Sure, it’d be nice if Auston Matthews and William Nylander returned to the lineup, but after years of incompetence in the form of Dave Nonis, Brian Burke and Dave Poulin (it’s unbearable to see any of them on TV also) the Toronto Maple Leafs are doing alright, thank you very much.
But watching the Oilers flounder, it’s easy to see the similarities. The Oilers had four first overall picks and they somehow managed to blow it. An idiot could see that a Taylor Hall/Connor McDavid combo would guarantee success for years to come, but they gave up on it after one season in which they didn’t ice their optimal lineup a single time.