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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
They aren't similar at all. The Oilers made a move from an area of perceived strength to add to an area of weakness. They just effed it up, badly.
The Hamilton deal is a bit more of a case of shuffling deck chairs in the hopes of finding better fits. How much we screwed this deal up, if at all, remains to be seen.
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That makes it even worse. We traded one of our most valuable trade pieces and we didn't even satisfy the team's most significant need. We downgraded our defense, upgraded our forwards, but offensively the team looks no better - worse perhaps if the production from Hamilton + Ferland > Hanifin + Lindholm.
Add to that, we significantly downgraded on our prospect pool. Nothing in this deal makes sense.