I gave him a 7...
We can sit and complain and I'll be the first to say there's a little to much arrogance with no respect for my liking.
Having said that, this organization was gutted and he's had little to work with.
We seen today it's a buyers market. Moving a guy like Gagner for proper or even equivalent value just doesn't appear to have had a market.
Hemsky's return is about as much as we could've hoped for given some of the other deals.
He's shored up the goaltending. Unlike Vancouver, the Oilers 180 in net should be commended.
Not moving this year on guys like Klesla looks to have been the right choice. Guy was moved twice in a day and cleared twice this year. Hard to imagine Potter was better, but I guess.
Perron is looking like a steal at this point.
Hendricks is providing some leadership and grit in the bottom six. Obviously won that trade also.
Not moving one of the four is still kind of a toss up. Let's see what kind of moves are available at the draft.
Picking Nurse is still up in the air for me. I wanted Nichushkin but I understand why they did what they did. He's having a great year in the Soo so hopefully I was wrong.
A negative? I wouldn't have taken Europeans as high as he did in the draft. 2nd thru 5th round picks need to fill out your organizations. To worried about them never coming or not willing to work hard enough.
Think they would've been a little better with Horcoff but once again, I think we all understand the necessity to do so.
Ference, although he hasn't been good, was the type of signings they are going to have to make. You're gonna win some, lose some. Gordon was a win. A bit overpaid but a win nonetheless. This summer they'll add a couple more. Probably a Matt Greene type on D and a guy like Steven Bernier up front. With not being a UFA preferred place, these are the stop gap type moves they'll need.
Lastly, I think we owe a great deal of gratitude to Nonis for not giving MacT a 3 on this rating... Signing Clarkson for less than an Oilers offer helped this team in the long run.