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Registered: October 2006
Location: Vancouver
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| mightyreasoner wrote on Sun, 30 December 2018 12:34 |
Oilers are giving up a lot of picks, which isn't great. But we got the better NHLer here.
I think its reactionary to complain (I'm seeing a lot of it), but I can't be too upset about this. Petrovic is an experienced NHLer with some good years left, RH shot, can play Top-6 and move into Top-4 in a pinch.
He is better than Wideman.
He is better than Garisson.
He is better than Gryba.
He is better than Rinehart.
He doesn't bring much for offense, but hopefully he can provide a little stability.
For now I imagine:
Nurse / Larsson
Jones / Petrovic
Gravel / Benning
When healthy, I see:
Klefbom / Larsson
Nurse / Petrovic
Sekera / Russell
Gravel
AHL: Bear, Jones, Garisson
This summer I wouldn't mind seeing Bear and Jones replace Sekera and Russell and upgrading the spot Petrovic is filling.
Petrovic isn't world class, but he's better than everyone people are comparing him to and complaining about. He does make them a little deeper, but just not enough.
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I don't doubt there's some anti-Chia sentiment to the negative reaction around the trade. But to me it boils down to where you think this team is today. If you think that they are on the edge of being a competitive team (and by that I mean not just squeaking into a wildcard spot), then go ahead and make moves that marginally improve the team. But if you're like me, and you think this team is further away than that, then this move makes no sense.
I posted it in another thread, but in a season where McDavid, Drai, RNH are on pace to score 27 more goals than they did last year, the team is actually on pace to score 1 goal less. The rest of this roster is not remotely good enough, imo.
That 3rd round pick might not be ready for 3+ years, if ever, but that's exactly the time horizon that I think the Oilers should be looking at right now.
Those defence pairings are exactly what the Oilers have been doing for over a decade. Taking guys and slotting them in above their ability and hoping that it works out. Sekera is a total question mark, but I get that you can't move on from him, and I think you projecting him onto the 3rd pairing makes a lot of sense. But then you've got a 3rd pairing defenceman in Russell or Petrovic (or Manning I guess now),playing up a pair with a guy in Nurse that I think is a #4 at this point. Regardless of how you configure it at this point, you're just plugging holes at this point, so giving up assets to do that doesn't really appeal to me.
[Updated on: Mon, 31 December 2018 11:50]
Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games
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