved. I don't think Smyth was ever the best player on the team, and Hall was prior to McDavid getting drafted.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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