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Regorium · 06-29-2016, 04:36 PM

I think one interesting thing about this is how having a horribly unbalanced pipeline is not really a positive thing for your team. This could apply to forwards, defencemen or goalies.

The conventional wisdom has always been "take BPA and trade for needs." How many years did it take for Nashville to finally cash in their plethora of D? What about those teams trying to extort Calgary for a good goalie?

And of course, the Oilers - everyone knew they needed a D, so they would have to overpay with forwards.

I think, that while Puljujarvi was the right call, I don't think it would've been that awful for the Oilers to have "reached" and took Murray or Larsson rather than take BPA (widely considered to be RNH and Yak). There is some value in drafting for need. Because otherwise you end up having to make a trade like this to get back on track.

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Regorium First Line Centre Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Calgary Exp:	I think one interesting thing about this is how having a horribly unbalanced pipeline is not really a positive thing for your team. This could apply to forwards, defencemen or goalies. The conventional wisdom has always been "take BPA and trade for needs." How many years did it take for Nashville to finally cash in their plethora of D? What about those teams trying to extort Calgary for a good goalie? And of course, the Oilers - everyone knew they needed a D, so they would have to overpay with forwards. I think, that while Puljujarvi was the right call, I don't think it would've been that awful for the Oilers to have "reached" and took Murray or Larsson rather than take BPA (widely considered to be RNH and Yak). There is some value in drafting for need. Because otherwise you end up having to make a trade like this to get back on track.