Oilers aren't wrong to go for a big center IMO.
Look at our division. Kopitar, Getzlaf, Thornton/Couture, Kesler. All big bodied centers that will abuse you if you try and match up with them with weak centers.
You need somebody to go head to head against those guys and the best way of doing that is usually the draft.
Whether it be Ekblad or one of the centers there really is no wrong pick. The pick that will come back to bite the Oilers in the behind is taking another winger in Yakupov over Murray.
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