Wills was just on the FAN, saying that he was told that the Oilers offered RNH for Jones and that the Preds countered with Draisaitl, which the Oilers rejected.
If true, Chiarelli is an idiot.
Sure, some people would argue that Draisaitl is a better prospect than Jones. I disagree, personally - I think Jones will have the better career. But that doesn't matter. The point is that they are very similar, and both on ELCs.
But the biggest thing is that that trade would have made the Oilers a better hockey team!
They have McDavid up front. Would I rather have Draisaitl than RNH? Sure. But McDavid/RNH is not a bad 1-2 punch at C. Plus Hallsy and Ebs. (lol)
Then they would have also had Nurse, Jones and Klefbom as a trio to build around on the backend. And that is a way more balanced team going forward.
Huge fail by the Oilers if what Wills said is accurate.
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