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Originally Posted by burnitdown
Granted, the Oilers media can't always be taken at face value. Prior to the Yakupov pick, Stauffer and Tencer were both pumping up Murray saying how they thought he'd be the guy taken. I would guess it has more to do with them trying to temper expectations in case they finish 3rd last and a team jumps them in the lottery...so they can say they got Draisaitl at #4 and that's who they wanted the whole time.
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It has since come out that the scouting staff wanted Murray but someone high up in the organization overruled and took Yakupov.