Not sure this is the kind of guy you give 7-year term to.
He can't stay healthy and hasn't even shown that he's a consistent PPG guy yet, yet alone a franchise player to build around. Might have been a prime candidate to give a bridge contract to.
He's not on the same calibre as Eberle and Hall yet but understandable that the Oilers gave him this deal - they had to.
When you sell losing on purpose to pick 1st three years straight, you are pot-committed to those players and can't let them go.
Too bad the Oilers picked three very weak draft years to pick first, and arguably picked the wrong guy two of those three years.
Landeskog would have been the better choice than RNH.
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