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 Adam
Messages: 7125
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 13 May 2024 17:09 |
Organizational failure when Jesper Wallstedt fell to them and they decided to trade that pick for Xavier Bourgault, who will never be an NHL regular.
Yes. I said it. XB will never be a regular NHLer. To me, that move was worse than the Griffin trade, the Eberle tree, the Lucic signing. Just. Horrid.
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FWIW, I think Bourgault will be an NHLer - although how far up the depth chart is a question mark. Given where he was drafted, a successful pick is probably anyone that ends up a third liner or higher. But given the organizational weakness at goalie, it's interesting that the Oilers didn't make that pick. Holland hasn't done that well historically at drafting goalies. His only wins in all those years GMing are Peter Mrazek (5th round 2010) and Jimmy Howard (2nd round 2003). He spent one first rounder on a goalie - Tom McCollum in 2008 who got all of 3 NHL games.
He probably is one of those who believe the idea that goalies are complete voodoo and you're just as likely to get a franchise guy in the 7th round to the first. That of course ignores that certain teams seem just super lucky again and again and again though... I don't believe that's true. I think that teams that develop goalies spend more time on scouting them before they pick them, and then on developing the ones they have in the system, whereas the ones who don't develop goalies just throw them somewhere in the system and wait to see who overcomes that.
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