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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
I don't know...I watched the Oilers sign Eager and Hordichuk to do these things that Mike Brown apparently does, and nothing changed then. I watched Laraque play for this team and fight once in awhile, and nothing changed. I just don't see the need for a guy who can't play offensively in this league anymore. Mike Brown is seemingly to me, a wasted roster spot. Don't get me wrong, our bottom six isn't great, but if this sends a guy like Magnus Paajarvi to the minors, this was the wrong trade.
I'm not a "the sky is falling" kind of guy with the Oilers, I think they need time to mature and grow (their best players are just too young), I just don't see this as a move that solves any sort of problem.
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Your top six is way to small and soft to play in the NHL. Skill only gets you so far, you need some grit to go with the skill. In hindsight Landeskog and probably Murray would have been better picks for the Oilers.