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K.McC#24 wrote on Tue, 09 April 2019 18:39

mightyreasoner wrote on Tue, 09 April 2019 11:47

RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 09 April 2019 10:38

I don't want anything to do with the Russian. Russian players are always a gamble. The Oilers need to draft a guy who will forsure be a good player and who will compete. When JP fell to them at #4, on paper he was the bigger, faster, more skilled guy than say Tkachuk but Tkachuk flat out plays his bag off most nights and does what it takes to succeed. The Oilers did not do right by JP development wise so they have to wear much of the blame. I am hopeful there is still a decent player in JP but on a lot of nights he didn't compete. He was too much of a perimeter guy. I know he was in over his head but that shouldn't stop you from competing.

So they need to be careful. Assuming they aren't in the top 2, I'd be all over Byram if they could get him.


I mean, I could name a lot of Canadian players that didnt make it because of compete level.

I also am pretty sure Tampa Bay is glad they didn't take this approach with Kucherov and Vasilevsky.

I'm more along the lines of evaluating players based on their own merit. I don't know enough about this year's draft class to make an informed choice, but I'm not eliminating any based on nationality alone.


Yeah, I'd rather not take a Russian, no thanks, and I'm good with that. Any good Russians in the western conference? They like the eastern US I suppose. Can't count on em in Edmonton that's for sure.



I think Russians need to steer clear of the Oilers more than the Oilers stay away from the Russians. Too bad. There have been some fun ones over the years (Mironov, Kovalenko, Yakupov).



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