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Originally Posted by Vinny01
One downside to the Oilers crappy year is it appears Maroon will be a rental player now instead of getting a 5x5 contract from the Oil
I think Nuge gets moved as well. Last member of the “big 5” to be set free.
Schultz, Yakupov, Hall, Eberle all seem to be doing fine since moving on. It took some longer than others but all realized their potential since moving on.
Hall superstar winger
Eberle top line forward
Schultz top 4 D
Yakupov top 6 forward
Nuge gets out now he will be a solid #2 or maybe even a 1b centre.
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This post made me realize...could you imagine any other team that was given the assets the oilers got?
Dubnyk
Xxxx-xxxx
Petry-Schultz
Hall-xxxxx-xxxxx
Barzal-xxxx-Eberle
Yakupov-xxxx-xxxx
If they had been able to develop anyone in the second round and beyond in the last decade and not built a culture of suck that had free agents avoiding the city, the pieces were there.
E.G.: Slot in Dougie, Brodie, (or any other 2nd/3rd/4th round defensemen/defensemen that could have been acquired instead of Reinhart) and their remaining first rounders and the depth would be there. It really is unbelievable how futile they have been considering the assets the league gave them...