we already knew Tanner and Henderson would say Edmonton without any justification.
If you're answering the question as it was asked, i.e. "offseason additions", then i think Edmonton does edge out Buffalo....however, if you do as Henderson did and group in the other youngsters/recent additions, then i think it's a wash at best. Buffalo has the better shutdown D corps with the likely promotions of McCabe and Pysk to Risto. and Baggosian, while Sekkera will give a boost to the Offensive prowess of the Oilers D.
Buffalo's additions of Kane and ROR are far better than any Offensive additions made by Edmonton, draft excluded.....though i do agree the Oils take the edge in goal.
Description of Draisaitl as "killing Reinhart" is comical. If you're trying to compare Sam Reinhart to Draisaitl, there's really not much to compare. They BOTH had bad showings for their respective NHL teams last season and were sent back to minors where both put up nearly identical Points/Game, with Draisaitl having about a 0.3 PPG edge.....not sure how that equates into "killing Reinhart".
But the best quote goes to John Jaeckel: "And McDavid seems to be the more mature, proven NHL ready commodity at this point."
How is it again, that either are a "proven NHL ready commodity", when neither of them has played a single NHL game? I would actually argue, based off the results of the NHL combine (Eichel had 7 categories where he finished top 10, McDavid had 2) that physically, Eichel is more ready for the rigors of the NHL. Remember, Eichel also spent his last season playing against guys much older than him in NCAA league, you can't say that for McDavid
we already knew Tanner and Henderson would say Edmonton without any justification.
If you're answering the question as it was asked, i.e. "offseason additions", then i think Edmonton does edge out Buffalo....however, if you do as Henderson did and group in the other youngsters/recent additions, then i think it's a wash at best. Buffalo obviously has the better shutdown D corps with the likely promotions of McCabe and Pysk to Risto. and Baggosian, while Sekkera will give a boost to the Offensive prowess of the Oilers D.
Buffalo's additions of Kane and ROR are far better than any Offensive additions made by Edmonton, draft excluded.....though i do agree the Oils take the edge in goal.
Description of Draisaitl as "killing Reinhart" is comical. If you're trying to compare Sam Reinhart to Draisaitl, there's really not much to compare. They BOTH had bad showings for their respective NHL teams last season and were sent back to minors where both put up nearly identical Points/Game, with Draisaitl having about a 0.3 PPG edge.....not sure how that equates into "killing Reinhart".
But the best quote goes to John Jaeckel: "And McDavid seems to be the more mature, proven NHL ready commodity at this point."
How is it again, that either are a "proven NHL ready commodity", when neither of them has played a single NHL game? I would actually argue, based off the results of the NHL combine (Eichel had 7 categories where he finished top 10, McDavid had 2) that physically, Eichel is more ready for the rigors of the NHL. Remember, Eichel also spent his last season playing against guys much older than him in NCAA league, you can't say that for McDavid - nikel
Kane wasn't an offseason acquisition. ROR is a bit of a headcase, cost probably more than he should have, and the contract hurts the value of the acquisition. Two fine top 6 players, though. ROR will help carry the load.
Edmonton adds Nurse, Reinhart, etc. to Sekera, Klefbom, Fayne, and work-in-progress Schultz. I don't see where BUF's D is any better.
Eichel played against men and 23YOs who will never sniff an ECHL contract. Two sides to that sword. McDavid is unanimously the best prospect in a decade, if not more. Crosby didn't have a hard time adjusting to the rigor of the NHL.
and honestly I see Reinhart and Draisaitl as a wash right now, don't see an argument for SR passing LD
Kane wasn't an offseason acquisition. ROR is a bit of a headcase, cost probably more than he should have, and the contract hurts the value of the acquisition. Two fine top 6 players, though. ROR will help carry the load.
Edmonton adds Nurse, Reinhart, etc. to Sekera, Klefbom, Fayne, and work-in-progress Schultz. I don't see where BUF's D is any better.
Eichel played against men and 23YOs who will never sniff an ECHL contract. Two sides to that sword. McDavid is unanimously the best prospect in a decade, if not more. Crosby didn't have a hard time adjusting to the rigor of the NHL.
and honestly I see Reinhart and Draisaitl as a wash right now, don't see an argument for SR passing LD - oilerfan94
NHLers he played against at IIHF would disagree.....
People underrate Talbot because they think the Rangers have a great defense which he benifited from. Not true - the Rangers D wasn't that much greater than the Oilers last year.
I'm sure people will call that ridiculous, so my next blog will be about that later today. - James_Tanner
I don't know, to me Buffalo's future is not as promising as it was before. Don't get me wrong, it's still very promising, but that future defense that was head and shoulders above so many teams, fell back into the pack. And the forward core got slightly better, but it didn't make up for the difference on defensive promise that they loss.
Still very promising, just not as promising as before. But this is all speculation anyway, so I could be totally wrong. They could become a juggernaut for all I know, or maybe be a little bit worse than I expect. Nobody knows at this point.
Kane wasn't an offseason acquisition. ROR is a bit of a headcase, cost probably more than he should have, and the contract hurts the value of the acquisition. Two fine top 6 players, though. ROR will help carry the load.
Edmonton adds Nurse, Reinhart, etc. to Sekera, Klefbom, Fayne, and work-in-progress Schultz. I don't see where BUF's D is any better.
Eichel played against men and 23YOs who will never sniff an ECHL contract. Two sides to that sword. McDavid is unanimously the best prospect in a decade, if not more. Crosby didn't have a hard time adjusting to the rigor of the NHL.
and honestly I see Reinhart and Draisaitl as a wash right now, don't see an argument for SR passing LD - oilerfan94
Exactly, that's why I elaborated with: "if you're answering the question as it was asked, i.e. "offseason additions", then i think Edmonton does edge out Buffalo....however, if you do as Henderson did and group in the other youngsters/recent additions..."
and again, Exactly.....I'm not necessarily arguing that Buffalo's D is that much better than Edmonton's, just that Edmonton's is NOT drastically better than Buffalo's either, as the post would have you believe.
Im curious where you got this from? - Sabresfan-365
Doesn't matter either way. Possession doesn't work when you try to use it game by game. Basically 30% in one game is you were in the ice for 3 shots for and 7 against. In one game I don't see how this stat is relevant
Both did very well. I don't know if you can really say who did better at this point. I prefer where Edmonton is right now considerably but that is primarily because Buffalo was that much worse last year.
I don't know, to me Buffalo's future is not as promising as it was before. Don't get me wrong, it's still very promising, but that future defense that was head and shoulders above so many teams, fell back into the pack. And the forward core got slightly better, but it didn't make up for the difference on defensive promise that they loss.
Still very promising, just not as promising as before. But this is all speculation anyway, so I could be totally wrong. They could become a juggernaut for all I know, or maybe be a little bit worse than I expect. Nobody knows at this point. - Redemption17
Every Buffalo fan would agree regarding their D in losing Zadorov, however, they are very high on Ristolainen, Pysyk, and Mccabe, along with having high hopes for both Brycen Martin and Anthony Florentino.
What they did means the D will take a little longer to develop and likely require both drafting a D with a high pick in the 2016 draft and signing an FA impact D.
