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 Jay
Messages: 1352
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 29 June 2023 16:00 |
The core is set, but the core isn't good enough to win. Yammo is not the reason the Oilers aren't a real contender. We're tinkering around the edges on our Indy car and wondering why the F1 teams blow us out of the water.
I want wiggle room. All day, everyday. An organization has to be able to move and adapt as unforeseen circumstances inevitably arise. Unfortunately the Oilers, because of mismanagement, have bought themselves exactly 2 days of wiggle room. They're looking at another season with a 21 man roster because it's set in stone. I figuratively eat my hat if if the Cap Space isn't spent and the roster isn't basically set by Saturday night.
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I disagree that this team isn't good enough to win. If it weren't for the absurd circumstances and league endorsement of Petrangelo chasing around the best player in the playoffs with his stick raised over his head to slash him then the Oilers beat the Knights. And probably win the cup. They aren't perfect but they were good enough to win this year. Other things came into play - mostly self induced (coaching decisions to play certain players together, not make obvious goaltending changes etc) but they weren't that far off.
I do agree though that Oilers management gets almost no credit for that. They stumbled into 29 and 97. I don't think Hymen or Kane signed here due to some crazy shrewd wheeling and dealing by Ken Holland - they signed because 29 and 97 are here.
Holland completely bungled the Nurse contract to the point of making it an immovable boat anchor when it didn't have to be. And I can't wrap my head around this obsession with announcing to the world when you have a player that you want to move on from. I just don't understand how it's in the teams best interest to (consistently) devalue their assets down to nothing and then beg other teams to take them off their hands. I could see Mcleod being the next similar type player.
I'm struggling to think of a good thing that Holland has done that isn't directly attributable to having 29 and 97 signed when he took the job. I guess the Ekholm trade.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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