 RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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| Mike wrote on Fri, 26 May 2023 13:19 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 26 May 2023 15:29 |
UGH! Don't remind me of that draft.
Supposedly the Oilers were going to take Sergachev but when the Finnish GM knew he'd be a bust and dropped to the Oilers, they took him. What could have been.
Tkachuk, Keller, Sergachev, McAvoy, Thompson, even Chychrun would have been a better pick than JP.
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Nobody had Jesse less than 3. Maybe one publication. He was neck and neck with Laine most of the year IIRC. They can't be faulted for that pick.
The Canucks on the other hand - that one hurts. Juolevi wasn't exactly a Niinimaki level reach, but he had fallen off quite a bit I think on most rankings, and Keller and Tkachuk were there for the taking.
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I saw all the draft projections where JP was no lower than 3 on anyone's board. Early in the year, he was #2. So I don't necessarily blame them for making the pick. It sill doesn't make it any less disappointing for me now considering what he has become vs what they passed up.
I would have liked to have been in the interview with him. The fact he couldn't speak a word of English other than Yes, to me is a big red flag. He was a high end prospect for years, so he would have known playing in the English speaking league of the NHL or the AHL has happening real quick, you'd think his agent would have gotten him into English classes. Then the Finnish GM who would have more connections than most other teams mostly likely passing on JP was another big red flag. But it is what it is now.
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