AL West. NL East. NL Central. NL West. West Ham United Wolves. Virginia Tech Washington Wisconsin. Purdue Syracuse Villanova Virginia Wisconsin. Redblacks Stampeders. Featured Teams. Home Odds. Bayern Munich Dortmund. Celtic Rangers. Toggle navigation Subscribe. By Daniel Nugent-Bowman Nov 5, He was the first draft pick in team history, the last pick of the first round — 21st overall. He was one of the leaders on a team that won five titles in a seven-year span. The back of the room features a floor-to-ceiling tribute of the seven Hockey Hall of Famers who were the faces of the Oilers in the s.
Those guys are stars. I was fortunate to be on a good team. Already a subscriber? Log In. Subscribe now to get full access to the new sports page. He would only get better in his 12 season tenure with the Oilers, where he would tally over goals and more than points. Scoring at a torrid pace and notching a number of key goals, he earned himself a reputation of being one of the greatest playoff performers of all-time.
Of his 93 playoff goals, 17 of them were game-winners, tied for the sixth most playoff game-winning goals of all-time. With the run and gun style that the dynasty Oilers teams played , they needed an excellent goaltender between the pipes to prevent their opponents from capitalizing on the counter-attack.
That security is exactly what Fuhr provided. In what was arguably his best season, in , he finished second in Hart Trophy voting, falling behind only Mario Lemieux, making him the first goalie in seven years to finish that high in Hart voting. You knew you were going to get 35 every night, and that was OK. Jennings Trophies, six all-star berths, and six NHL records, there are only a handful of goalies more decorated than he is.
One of the most balanced players ever to play the game, Kurri was a danger to score every time he stepped out on the ice. His elite shooting and his ability to get to the right areas allowed him to hit the 40 goal mark seven times, lead the league in goals once, and become one of only nine players to score 70 or more goals in a single season.
When the other team had the puck and was looking to create offense of their own, he would backcheck hard to break up the play. Although he never won the award, he finished top five in Selke Trophy voting four times and rightfully earned a reputation as one of the top two-way defenders of the s.
With his explosive stride and elite passing , he enabled his teammates in a way that no other defenceman could. By his second season in the NHL, he was already an electric player. That year, he put up 89 points, which at the time was the tenth highest-scoring season by a defenceman.
Coffey would lead all defenders in points in five consecutive seasons with the Oilers, from to , amassing a whopping points over that span. One of only five defencemen to score points or more in a season, he hit the centennial mark five times, three of which came with the Oilers.
While it was commonplace for Coffey to send a breakout pass to Gretzky or Messier , giving them the opportunity to score, he was a threat to score himself. Possessing an extremely accurate shot , he scored goals as an Oiler, setting the record for most goals by a defender in a single season along the way.
By the end of his career, he owned 36 NHL records, as well as a very full trophy case, headed by three Norris Trophies and four Stanley Cups. Messier excelled in all aspects of the game and could strip a player of the puck in his own end, thread the needle for the breakout pass, lay a heavy hit along the boards, and rifle the puck into the net, all in one shift. Working and playing hard, he led by example and motivated his teammates, drawing out of them an especially high level of play.
Moving on from a franchise player is a tough blow for any team, even more so when that franchise player is Gretzky. At the helm of the team, Messier scored points in 79 regular-season games, leading the Oilers to the playoffs where he would continue his dominance and register 31 points en route to winning his fifth Stanley Cup.
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