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Originally Posted by Jacks
Terrible trade regardless but they didn't trade Barzal, they traded a draft pick. Barzal fell in the draft and the Isles got lucky, they could easily have picked Senyshyn.
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Okay, we'll go with your take that it was for picks, so 16th OA and 33rd OA for G. Reinhart.
Look at who else was on the board, even if Barzal was picked. To save you time, here are the remainder of the first rounders, some that you should familiar with:
Kyle Connor (17th OA)
Thomas Chabot (18th OA)
Yevgeni Svechnikov (19th OA)
Joel Eriksson Ek (20th OA)
Colin White (21st OA)
Ilya Samsonov (22nd OA)
Brock Boeser (23rd OA)
Travis Konecny (24th OA)
Jack Roslovic (25th OA)
Noah Juulsen (26th OA)
Jacob Larsson (27th OA)
Anthony Beauvillier --> Isles traded 33rd OA and 72nd OA to move up 5 spots. So, one could argue that it was Beauvillier and Barzal for Reinhart and a 2015 3rd, which makes the trade far worse.
I can stop right there, because that's 5 players bolded the Oilers could've chosen. But they didn't. They instead traded for their precious Oil King that will go down as one of the worst trades they've ever made. I have no evidence to back this up (maybe someone does), but they could've had a Dougie Hamilton with those picks, in fact, I believe Chiarelli wanted Hamilton and Sweeney traded Hamilton to Calgary instead in spite. So, what does Chia do? He does what Chia does best, a panic trade.
Could you imagine Connor or Boeser flanking McDavid? Chabot and Larsson as a pairing? Konecny causing us havoc with strong two-way play and snarl mirroring what M. Tkachuk already does to them? Samsonov with the current potential of being an elite goaltender for the Capitals, imagine if the Oilers had him? You can top that off with Beauvillier as the 3C behind McDavid and Draisaitl if he makes it to 33rd OA. Heck, the Oilers could have picked Aho with 33rd OA (Aho was 35th OA).
The reasons go on. It was a panic trade and a trade I firmly believe has detained Edmonton from being a powerhouse in the current weak Pacific Division. More than Hall/Larsson (Larsson is at least a top 4 D), and Yakupov was a top prospect that just simply didn't pan out.
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Originally Posted by codynw
I was shocked when New Jersey didn't take Barzal at 6th. And then he just kept dropping, for some reason. One of the most skilled players in that draft, I'm not sure why scouts didn't like him.
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I think it was because he was injured during the 14/15 season. Kind of what happened to Veleno just recently. I really wanted the Flames to figure out a way to get him.