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Originally Posted by albertGQ
I know most prefer Tkachuk over Nylander but that is at the expense of the Oilers getting Puljijarvi. So that is a major letdown for me. Would you rather have the Oilers pick Dubois or Tkachuk leaving us with Nylander (or Juolevi)? Or would you prefer the scenario that actually played out?
I know there are rumours that the Oilers would have picked Sergachev and that we would've ended up with Tkachuk anyway so that's obviously the #1 preference. But would you be happy to downgrade our pick to a Nylander (or Juolevi) so the Oilers wouldn't get that big, two-way RWer they desperately needed to play on McDavid's wing?
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I'm very happy with the scenario that played out. We got the forward we coveted and the one which it was realistic to hope we snagged and we did it without giving up extra assets. Thats a win.
I don't care about the Oilers as much as others, but look at it this way: The Oilers were set to add a decent blue chip prospect to their defensive pool. They needed to do that. I don't blame them for adding Puljujarvi, I would have done the same. But it doesn't address their critical need, which adding Sergachev would have done. They still have no defensive depth, they still haven't addressed their blueline, they still have their damaged core(Hall, Eberle, Yak, RNH). They are no more improved for adding Puljujarvi in my opinion. Until they trade 2-3 of their old core and until they get some serious help on the blueline, they will continue to suck.
We improved yesterday, they didn't as much as they could have done. We win in my opinion.