If you live in Alberta and from the sounds of it you probably follow more hockey then me, so thanks for that perspective. Mostly out here from the media or just with casual hockey talk it always sounded like Edmonton was poorly ran and intentionally tanked for all those years (I probably exaggerated on the 4-5 year thing). Hall hasn't really become a cornerstone player (even with New Jersey), same with Eberle and Nugent-Hopkins. They're nice secondary pieces IMO, though not elite superstars that they were touted as. They're still young, so won't write them off completely. Hope the Oilers don't mess with the McDavid years, as they did with Hall.