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 Mike
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| rukm01 wrote on Wed, 13 June 2012 12:51 |
| Adam wrote on Tue, 12 June 2012 10:00 |
Honestly, I really like his attitude in these interviews. He seems like a truly dedicated kid. Here's hoping the Oilers get it right...
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I have to admit there are times he kind of rubs me the wrong way with his cockiness but when that happens I'm quick to remind myself how cocky Mess and Andy were back in the day. Yak has a swagger we haven't had in a long while.
I hope people who figure we're already stacked up up front watched this year's playoffs. Can anybody honestly envision our current group of forwards surviving a playoff drive intact? Drafting Yakupov would give us some insurance -- as legitimate a concern as our weak defence IMO since Hall is yet to even finish a regular season.
I'd feel better about the Murray talk if he were a clear cut challenger for #1. By all accounts he isn't. He doesn't even seem to be the consensus #1 defenceman. If we hadn't won the lottery and Yak went first, I'd be perfectly okay with him at #2. But doing anything other than drafting Yak would be shades of passing on Parise because we already had a small forward in Comrie (the reasoning Lowe explained behind the Pouliot swap).
BPA please. Then do the utmost to sign Schultz. Make use of free agency. And hope Klefbom continues his development.
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The other thing is that you only play 6 dmen. We already have 3-4 legit top 4 guys in Smid, N Schultz, Petry, and a healthy Whitney. One good UFA signing, and all of a sudden we've got a solid top 4, maybe top 5.
A few years ago we needed PMD. Lowe went and got a bunch. Then we needed shut down guys. And now we're back to needing PMD. It's a lot easier to revamp a D corps than your top 9 forwards.
And for the casual fans who say we have plenty of firepower already - 2 things: Look at last year's totals. We had 1 line basically. Adding Yak gives us 2. And the second is like you point out - protection against injury. Only 42 games last year featured all 3 of Hall, RNH, and Eberle. Our record as you would expect was much better with all 3 in the lineup.
Don't F this up. Take the elite talent.
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