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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
And how did that work out for Tampa? How did it work out for the Flames hiring a young unproven GM? It seems to me the risk is well worth the reward and to me this is a low ceiling hire. At best they will get what the Wings have got over the past decade which is mediocrity which is an improvement for the Oilers BTW. At worst it's just a continuation of the same. I think Holland isn't going to make a lot of the bad trades Chiarelli did but it's not like the Wings have been unearthing great talent via the draft so the Oilers are going to need some bounces and luck go their way and really they have had plenty of that over the last 15 years and have squandered it.
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no argument from me; i wanted Calgary to hire Yzerman, but the timing didn't work out and TB scooped him up.
i thought TB made a great hire at the time, though it wasn't without risk...hence my last sentence
i've been pretty consistent saying Holland is most likely a bad hire for Edmonton... guys get put out to pasture for a reason usually.