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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Poor defensively? By what statistic? Almost every measurable metric shows them as a top 10 D group.
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accept the one that counts..Goals against
Calgary has finished BEHIND Edmonton the past 2 seasons...despite that "awesome" defense
and yes I know, its all the goalie's fault...so either:
-Treliving can't find a decent goalie despite burning through 7 goalies or
-the defense bears a ton of the blame
cause the goalie carousel keeps turning yet one thing stays the same...
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Bear was in his overage year in the WHL. Will he go on to have a sparkling NHL career such as Justin Pogge, Bryan Cameran, Justin Keller? Other guys who excelled in their 5th year in junior? Jones could be decent, but again you're using an average prospect as an example of one of your best. Also using a freshly drafted player as an example also hurts your case. Valimaki was just drafted by Calgary, but if you ask almost everyone here who were our best D propsects, Kulak, Andersson and Fox would be ahead of him. That's what stocked cupboards look like.
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you asked who our best prospects were and I obliged...nowhere did I say they were all studs
good arrows, but not studs
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Just as many core pieces of the Stanley Cup winning team were acquired by O'Connell and Gorton. Also, he managed to win one cup before being forced to lose guys because of self-induced cap trouble.
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so those guys get the credit for the Bruins good pieces, yet Chia gets the blame for trading Seguin
seems legit
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Okay, say it goes up by a very generous 3 million (hasn't gone up that much in 6 years). The Oilers now have 17 million to fill 11 spots. 1.5 million bucks/spot. Maroon will need a raise. Benning, Nurse, Strome all need to be qualified. Who's going to take RNH or Lucic in a trade where they don''t send salary back? Who are the prospects that can fill some of those spots on ELC's? The Oilers window is literally this season.
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as long as McDavid is healthy and winning MVP Trophys, the Oilers window will be open