Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2025/26 revision of our top 50 Edmonton Oilers.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Oilers had another phenomenal campaign, winning the Western Conference for the second consecutive year. However, in both seasons, they lost to the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Finals.  There were no new entrants, but there were multiple elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw a slight change. 

1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Connor McDavid
3. Mark Messier
4. Leon Draisaitl
5. Jari Kurri

You can find the entire list here.

Connor McDavid was #2 last year, and while he did supplant Gretzky for the top spot, he is getting closer.

Leon Draisaitl, who is a former Hart Trophy winner and runner-up last year, edged up over Jari Kurri for the fourth spot.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins moved up one rung to #11. 

Defenseman Darnell Nurse also climbed up one spot.  He is now ranked #14.

Another Defenseman, Evan Bouchard, advanced to #31 from #35.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2025/26 revision of our top 50 Detroit Red Wings.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the rebuilding Red Wings again failed to make the playoffs, but the Original Six team could cause some damage this year.  There were no new entrants and only one elevation.

As always, we present our top five, which remain unchanged.

1. Gordie Howe
2. Nicklas Lidstrom
3. Steve Yzerman
4. Terry Sawchuk
5. Ted Lindsay 

You can find the entire list here.

The only change on the list is Dylan Larkin, who moved up two spots to #29.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2025/26 revision of our top 50 Dallas Stars.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Dallas advanced to their third consecutive Western Conference Final, but the results have all been the same with a third-round exit.  The loaded team did not generate a new entrant on the Top 50, but there were multiple elevations based on last year.

As always, we present our top five, which remain unchanged. 

1. Mike Modano
2. Sergei Zubov
3. Jamie Benn
4. Marty Turco
5. Tyler Seguin

You can find the entire list here.

Notably, within the top five, active players Jamie Benn remained at number three, and Tyler Seguin also held the number five spot.

Defenseman Miro Heiskanen went up three spots to #22.

Left Wing Jason Robertson climbed nine spots to #26.

Defenseman Esa Lindell advanced four spots to #29.

Left Wing Roope Hintz reached #37 from #34. 

Goalie Jake Oettinger went from #50 to #42.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

The NFL kicked off less than a month ago and it is still early to say which franchises are going to compete in the playoffs, come January. However, we have already seen some really good teams and can make some predictions based on these first exits. Suggestions and advice are already available on which teams to bet on to reach the final stages of the competition. Will your team make it to the playoffs? Just see the odds here to check if your favorite franchise is believed to be among the possible contenders for the title or whether it is better to wait for next year. In this league, winning windows open and close pretty quickly, so the true supporter never loses hope, even during the darkest seasons.

The favourites in the NFC

The National Football Conference hosts the undefeated world champions, and frontrunner favourites, Philadelphia Eagles. They won the Super Bowl last February and are moving towards another meaningful season. They won all their three games in the early stages of this season, often  by sheer luck, but showed poise, determination and grit. 

The Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams are another two very good franchises. LA is coached by an offensive genius like Sean McVay, and won a Super Bowl in 2022, while Green Bay is a young team that became extremely talented some weeks ago, after the signing of arguably the best linebacker in the league, Micah Parsons.

There are also the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders to consider. Washington began the season with an injury to his young superstar, the quarterback Jayden Daniels, but his backup, Marcus Mariota, showed he can win whenever he’s called up to compete. The Lions had some problems in week 1, when they missed their offensive and defensive coordinators, who moved away to becoming head coaches elsewhere, but then found their moxy and dominated in week 2, while defeating the mighty Baltimore Ravens in week 3.

AFC contenders

Let’s switch conferences and check who the favourites are in the American. The first franchise to nominate are the Buffalo Bills. The Atlantic powerhouse can count on the reigning MVP, Josh Allen, a couple of offensive playmakers like James Cook and Keon Coleman, a solid defence and, obviously, a pretty easy schedule which puts them against good franchises only from November onwards. Buffalo can clinch the playoffs by Halloween and then focus only on achieving the top AFC seed.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens were among the absolute favourites to make the playoffs, during the offseason, but they are sitting at an ugly record of 1-2 and will face each other in Week 4. It means that one of these two franchises will be 1-3 at the end of September. WIth that record, the chances of entering the playoffs are slim. We are talking about two rosters full of talent and extremely well coached, but they are not winning right now.

From what we are seeing at the moment, the best AFC team plays in Los Angeles. The Chargers are displaying a formidable defence, a great quarterback and several playmakers all over the field: Keenan Allen, Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston are a great receiver core; Omarion Hampton can run heavily and Asante Samuel is a shutdown corner, on defence. If you add their QB Justin Herbert to the mix, you don’t need much more to be a top contender in a loaded AFC.

It is more than possible that some players from these franchises will end up in Canton’s Hall of Fame. In that case, we will cover their story, before they receive the iconic golden jacket, on our pages. So keep in mind to regularly check our website.