mightyreasoner Messages: 571
Registered: October 2005
Location: Edmonton
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Originally I thought they must be trading up to try and pick Jake Wise. Nope. Goalie, and his dad is an Oilers consultant!
Goalies are just wildcards, so I'm not crazy about picking them high, much less moving up to do so. That said, this again, isn't off the board, it was kind of close to where some people had him.
The Oilers Dad connection won't play well, and for good reason. Lowe, Musil, Acton... they've always made the organization at the expense of better players. But it sounds like this is a reasonable prospect in his own right. Even if it is nearly impossible to judge goalies at 18. Still, I personally probably wouldn't have picked a goalie at this spot, or given assets to do so.
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