Drafted 6^th Overall in 1980, Paul Coffey had a modest rookie season with 32 Points but would nearly triple that the next season with a 29 Goal and 89 Point campaign.  This year would earn him a Second Team All-Star Selection, which h would repeat in the next two seasons, and he would see his Points totals increase to 96 and 126, respectively.  In that 1983-84 Season, his 86 Assists made him the runner-up in Points as he was also the runner-up for the Art Ross Trophy.  Even more importantly, Coffey would help Edmonton win its first Stanley Cup.

That's pretty good, right?

Before there was Teemu Selanne, there was Jari Kurri, the original "Finnish Flash."  Kurri is arguably the first real hockey megastar from Finland, and on a line with Wayne Gretzky, his talents were able to shine.

Much like it was easy to decree that Wayne Gretzky was the greatest Edmonton Oiler of all-time, we find it quite simple to state that Mark Messier is a firm number two for this list.  This is no small praise, as when you look through the top ten, there are many Hall of Famers who was responsible for the Oilers' dynasty of the 1980s.

So, where do we start?

You hear the term “prodigy” thrown around a lot, but in terms of what a hockey prodigy was/is, there is nobody where those words suited better than Wayne Gretzky.