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Re: Draft Lottery Thread [message #765220 is a reply to message #765206 ]	Mon, 10 August 2020 14:59

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CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 10 August 2020 13:43

RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 10 August 2020 13:41

CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 10 August 2020 13:29

WhoreableGuy wrote on Mon, 10 August 2020 13:26

Must win?

Nope.

I don't want them to win the lottery. The Oilers have tried building for the future with magic beans for long enough, it's time to try solid asset management, and longer term thinking.

Unless I missed something, isn't a team getting draft picks, selecting a player and developing them rather than going out and trading away picks, prospects and signing free agents not part of asset management and long term thinking? I thought so.

So while it sucks they didn't win the BS qualifying round, being second in your division but having a very high pick fall into your lap is a big time consolation prize and would go a long way into longer term thinking.

I think it would for a properly run team. I don't think the Oilers are capable of that until they prove they can do it.

Here's the issue though:

A) The Oilers aren't a properly run team;
B) The team is committed to keeping a management team full of bloated contracts and egos, but not actual talented management;
C) The management has put us in a situation where we're likely to be so tight to the cap that it makes improvement through avenues other than drafting & development less likely; and
D) We want the Oilers to win despite A, B & C.

So, with all that in mind, shouldn't we hope for a gift to try to help us overcome crappy management that is unlikely to get turfed despite their obvious failings?

Lafreniere would come cheap for 3 years and patch a hole that needs patching. That saves management from themselves, because you can't trust these guys not to trade someone like Bouchard or Klefbom from a winger if that's what they believe we need at the moment. That does seem to be our Groundhog Day as Oilers fans - the management constantly seeking to patch holes by tearing up another hole - often based on how the last 5-10 games went.

I don't think management deserves a gift pick of Lafreniere - but as a long-suffering Oilers fan, I kinda think we do...even if it's just one more piece of the puzzle for future disappointments when they inevitably trade him away to plug the whole at 3C or 2D or 1G, etc.

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