ya you guys have solid goaltending and in the east that alone could get you into the playoffs but I still wouldn't bank on it tbh. tank battles in btown?
I don't really know what you mean by addressing the d needs. we don't need more defensemen we need more good defensemen. reinhart is far from proven and ya he was drafted 4th overall but he looks like hes much closer of being a cam barker than a pietrangelo. it was terrible overpayment in a deep draft. gryba is fine but again hes a bottom pairing guy. and we have too many of those as it is. unless we're buying out nikitin or ference it makes no sense. heard the oilers are talking to sekera which would be nice so hopefully that happens.
ya im big on take the best available player. barzal is 2 years at best away from the nhl so who knows where the oil are at that point. if he turned out to be great then I don't see the problem in shipping off eberle for a dman and keeping barzal (assuming the same problems remain). draft good players and worry about where they fit later. having a ton of talent isn't a bad thing. and even if they didn't want a forward, draft roy at 16. I would've taken that as well. id take roy+kylington over reinhart
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