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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
A GM's job isn't to do what's easy.
They've made bad signings and worse trades. But when you consider the following pieces were never traded for each other:
X-McDavid-Puljujarvi
Hall-Draisaitl-X
Cogliano-Nugent-Hopkins-Eberle
X-Khaira-Gagner
Klefbom-Sekera
Nurse-Bouchard
Talbot
Dubnyk
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2016 16th overall pick
Kailer Yamamoto
It's hardly an argument against patience with a move away from the treadmill. The Oilers bleed talent for other reasons, but at least they're able to acquire it in the first place. I never called them well-managed anyways, so saying "Look North" is scapegoating a philosophy that was pretty much responsible for the success of the Penguins, Blackhawks, Capitals, and now Leafs/Jets is missing the point.
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So if I understand correctly, you are setting out what their team could be, if they kept players they once had, negating the fact that they made several trades which caused them to be in the position to draft or acquire the players they did...