For peeing beside Darnell Nurses grandpa at the draft and picking Drai over Bennett the following year. The true architect of this team.
thanks MacT!
Petry for 2 2nds.
2nd and a 5th.Petry for 2 2nds.
f*** sakes.2nd and a 5th.
2 rights don't makeup for 20 wrongs, but yes those 2 rights were awesome.MacT deserves legitimate credit for these 2 selections. He stuck his neck out for a couple unpopular picks that turned out to be 2 of the 3 most important players on the team.
Of course that doesn't excuse Dallas Eakins or having the worst pro scouting department in league history, but I'm willing to say it out loud.
Chiarelli drafted themDidn't he draft Bear, and Jones too? From what I recall he was decent at drafting.
This^^^^^^2 rights don't makeup for 20 wrongs, but yes those 2 rights were awesome.
Maybe he stuck his neck out for Nurse but Draisaitl was an easy choice over Bennett. Those two picks were the only things he got right upon his return to the Oilers. We were lucky things didn’t turn out a lot worse during his tenure.MacT deserves legitimate credit for these 2 selections. He stuck his neck out for a couple unpopular picks that turned out to be 2 of the 3 most important players on the team.
Of course that doesn't excuse Dallas Eakins or having the worst pro scouting department in league history, but I'm willing to say it out loud.
That was the year he spent to the cap and was going for it.MacT had 2 NHL centers at the start of the 2014-15 season
RNH
Boyd Gordon
he forced Drai into a role he wasn't ready for (2nd line C) and tried to ruin his career...luckily they sent him down eventually
this roster he built is horrendous:
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You recall incorrectly.Didn't he draft Bear, and Jones too? From what I recall he was decent at drafting.
Maybe he stuck his neck out for Nurse but Draisaitl was an easy choice over Bennett. Those two picks were the only things he got right upon his return to the Oilers. We were lucky things didn’t turn out a lot worse during his tenure.
I was one of the many idiots who was upset about Draisaitl over Bennett. People forget exactly how much work Draisaitl has put in to improve his game overall to get up to NHL speed, but mainly his skating. His skating was the number one reason I thought we made a mistake."Draisaitl was an easy choice over Bennett" is not a take that history agrees with. Just check out any thread on this board or listen to any radio show or read any article from the time period.
I don't disagree with anything else in your post, just in case that isn't clear.
Maybe he stuck his neck out for Nurse but Draisaitl was an easy choice over Bennett. Those two picks were the only things he got right upon his return to the Oilers. We were lucky things didn’t turn out a lot worse during his tenure.
Yup.
He was listed as a big 100 point center in his draft year.
Jesus just can’t give a guy some credit hey.Maybe he stuck his neck out for Nurse but Draisaitl was an easy choice over Bennett. Those two picks were the only things he got right upon his return to the Oilers. We were lucky things didn’t turn out a lot worse during his tenure.