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Yeah but they'll provide it in 3 years. What's the good of that? Noone knows what the team will look like then or what our needs will be.
If MacT can get a good top 6 player or top 4 D for the pick (with or without a package) that will help now and for the next few years, you do it. If a good player isn't available, then fine. Add him to the stable and hope he pans out in a few years.
Not stockpiling minor league depth is what got this franchise in trouble prior to the rebuild. Why go down that path again? There is nothing wrong with having Monahan, Lazar, Lindholm in OKC for a couple years. It allows the players time to adjust to the NHL and benefits the players development.
And I said that would be fine if we can't make a deal that will help for the near future.
This team will remain in mediocrity unless we fill some of the major holes in the lineup immediately. The 7th can be a nice asset to use because we have very little else that other teams will want. To give up Gagner, we need a 2C right away. Hemsky won't bring enough without some other parts.
I'd love to already be in a playoff position or close to it and have the 'luxury' of picking another good young player and letting him develop. However, unless we want to still be picking in the top 5/10 in the draft 3 years from now, we need to do something constructive and 'bold'...
Frankly, I believe if this had been a full season we'd be picking in the top 3. We just ran out of time to suck too much.
Yah the Oilers have definitely shown their ability to suck. IMO the Oil need to remain patient with all of this, they should perhaps chase a couple of FA's for the immediate future. Trading away a high end draft pick or Eberle, Gagner, Paajarvi is risky and should only be for the right player.
I agree, but I think we can trade Gagner and replace him with two experienced centers for the third and fourth liners. Hall and Yak create so much on the rush I think attaching a boat anchor like Horc wouldn't devastate their production. My only concern would be Horc's health, so the remaining centers would have to be capable of moving up the line-up.
I really like Gagner, but I think given his contract situation, he is the small offensive forward we need to move for balance. Gagner +7th is a similar package to what got Staal and Carter last season.
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Horc!!! Really?