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Originally Posted by Bingo
It's times like these that I just love the fact we do prospect rankings. So easy to discredit two players traded to the Oilers, but when you can look back to July and August and see they were ranked 11th and 17th on the prospect list it isn't a stretch to say the Flames dealt two second tier prospects for a top four dman.
I've been away all weekend so I'm sure this has been said ... but I can't for the life of me understand this from an Oilers perspective. They must really really like one of the two Calgary players because their D is thin and Smid was one of the only sure thing defenders they had.
Tanking?
But on the same day they go out and add to goaltending?
So strange.
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My thought is that sometimes a new boss just wants to make a statement, good, bad or indifferent. I think MacTavish just got impatient and now he's lost a lot of credibility. I thought he was a little smarter than this and his days may be numbered but I thought the same about Feaster.
At this time the Oilers should be in position to take other teams NHL caliber leftovers, as pawning them off to a losing team poses little threat. The Flames were able to take advantage of this with San Jose, St. Louis and Toronto but the Oilers can't because they are in cap hell. MacTavish is in a no win situation that won't change until next season. Even next year all three of their best goalies are UFAs. MacTavish has inherited a mess.