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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
Seem to recall that Paajarvi was part of a similar trio as exists today, with Gagner and Cogliano, who were going to be a foundation of an iteration of the rebuild. Or maybe he was always a support beam and Eberle has somehow been a foundation guy for two iterations.
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Nilsson (15th overall-2003), Schremp (25th overall-2004), Cogliano (25th overall-2005) and Gagner (6th overall-2007) I would say were the first iteration of the rebuild forwards with Tom Gilbert, who Oiler fans were quick to point out finished 2nd in rookie defenseman scoring - tied with 1st overall Erik Johnson - as the future core on their backend with Dennis Grebeshkov. You may recall having to hear about how well the "Kid Line" was doing for the 2008 Oilers down the stretch, well after there season was over and playoffs were no longer a possibility.
Paajarvi was a transition first rounder between the 2 rebuilds in my opinion.