As the St. Louis Blues prepare to face the Edmonton Oilers for the final time in 2019-20, in lieu of your standard preview article, a thought occurred that needed discussion. The current Oilers remind me a lot of the early 1990’s Blues teams.
The current incarnation of the Oilers should be loaded with talent. They have had lottery draft picks since 2010. With the cost certainty that comes with younger players in their first handful of years, the Oilers should have been loaded by now.
Instead, only four of those picks are currently on the roster. In fairness, we do not know how the picks from 2017-2019 will pan out yet.