Adam wrote on Fri, 06 March 2020 14:48

overdue wrote on Fri, 06 March 2020 14:33 I don't mind it, fast and small is in ( Yamamoto and Nygard ) He brings speed, decent skill and tenacity and can slot in almost anywhere if needed. Penalty killing is huge too. If they don't sign him they have to go looking for a guy that can play like him. He's currently 257th in the league in scoring among forwards. Going to go out on a limb and say that replacing a guy who's just outside the top 250 isn't actually that difficult.

I don't know about that. I've been mulling over the idea, that a GM's job is more or less to manage that bottom two thirds of the team, while the top talent mostly comes via luck. For real... MacT got McDavid, Nuge, and Drai. I think the difference between the 2020 Oilers and the 2007 to 2019 Oilers, is good support staff (bottom two thirds).

While I'm not married to this theory, I believe that there's some truth to it. Positioning the pawns if you will.

Holland is positioning the pawns, so maybe he can strategize the knights and bishops in the offseason. That, or the Okanogan!

Don't look now, but Gretz officially has a vineyard estate in the Okanogan!

https://www.gretzkyestateswines.com/#/





He truly is the GRAPE one!

2015/2016 - This Kool-Aid tastes like McDavid flavoured Drain-O.
2016/2017 - This Kool-Aid is starting to taste like juice.
2017/2018 - I'm drinking this Kool-Aid, in hopes that it's Drain-O.
2018/2019 - Another round of Drain-O, good sir!