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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I get what you're saying, I'm not all that enamoured with JP and I watched a bunch of Oiler games last year because they're hilarious. But JP just doesn't think fast enough for the NHL game. He's got physical tools, but he can't use them, he's clueless about open spaces and positioning, and he's been playing pro hockey for 3 year, has been poor at the AHL and NHL level and isn't showing any progress.
Add to that we can't send him to the AHL if we do get him without risking losing him for nothing on top of that he's basically stated that its NHL or nothing for him.
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You'd be amazed how much better your mind is when you're not in place you consider hell. If he flops post Oilers life, then sure Poolparty just wasn't cut for the NHL. But, and I for one believe, the man has the hockey sense and skill to be a really good winger in the NHL. There's no way he and Laine were neck and neck until the WJC for him to fall off a cliff. I wager he will pull a schultz more than a yakupov after leaving the OIlers.