Stone was really the defenseman that Chia should have been targeting if he could have gotten him for 3.5 for 3.
Instead he has a 30 year old Russell who's not particularly good and with the style he plays probably ill slip until he's 34 playing on his second pair out of necessity.
Right now looking at the off season.
Edmonton
Lost Poulliot, Eberle, Sekeras out til December.
Gained . . . . about between 14 and 14.5 in salary for Draisaitl and McDavid and Ryan Strome.
With no cap room to improve their team, and losing two key pieces one on a temporary basis.
I think the good ship Oilers is not only going to be rammed by an iceberg, but probably errrr molested by that iceberg in a unpleasant way before sinking dramatically.
I can see McDavid in a few years suffering from Iggy syndrome where the Oilers fail to build around him. He can only do so much to make his team a winner.
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