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belsarius · 03-03-2016, 01:23 PM

I have a hard time when evaluating Oilers picks because they are on the Oilers and I feel that itself has been detrimental to their progress. The Oilers have been terrible at development of their players, they are constantly rushed and pushed into positions they are not ready for. I believe part of what makes Seguin better than Hall was his time on a fourth line learning the game instead of forced into top minutes and the only goal was to score goals. I think Nurse has actually been the player they have handled best by letting him take his time to learn the pro game in the NHL. Its easy yo compare players picked after the Oilers but their development tracks are very different.

03-03-2016, 01:23 PM	#114
belsarius First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cranbrook Exp:	I have a hard time when evaluating Oilers picks because they are on the Oilers and I feel that itself has been detrimental to their progress. The Oilers have been terrible at development of their players, they are constantly rushed and pushed into positions they are not ready for. I believe part of what makes Seguin better than Hall was his time on a fourth line learning the game instead of forced into top minutes and the only goal was to score goals. I think Nurse has actually been the player they have handled best by letting him take his time to learn the pro game in the NHL. Its easy yo compare players picked after the Oilers but their development tracks are very different. __________________ @PR_NHL The @NHLFlames are the first team to feature four players each with 50+ points within their first 45 games of a season since the Penguins in 1995-96 (Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Tomas Sandstrom). Fuzz - "He didn't speak to the media before the election, either."