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- Dec 24, 2016
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Who are you trading Bouchard for?Nothing about the Edmonton Oilers screams championship team so if it takes Broberg plus to even get one more competitive player into the system that can actually play two-way hockey against the elite teams then he should be traded.
Everyone not named McDavid or Draisaitl should be on the table. Trade Broberg but Bouchard is our big trading chip that could actually help correct the team roster in a meaningful way. But that's only part of it. We need a new system. We should be emulating Vegas. I don't care if you hate them. That team gets it.
Even if it isn't Steve Staios we need management reaching out and we need better pro scouting. We need better amature scouting so Bettman's teams stop getting all the good players year after decade. When do we get to draft good NHL players outside of our lottery picks? And even those lotto picks are 50/50.
Most of all we need a team identity and that starts with a new coach.
Trade McLeod. That kid is giving me nightmares. He represents the ineffectiveness of the Edmonton Oilers. Him, Ceci, Yamamoto and Broberg. The list goes on.
Edit: caught up and see you'd trade him for some mid first round picks.
Even if I don't believe any team is giving up multiple firsts for Bouchard, let's say they do. Who are you then targeting with those picks to replace Bouchard? To get the kind of defenseman you're thinking cap will need to go out, so at least one or two of those picks are out the door to compensate for cap dumps. So who are we replacing Bouchard with, with a mid to late first rounder and like, Lavoie or XB?
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