Castrophy
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I'm not a huge fan of Okposo at all. I guess the AAV could have been worse but I'm not happy about the term. Hopefully he can prove me wrong.
Lucic on TSN said he went to Edmonton for one reason - McDavid. And I'm sure for Okposo it was Eichel. Stud young 1C's are the hottest coeds on campus.
Regier took a bullet for the fans, had Tim Murray come in here when we still had the old core, his first NHL GM job, he couldn't/wouldn't be able to say to the owner 'my plan is to tear this team apart and be horrendously bad for a few years, accumulate draft picks, draft at the top of the draft'
Don't like it. Hope his play can change my mind.
I pencil him in with ROR simply because I want to continue seeing what Reinhart and Eichel can do together. I expect he will move between the two a lot. Playing with ROR allows him to have the puck more, so it probably works well.
There is also the possibility of Moulson's influence as he and Okposo are close (godfather to kid thing). Moulson... all about the intangibles.
Production wise a majority of the players disappear for stretches of a season. Not everyone can be a 80+ PPG player.I implore you all to read the reviews of Isles fans on Okposo if you refuse to take my word for it . They're not written as "bitter departure reviews" at all. They are honest assessments of a player who was really well-liked, but often underachieved and was inconsistent on the whole.
I implore you all to read the reviews of Isles fans on Okposo if you refuse to take my word for it . They're not written as "bitter departure reviews" at all. They are honest assessments of a player who was really well-liked, but often underachieved and was inconsistent on the whole.
Fine... but don't combine that notion with his 22 goals and expect a top tier winger. His production goes up and down, as does his impact in general.Production wise a majority of the players disappear for stretches of a season. Not everyone can be a 80+ PPG player's.
There is also the possibility of Moulson's influence as he and Okposo are close (godfather to kid thing). Moulson... all about the intangibles.
LOVE this aspect
There should be some crow in here for posters who predicted huge aav for okposo.
Fine... but don't combine that notion with his 22 goals and expect a top tier winger. His production goes up and down, as does his impact in general.
Right. Totally fair.I think that's fine. It's not like he's gonna be our new Thomas Vanek: the guy who's not good enough to carry an offense but we're expecting him to anyway. We've got other players we rely on more. He'll be a nice supplemental piece to those guys, hopefully.
Makes backside buyout a non issue.LOVE this aspect
Agreed.Makes backside buyout a non issue.
Pegula's got the money, why not structure the deal where both sides win.
ehhhhhh... he has been dinged up in about half of his seasons...but yeah, he's not going to go Connolly and miss 4-6 weeks with pins and needles or 2 months with a broken heart...
Hoping people are going to accept him for what he is, and not continue to expect an elite offensive top line winger, which KO is not.