They are, as a group, the most over-rated Edmonton Oilers of all-time. But they’re still plugging along in pro hockey.

Who are they? Bottom-pairing d-men in Edmonton, players who as young pros ere held up by large and vocal factions of the Oilers fanbase as budding NHL stars, surefire Top 4 defencemen-to-be, with all the fancy statistics you’d ever want to back up the claim.

But one after another failed to in his Oilers audition, then have struggled as well in other NHL organizations.

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This list includes: Matt Benning, Ethan Bear, Caleb Jones, Jordan Oesterle, Martin Marincin and (in a different way) Vincent Desharnais.

This list has many similar players, mostly smaller d-men with NHL average-to-good puck-moving skills. None of

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