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Originally Posted by Textcritic
There is a lesson to be learned here for teams and scouts as well. When Kekalainan passed on Puljujarvi the Oilers went off script and jumped at a player about whom they clearly knew nothing. They were unprepared, and it was obvious. Word out of Edmonton was that they would draft a defenseman like Sergachev or Chychrun, but most of the pundits had them grabbing Tkachuk at #4. They would have been much better off by merely sticking to their own script. So, the lesson here is to either be prepared for anything to occur, or follow through with your own plan limited to what you know.
But of course, the Edmonton Oilers are stupid.
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I shuddered just reading this.