Quoting: WhatThePuck
Lol Skinner and Reinhart is all he had. You can't be serious. Jack's not in control of coaching, goalies, defense, and the depth of the team. it's a team game.
McDavid in 2017 had Drai lol. Plus RNH, Strome, Klefbom, Larsson, Klefbom, and Talbot. That's better D & goaltending than Jack has ever had.
Matthews has Marner, Tavares, Nylander, and can't make it out of the first round
Mack has Landeskog, Rantanen, Makar, Saad, Girard, Grubauer
Their teams are lightyears more talented than teams Jack has ever had. You are underrating him a lot. The guy played amazing last year. He was top 5-6 last year. Sit down and watch him play. He's insanely good.
Never said Necas would be in any return.
You want to go throughout the team?
Ullmark has shown himself to be one of the more underrated goaltenders in the NHL. His underlying metrics were good until he started to combat injury.
Defensively? Dahlin has been a monster for most of his breif NHL Career. Ristolainen is a tyrefire, fine. Pilut was a solid DFD, not great, decent 3rd pairing guy. Joki was meant to be this lord and saviour when he was acquired from Chicago for beans, and he's been... a mixed bag.
You wanna talk about forwards only? Skinner is still a great forward when used right, Reinhart has made casual improvements over his career. Eric Staal was on this team at the start of the year. Cozens had a great first year. Olofsson is one of the better shoot-first wingers in New York, not to mention.... he started the season with TAYLOR HALL ON HIS WING! Hall is now destroying teams with Krejci as his center... On paper, the skill on the buffalo roster this year was for SURE better than the 2017 Oilers.... or even the 2006 Penguins in their first year with Crosby.
That Buffalo team had the talent, their 1C just did not have the same skill to carry them as Matthews, Mackinnon, McDavid because he isn't the same quality of player! This is not a shot at Eichel, there's very few players in NHL history who could carry a team like that, but he is not one of them.
The necas comment was more aimed at others.