It might have been McGuire but I am pretty sure it was Darren Dreger.
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I’m thinking Ron Maclean for some reason?
No. Ron MacLean is famous for foolishly declaring that the Oilers were at worst four years away from winning the Stanley Cup. That was three years ago.
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Well, it wouldn't be an offseason without an Oilers Stanley Cup prediction. A little surprising the source though. Put down the bottle, Ron.
“They went over to the World Championship and played with Crosby, which is similar to Messier and Gretzky. Not that they needed any encouragement but those two Oilers flanked Mario Lemieux at the crucial moment of the Canada Cup in ’87. Now you have two Oilers flanking Sid to a gold. You watch Eberle take off. He’s already been great in international hockey, but I think this is going to be his year, Taylor Hall’s year."
“And Connor McDavid and Darnell Nurse will fit in. Gimme a glass of wine or a beer, and I think in two years they win the Cup. That may be a little eager, but I don’t think more than four"
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"...harem warfare? like all your wives dressup and go paintballing?"
It really wasn’t a great draft year period. It’s not like they chose Yakupov over quality players like the Sedins. Murray or Galchenyuk instead? Yay???
Morgan Rielly, Hampus Lindholm, Matt Dumba, Filip Forsberg, Jacob Trouba all were available. If they had Ryan Murray maybe they don't deal Hall for Larsson. A lot of their team building problems stem back from the decision to take Yakupov over a dman.
Oilers failed there. But they didn't even listen to their scouts that draft. Their scouts wanted Ryan Murray. Owner overruled them.
Katz is a clown and runs the Oilers like a clown show. They get what they deserve.
Morgan Rielly, Hampus Lindholm, Matt Dumba, Filip Forsberg, Jacob Trouba all were available. If they had Ryan Murray maybe they don't deal Hall for Larsson. A lot of their team building problems stem back from the decision to take Yakupov over a dman.
Oilers failed there. But they didn't even listen to their scouts that draft. Their scouts wanted Ryan Murray. Owner overruled them.
Katz is a clown and runs the Oilers like a clown show. They get what they deserve.
Yeah yeah there are always gems later in the draft. Yakupov was the consensus Number 1 pick. Period.
Has anyone gone off the board with the 1st pick before? Outside the top 10? No.
Yeah yeah there are always gems later in the draft. Yakupov was the consensus Number 1 pick. Period.
Has anyone gone off the board with the 1st pick before? Outside the top 10? No.
Ryan Murray would not in any way have been an "off the board" pick at #1. There was ongoing discussion leading up to the draft about which of the two players would be selected first, with most believing it would be Yakupov. But Murray was not that far behind him.
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Originally Posted by woob
"...harem warfare? like all your wives dressup and go paintballing?"
Ryan Murray would not in any way have been an "off the board" pick at #1. There was ongoing discussion leading up to the draft about which of the two players would be selected first, with most believing it would be Yakupov. But Murray was not that far behind him.
I was referring to the other 5 names he listed.
Consensus wasn’t the right word either. Central Scouting had him 1 with Murray 2. Yeah they made the wrong move. But not exactly a home run #1 either way.
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Uhhh he was not the consensus #1 pick. Something like 9 of their 11 scouts wanted Murray.
There was quotes that CGY had Galchenyuk first.
There’s often not as much consensus in the draft as might appear.
Yakupov was definitely the media's consensus #1 though.
Which, actually pushes us to the real mistake the Oilers made: They should have traded the pick instead of drafting a redundant player who eventually busted.
