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Originally posted by BlackRedGold25@Sep 20 2004, 06:48 PM
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@Sep 20 2004, 05:56 PM
anyways, the point is that EDM did everything they were supposed to do as far as their end of the CBA and, under the current system, were unable to ice a competitive team that made it through the second round.
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Did everything they were supposed to do?
Weren't they supposed to try drafting future NHL players instead of future ECHL journeymen?
The Oilers futility under the most recently expired CBA can be explained by their inability to draft worth a damn. Maybe if they hired a head scout that didn't live in Mexico they could have been a model franchise instead of one that just covered up their incompetence with excuses about the CBA.
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I don't think the Oilers are that bad at drafting. Here's some of the notables since 1992 that were kept, panned out later on, or were dealt for other current Oilers. Some I didn't include like Bonsignore and Kelly didn't work out but were traded for assets like Hamrlik who was traded for Brewer. So even some of the bad ones, turned out good.
Kirk Maltby
Jason Arnott
Martin Rucinsky
Tyler Wright
David Vyborny
Miroslav Satan
Ryan Smyth
Georges Laraque
Boyd Devereaux
Tom Poti
Fernando Pisani
Jason Chimera
Shawn Horcoff
Jani Rita
Alexei Semenov
Mike Comrie
Tony Salmelainen
Ales Hemsky
Doug Lynch
Jussi Markkanen
Jeff Deslauriers
Jarett Stoll
Anyone want to compare that to the Flames? [/b][/quote]
I believe the person pointing out the Oilers subpar drafting is a Sens fan not a Flames fan
I don't think you'll get anyone from around here to admit the Flames have been stellar drafters through the 90s, which isn't really the point...neither Alberta team has done that well ...the last half of your list is still mostly guys considered 'prospects' at this point (which isn't the Oilers fault, just a statement on number of impact players drafted)