Depth is important. It provides endless amounts of options for a team and it creates new opportunity for under achieving performances.
The Edmonton Oilers have a considerable amount of depth at forward. As hard as it is to believe there is some good that came from all of those years of finishing at the bottom of the standings. They accrued multiple top picks. As a result of this, there is now an abundance of young, world class talent occupying the Oilers top two forward lines.
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There is a good mix of quality veterans and secondary scorers on this team as well.