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Old 12-15-2018, 05:42 PM   #4411
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I actually can't believe how bad Puljujarvi looks out there still... I don't hope for the kid to fail (maybe just succeed after the Oilers let him go) but the eye test on him is really bad, he doesn't look like an NHL player imo. That draft is just the epitomy of why the Oilers are so terrible as far as organizational depth. Tonnes of picks and I just ran through them on hockeydb and already they mostly look like throwaways excepting maybe Berglund who they got in the 3rd.

Benson is just the perfect Oilers pick, he was such a hyped 1st overall bantam draft pick coming into the WHL and never really did much in the dub, Oilers draft him on pedigree because he's a former 1st overall. Kid is doing OK in the A and might still play a bit as a 2nd or 3rd liner if everything comes together perfectly but looking at the guys who went within a few picks of him like Kyrou, Thompson, Steel, Howden and Debrincat that's gotta sting a bit at the moment.

Hearing them say that Chia "built depth" when you look at their prospect cupboard beyond Bouchard is hilarious.

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