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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.