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 Kr55
Messages: 10432
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Sat, 29 June 2024 21:17 |
| NCREDiBLE wrote on Sat, 29 June 2024 08:13 |
I honestly like the move! Our prospect depth ain’t that deep and this gives us a stud at Center. We are still gonna (hopefully) be a very solid team in 3 years when he can make an impact and help with more secondary scoring. Sounds like he was beneath a stacked team so his scoring should only be higher this coming season.
Plus our last trade of a first only got us Henrique and Carrick which at the time not everyone was happy with thinking we overpaid and now it’s a chance we don’t keep either. Carrick didn’t cut it, Ryan took the spot and Henrique may want too much $$$ and to be back on west coast by his family.
Let’s let this kid cook, I like the selection.
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Some more background on the kid.. he was playing defence up until 2 years ago.. switched to forward in Ontario Junior-B year before.. then played his first year in the OHL for London this past year.. he's still learning the position.. might be a lot of untapped potential in there.. that's where you get the late pick gems.. find the unpolished diamonds.. in addition to being an OHL rookie, he's played on a stacked Knight's team.. almost all his points were at even.. next year will be the tell..
Had 0.82 pts/game mostly at 5v5 for the season .. and 12 pts in 16 playoff games.. as an OHL rookie.
Both he and the Finnish goalie Cousin Vinni are probably the best bets of this draft class..
Some of the overagers the Oilers drafted might even be able to come to the AHL or ECHK next year.. supplement their rosters down there.. and get a jump on the player's pro-development.
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We botched the inside info we got on Wyatt Johnston. Might be trying to make up with the inside take on O'Reilly from our soon to be GM. Drafted another London Knight late as well.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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