HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Hotstove: Who Will Finish Last In The NHL?

MacKinnon Matthews

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Hopefully the Leafs, but I'll go with Edmonton

MacKinnon Matthews
- DDM-Coga

No more top 3 picks for you guys.

You had your chance. Time for a change. No more Buffalo, Edmonton or Colorado.

Should be Leafs, Flyers or Flames

No more top 3 picks for you guys.

You had your chance. Time for a change. No more Buffalo, Edmonton or Colorado.

Should be Leafs, Flyers or Flames
- walshyleafsfan

- DDM-Coga

I'm a firm believer of spreading talent around the NHL and creating parity.

I'm a firm believer of spreading talent around the NHL and creating parity.
- walshyleafsfan

And when they trade Duchene after they draft matthews, that talent will be spread around. Come on man, its all part of the master plan

Oilers will finish last UNLESS they finally have the balls to move a top forward for a top dman. That's just a start because they need more than 1 top-tier dman to stay out of the race for a lottery pick every year.

But we haven't seen too many BOLD moves from the organization, I guess they're still planning on winning a championship with the offensive players that have never put them in the playoffs.

Oilers will finish last UNLESS they finally have the balls to move a top forward for a top dman. That's just a start because they need more than 1 top-tier dman to stay out of the race for a lottery pick every year.

But we haven't seen too many BOLD moves from the organization, I guess they're still planning on winning a championship with the offensive players that have never put them in the playoffs.
- newmy

The Oilers are way too talented to finish last. They will be adding Connor McDavid again soon don't forget.

Can't the Flames get some love?

The Oilers are way too talented to finish last. They will be adding Connor McDavid again soon don't forget.
- James_Tanner

If Yakupov isn't back, it won't matter. He makes McDavid look good.


But honestly, you can't rule them out for last place. That team is a mess. At this point, I'm not sure that adding Matthews would even help.

Oilers will finish last UNLESS they finally have the balls to move a top forward for a top dman. That's just a start because they need more than 1 top-tier dman to stay out of the race for a lottery pick every year.

But we haven't seen too many BOLD moves from the organization, I guess they're still planning on winning a championship with the offensive players that have never put them in the playoffs.
- newmy

It's not in the DNA for Edmonton GM, whoever he is and has been to do a smart thing and trade one of the redundant forwards to get much needed defensive help. Its been that way for years.

Nobody can beat the Oilers on this one

It's not in the DNA for Edmonton GM, whoever he is and has been to do a smart thing and trade one of the redundant forwards to get much needed defensive help. Its been that way for years.
- Oneonta Penguin

For years? Chiarelli, gm of the oilers for 6 months has been like this, for years?

James Tanner being a little kid as usual and bashing his own team thinking that they will actually win no. Be happy with 30th, that's all you'll get!

The pick should be taken away from them but it will be the Oilers again.Even with McDavid out they still should be better but there not. It took Chicago two top picks , Toews n Kane, to turn things around. How many do they need.

Another 5 more #1 overall's .....

The pick should be taken away from them but it will be the Oilers again.Even with McDavid out they still should be better but there not. It took Chicago two top picks , Toews n Kane, to turn things around. How many do they need.
- HamiltonHawk

Toews was 4th overall. Kane and toews are elite talents. Edmonton never got an elite talent until mcdavid. Hall is a superb player, not elite though.

Another 5 more #1 overall's .....
- Ur Not Me

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 edm 1st rounders/overalls for Hamonic?

The Oilers are way too talented to finish last. They will be adding Connor McDavid again soon don't forget.
- James_Tanner

They will not finish very high until someone figures it out that offense alone, doesn't win games. Their defense is among the worst in the league & their goaltending is average at best although you can't fault them entirely when you're playing behind a dud defense.

Toews was 4th overall. Kane and toews are elite talents. Edmonton never got an elite talent until mcdavid. Hall is a superb player, not elite though.
- jt6766

Sorry didn't mean top pick overall meant a top pick ie top 5. Elite talent or not with the about of top picks they have had they should be a lot better by now. With McDavid n Nurse I do believe they willstart to improve. Although good I think they need more from Hall n Hopkins. If draft could be done over Seguin or Hall?

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 edm 1st rounders/overalls for Hamonic?
- RonPielep

Done!!! Lets get this to the commish ....

The pick should be taken away from them but it will be the Oilers again.Even with McDavid out they still should be better but there not. It took Chicago two top picks , Toews n Kane, to turn things around. How many do they need.
- HamiltonHawk

Its 20 games into the season and they have an incredible amount of talent on a roster that will get back potentially one of the best players in the NHL. I don't think they will get last.

Far too much is being read into their current record because of the past, but they have some trade chips and too much talent to finish last. But what would hilarious is if they missed the Playoffs by two points and still won the draft lottery.

In 2010 Oil draft Hall. Great player but as said before not really considered elite (I consider him to be, many do not).
Two elite players taken that first round are Seguin and Tarasenko.
In 2011 Oil draft Nuge. Good player but not elite. Might be best player of that draft year with the possible exceptions of Gaudreau and Brodin.
In 2012 Oil draft Yak. Hard worker but not elite by any means. Forsberg's draft year and 2016 rookie sensation Parayko.
In 2015 Oil finally land an elite level player in McDavid.

Up until McDavid in 2015 I don't think Edmonton's 1rst overalls are on the same level as comparable rebuild tandems such as Toews/Kane and Crosby/Malkin. Those 4 players are elite and as of right now better than say Hall/McDavid. It might not be the case eventually but as of today Edmonton's first overalls have not been on the same level as the rebuilding franchises that came before them.