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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Fri, 06 July 2018 10:52 |
| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 06 July 2018 09:59 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Fri, 06 July 2018 09:42 |
| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 06 July 2018 09:36 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Fri, 06 July 2018 09:30 |
| Goose wrote on Thu, 05 July 2018 17:06 |
| PlusOne wrote on Thu, 05 July 2018 15:52 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 05 July 2018 16:39 |
I'd send him down after the preseason, maybe before the preseason ends. Whatever the question is for the Oilers an 18 year old defenseman should not be the answer.
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All of my often typical sarcasm aside he might very well be our best offensive RHD and power play point man coming out of the preseason.
While I expect the PP to be better he might be part of the answer to THAT question.
If he shows that is the case he might bring value as an option.
Not my best case scenario but I can see it happening.
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Even if that is true, you can't waste a year of his ELC by playing him in the NHL next year.
They're going into next year with exactly one winger that scored more than 13 goals last year (Nuge). Their entire RW group will likely have scored less than 30 goals combined last season (barring some further move this summer).
This not a team that is ready to compete. They'll need cheap contracts in 3, 4, 5 years when they might actually have a shot.
ETA: I realize this will come across as being negative, but the Oilers have not improved from last year. Rieder was a good pickup, but he's going to replace Maroon's production at best.
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Exactly. Even if Bouchard is the best option to do.... whatever he's asked to do, that then becomes the problem. There is no chance an 18 year old 10th draft pick is ready to come into the NHL as a rookie and be a key cog in a contending team. The Oilers aren't selling hope at this point, they're selling stupidity. Send him back, let him develop. Next year, send him to the A, let him develop. The year after, bring him up if he's deserve it, but protect him. He may become the answer in three or four or five years, but he certainly is not the answer now.
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Stop this 18 year old talk. The kid will be 19 right after next season starts :)
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My bad. I take it all back. The 19 year old, former 10th overall pick, Evan Bouchard will be ready to lead the Oilers power play and play a key role in a deep playoff run. Start the season now.
Seriously though, if the Oilers take him to Europe they're wasting our time.
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It's all up to Bouchard. As much this org sucks, I don't think they're gonna force him in if he plays poorly. But, if the kid has a good pre-season and puts up points in his 9 games, I can totally see him sticking.
ELC years, UFA years, these things only matter to the mere mortals of this world.
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The Oilers would ABSOLUTELY try to shoehorn their shiny new toy into a spot he's not ready for. It's damn near as predictable as the rising sun. Let's look at the history of Oilers first rounders...
Yamamoto 22nd overall - 9 games
Puljujarvi 4th - 28 games
McDavid 1st - played full season
Draisaitl 3rd - 37 games
Nurse 7th - ZERO GAMES! Maybe the shiny new D won't get games
Yak 1st - played full season
RNH 1st - played full season
Klef 19th - didn't play (was in Sweden)
Hall 1st - played full season
Paajarvi 10th - didn't play (was in Sweden)
Eberle 22nd - sent back to junior
Gagner 6th - played full season
Plante 15th - junior
Nash 21st - college
I really hope he's sent back.
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Puljujarvi they also kept up (while healthy scratching him multiple times) beyond the team's 40th game - sooooo this is his last rookie deal year...
Otherwise we'd have another cheap year of him...even if he breaks out this year.
I think we should be thinking about this with Evan Bouchard too. Are we better off having him cheap for his 18 (errr...18/19) year old season? Or his 21/22 year old season?
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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By: NetBOG on Fri, 22 June 2018 18:43 |
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