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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Yep. He has never learned to be a good leader. The Oilers should have made developing that character their no. 1 priority, but it's not in the culture of the organization. They've wasted years with his talent as a result. Character isn't what they focus on, as further evidenced by trading for Kane. They just care about stats.
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Character aside, Kane, for just over 2.1 million, is a great signing.... he has 22 goals, 39 points in just over a half season, that's comparable to adding a Lindholm for less cap hit - something the Oilers' desperately needed and requiring nothing they didn't have (cap space and assets). The big questions was, could the room and leadership handle it, and since they had neither to start with, it couldn't do any damage, a gamble all other NHL teams were not willing to take, and righteously so. I think the Oilers were the only team that Kane could have made better with little or no risk of making worse, you can't break something more, once it's broken, it's broken, and the Oilers were certainly that halfway through this season.