Esa Lindell
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Sep 12, 2026
Joey EricksonHOST
I'm sure it was a big learning curve for both of them on how to play with one another.
Joey EricksonHOST
And let's face it, they're not the most elegant players puck handlers so at points they just pass their problem along and that that worries me about Bischel because he needs somebody like an Esa Lindell right just need someone to anchor him and allow him to do the things that he does best and I feel like the skills are the positives and strengths of Bischel and Meyers almost too similar like they're both big bodies and they can be physical but But their weaknesses are the same, too.
Joey EricksonHOST
And I feel like it kind of exacerbates the problem when they're not the greatest of skaters.
Joey EricksonHOST
A little bit of first size, better at this point.
Joey EricksonHOST
Liam Bischel didn't have his greatest moments either.
Joey EricksonHOST
And the Stars were just scrambling to find something that worked on the blue line outside of Miro Haskin and Esa Lindell.
Joey EricksonHOST
And it's not like they were... flying on all cylinders, firing on all cylinders.
Joey EricksonHOST
Even Thomas Harley was having some down moments, although he was okay in that series.
David QuadrelliHOST
got the Gavrikov.
David QuadrelliHOST
We got Esa Lindell.
David QuadrelliHOST
Slow reveal because I see something shiny.
David QuadrelliHOST
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Nick ZararisHOST
You think about Dallas.
Nick ZararisHOST
Dallas doesn't have anybody on the individual talent tier of McDavid or Dreisaitl, but they boast Heiskanen and Rantanen and Robertson and Wyatt Johnston and Thomas Harley, Rupi Hintz and Jake Ottinger and Esa Lindell.
Nick ZararisHOST
When we start to talk about volume, when we start to talk about depth of star power, that is where a lot of these teams have the edge with Edmonton.
Nick ZararisHOST
Now, When we have seen Edmonton play a lot of these teams in the postseason, especially over the last three years, include more so in the two years they went to the Stanley Cup final, it was the Oilers' quality of star power as opposed to the depth of their star power that allowed them to prevail against Dallas, against Vancouver, and against the Golden Knights.
Nick ZararisHOST
If you don't have those two or three other guys to disperse throughout your lineup as a legitimate star-level producer, and not superstar, not MVP.
Nick ZararisHOST
I'm talking the Sam Reinhardt tier of player, where he can be anywhere between 30 and 45 goals.
Nick ZararisHOST
I am talking about the defensive specialists, like an Esa Lindell or a Gus Forsling, to have in conjunction with your other good defensemen, or...
Nick ZararisHOST
the star caliber goalies who are all ranked a little low for me on this list and yes I am a guy who has started to value goaltending less this decade as you've gone along as you've seen teams like Carolina and Vegas and Colorado win cups with goalies who have bounced around the league to some degree and aren't necessarily in that Vasilevsky Bobrovsky tier we have seen a lot of in the past where last decade you had Corey Crawford and Jonathan Quick.
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