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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I respect the 'sticking to their guns' point.
But they are taking a risk with the bolded. Sure, they can continue to use RNH as bait. But trades like these don't come around every day.
Jones is a stud prospect and was only going to be available for another stud prospect. RNH, at full market price of $6M per, isn't going to get them a stud - , more likely a 3/4 guy with a bigger cap hit (like Hamonic, as CagedGreat suggested).
They had a chance to round out the core, and said no.
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Opportunity cost of wasting another season waiting for someone to give you a favourable trade offer.
That aspect I don't think can be understated.
The Oilers can't wait for a draft pick defender to turn into a top pairing guy when McDavid is 24/25 and hall is 29. And they need...at least 3 potential top pairing guys at this point. Adding Jones would've just been the first move in a concerted effort to gain a respectable blueline, not the only move.
Oilers gonna Oil.