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 CrudeRemarks
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Registered: November 2010
Location: Edmonton
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 21 June 2019 08:52 |
What I find a little baffling when it comes to JP is what seems to be these delusional ideas on his value and what to do with him. Here is what has happened to date that is true. This doesn't take away from the fact that the Oilers didn't develop him properly.
- He's played 3 years of pro hockey and is not a full time NHLer. I am not even talking top 6, I am talking top 12. He's not even a legit 4th liner right now.
- He's told the Oilers he will not play for them no matter what. So whether the Oilers hold on to him or not, he's not helping them what so ever this coming season or seasons to come.
- He was drafted 4th overall but at this point, that doesn't matter. The chances of him ever living up to that are slim. I read on Oilersnation reports from scouts from other teams who aren't sure he is even an NHLer but the high end is a 3rd liner. Maybe he can beat the odds but it sure looks like he was taken way too high regardless of how he was handled.
So apparently the ask is a second round pick. I listened to Rishaug and Nielsen talk about it and they basically said if that is what they can get, it would be better to hold on to him, let him go to Europe and is value will go up by moving and playing well. Here is my question. What if he doesn't play well? No one seems to talk about that. To date he's shown that he is not ready for the NHL at all and he's not a dominate player in the AHL. He's just OK in the AHL. So there is no guarantee he will go over to Europe and light it up. If he goes over the Europe and has a bad year or even just an OK year, his value will get even worse because a lot of European leagues are at best even with the AHL, many are below the AHL. With a second round pick, you can trade for REAL NHLers. With a second round pick, you can put that with something to get rid of a player.
So they need to be careful with this Europe thing because there is no guarantees he will be good over there either.
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The whole JP situation is just entropy at work. He started as a 4th overall pick, now he's only worth a second rounder, eventually he'll be traded for a conditional 5th. It just part of the natural order of the universe.
You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.
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