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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
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...
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The way to do this IMO is to look at what they had on the roster / prospects before they hired Chiarelli. That looks like:
X-McDavid-Eberle
Hall-Draisaitl-X
x-Nugent-Hopkins-x
Yakupov-Khaira- x
Klefbom - Petry
Nurse - Schultz
Fasth
Broissoit
Plus:
2015 1st Round and 2nd Round (Barzal)
2016 1st Round (Puljujarvi)
2017 1st Round (Yamamoto)
2018 1st Round (Bouchard)
So really the point here is that the Hall, Eberle, and Reinhart trades were stupid and horrible. And if Chiarelli just was more patient and didn't make those deals or at least got good value back in the deals then the Oilers would be in a much better place.
And even then it's not that patience was needed by Chiarelli because the roster did have holes and if he did nothing they still needed goaltending and a full top pairing of defense. It's that he just needed to get better value on his trades when he did decide to make those moves.
For example if he trades the 1st and 2 2nds for Hamilton instead of Reinhart (which he tried to do). And trades Hall for say Subban instead of Larsson (would have been a better trade for both Edmonton and Montreal). Plus keeps Eberle we wouldn't be preaching that he needed to be patient and would instead be praising his moves.