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Originally Posted by Ninetales
ya holy hell that was awful. such an obviously terrible Hamilton trade (cmon how could the oilers not do the same deal with a little extra ie not nurse). lucic trade seemed like good return, but ya exactly as you say they botched those picks it seems. astounding turn of events.
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After settling down a bit, I still hate the world, but I actually really like what the Bruins did in the draft this year overall. They completely stocked the prospect cupboard with talent at every position, and Senyshyn is someone whose stock could rise dramatically next year. DeBrusk, I'm not so sure about. Everyone else taken in the first 4 rounds I'm really happy with. Doesn't excuse the Hamilton trade, but I'll take that as a consolation right now, I guess.
The defense is just absurdly bad right now though, but I still hope they don't overpay for a UFA. At least Tuukka won't have an aneurysm from playing behind that group this year as Jones should be able to take nearly 30 games.
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and well we got mcjesus which is nice but then went back into true oiler form by fucking it all up and trading away barzal AND the 33rd pick, which somehow could be Jeremy roy or kylington for god damn former oil king and future bust reinhart. so mad. this is going to be looked at in the same light as when we traded the parise draft pick to draft marc antoine pouliot. garth snow fleeced us. they better have a plan here to actually make their d better or fire chiarelli into the sun already (tho this trade reeks of howson/mact/boys club syndrome).
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I dunno, something has to give with the Oilers at some point, and Chiarelli addressed some huge needs with defensive stability and grit going forward. I agree that the value wasn't there for that type of trade (hell, I would have accepted that for Hamilton looking at what the Bruins got), but the Oilers are in the unique spot of just having to address needs surrounding their core at this point.
As for Barzal on the Oilers, yeah, there's always the "take the best player available" argument, but where in the world would Barzal fit in? His game is remarkably similar to RNH and he's a player that
needs that center spot to be truly effective, and that is completely locked up in Edmonton long-term.