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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
Except you're the one assuming a 23 year old kid being thrown into the fire is going to single handedly fix their defense. That shows a huge lack of understanding as to how hockey works on your part. That is the most difficult position, and a young kid being thrown into a putrid system with all kinds of pressure is a huge question mark, not a given.
It also puts pressure on a lot of rookie forwards to replace Hall's scoring which is also by no means a given.
Lastly, suggesting they may add a more well rounded winger (when they haven't yet) further underlines they did NOT get better yesterday as you incorrectly asserted.
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Lmao. OMG, Larsson is not under any pressure to replace Hall's scoring. Only you're suggesting that, and its a ridiculous notion.
Larsson does fix their need. He's big, he's a righty, and he's a shut down guy who can log 23 minutes at least. They don't need an Oiler-bred defensemen who doesn't know the two-way side of the game. Some of the best players on the Oilers' club have been fresh faces. Talbot, Pouliout, McDavid, Maroon and Sekera. These are culture changing guys. Larsson comes from a good defensive hockey club that knows how to create good D-men.
They DID get better because they shored up their biggest weakness while only slightly altering their strength. What is so hard to comprehend? Look at their forward depth still:
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
UFA - Nuge - Eberle
Maroon - Drasaitl - Puljujari
Hendricks - Lander - Kassian
If they sign one of Lucic, Ladd, Eriksson, Hudler, Nielson, Elias, Staal, or Versteeg with their 15 million dollars in cap space in order to bump Pouliot off the first line, that's a decent forward group, especially if Puljujari pans out as projected. Anybody could replace Hall's point totals playing along side McDavid too.