Do the Oilers have the best center core in the NHL

I think the only team that comes close is the Blues, and even then, Edmontons is better, they have the best player in the world and another top 5 player as their 2nd line C, a reliable 3rd line C in nuge (when he plays C) A young #3 C who is great defensively and has offensive upside, and a proven, reliable #4C

if nylander was a center again they are a very close if not better . matthews,tavares,nylander,kampf

If Tampa ram stammer at c Tampa would definitely be there but he’s plays wing mostly nowadays

McDavid > Matthews

Draisaitl > Tavares

Nuge < Nylander

McLeod = Kampf

I think the oilers center core is still better, but toronto has the 3C advantage, only thing is their wing depth really suffers if nylander plays 3C whereas if nuge plays 2LW the oilers get better

No.. they have two of the top 4 or 5 C in the league. Beyond that there are plenty of teams with better C's. Putting all three of McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins at C is also disingenuous and trying to win yourself an arguement. If that were the case Toronto is better with Matthews, Tavares, Nylander, anyone. Tampa would run Point, Stamkos, Ciarelli, anyone. Colorado, Mackinnon, Landeskog, Newhook. 1 of those guys in every scenario plays the wing.

In terms of how opening night line ups will look, Petersson, Miller, Horvat Dickenson is better down the middle. O'Reilly, Thomas, Schenn, Accari as a group are better. Zibanajed, Trochek, Chytil, Goodrow. Lindholm, Kadri, Backlund, Rooney could be comparable as a group of 4.

The Oilers will always have the two most talented C's on the ice, that's never an argument. As a core group of 4, they're top 10.