What potential addition matters most for the Oilers: Goaltending, Depth, Or Star Talent?

The Number One Priority Is…

Here is the sad thing. One could make their case for any one of these issues and they would be right. The team has a lot of work they need to do to get this team to the next level. But in my book, the top need has to be the third-line center position.

Adding a good third-line center would help boost the rest of the lineup. It would make Warren Foegele and Zack Kassian better and would instantly improve the scoring of this team and take some of the workloads off of stars like McDavid and Draisaitl.

Letting your top players play lots of minutes like the Oilers do is a blessing because they are that good, but it is also a curse if you are playing them like that because you do not have anyone else to ride with. Look at some of the top teams of the past.

Tampa won their cup without Kucherov throughout the regular season – they were still able to get there. The same was true for when they did it without Steven Stamkos who was injured. This team is not as deep as Tampa in the past or other teams that still managed to get it done without a star player. Adding another elite center for man the third line is definitely the number one priority in my book.