The Oilers don't deserve Connor McDavid
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Thucydides
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I don't agree with tanking, but at the same time. Edmonton sells out every game, they deserve a new toy. I do feel that doing what Buffalo did is not in the best interest of the sport. I personally believe that intentionally tanking should result in the forfeiture of your 1st round pick, but that will never happen.
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No team deserves McDavid. But the premise of this piece completely ignores the fan's perspective. Pretty hard to criticise the Oiler faithful given their patience through the mess that this team has been over the last 8 years.
Aside from that the claim that the Oilers will ruin McDavid because they played Daisaitl for 37 games is ridiculous.
In short, this piece has essentially no merit and all it will accomplish is to encourage flaming between fan bases.
Aside from that the claim that the Oilers will ruin McDavid because they played Daisaitl for 37 games is ridiculous.
In short, this piece has essentially no merit and all it will accomplish is to encourage flaming between fan bases.
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That was quite literally one of the worst and most ridiculous things I have ever read.
Was Taylor Hall ruined by selecting him first overall?
No team "deserves" high picks. Bad teams get them because they suck. Look at Tampa.
And Draisaitl is still in his post-draft year. How can you possibly say they ruined him when he is tearing up the WHL?
What a garbage piece of writing.
Was Taylor Hall ruined by selecting him first overall?
No team "deserves" high picks. Bad teams get them because they suck. Look at Tampa.
And Draisaitl is still in his post-draft year. How can you possibly say they ruined him when he is tearing up the WHL?
What a garbage piece of writing.
While I agree that what buffalo has done is bad for the sport I don't agree with the forfeiting... I prefer to see them pick at number 10 instead lol.
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They've had more toys in the past 5 years than Buffalo has throughout their entire history........ don't even get me started on how they've had Gretzky Messier Kurri Fuhr and friends all on the same team edmonton doesn't deserve a first round pick. Sucking and not improving your team for 10 years just to get a horde of top round picks isn't in the best interest of the sport
See i can make it apply to your team too. Buffalo has done more to improve their team this last off season than edmonton has in the last 5
Wrong. All Oilers had to deal with was their ****** on ice product. There are many teams where they had to deal with that and various other things as well.
Regardless it's unprofessional to write this article. Extremely so.
No offense but I'm not clicking that link and giving you more hits. All your previous articles have been completely bush league. And the headline for this one doesn't sound promising at all. Who the hell are you to decide if Edmonton deserves it or not, their fans who stuck it out with the awful product on the ice year after year, sure as hell deserve McDavid.
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How exactly has Buffalo intentionally tanked more than Edmonton?
Buffalo added veterans Moulson, Gorges, Mezaros, Gionta, Stewart, etc.
Held onto mid-20s players like Hodgson, Myers, Ennis, Stafford, Foligno, etc.
Promoted youth from within via Girgensens, Zadarov, Ristolainen, etc.
And rolled the dice on unproven 1B goalies Enroth/Neuvirth
Edmonton's veteran additions over the past 5 seasons aren't any better, especially when you look back in the 2010/2011/2012/2013 years. They haven't held onto any more mid-20s players than Buffalo, haven't made any bigger moves to address goaltending, etc. The only thing they've done differently is have three 1st OA picks walk directly onto the roster into significant roles, whereas Buffalo's top picks haven't been as NHL ready.
So if Buffalo had had the 1st OA picks in 2012/2013/2014, and they were on the roster instead of Grigorenko/Ristolainen/Reinhart being in their system, then they wouldn't be tankers? Granted for that to have happened, Buffalo would have had to ice a much worse team the previous three years, or in essence "tanked".
Edmonton tanked just as much as Buffalo. Both teams put out secondary/tertiary veterans, secondary/tertiary mid-20s players, didn't make any overly aggressive trades, and promoted from within.
In fact, Buffalo trading three 2nd round picks for Gorges/Fashing/Deslauriers are pretty comparable to the most aggressive moves Edmonton has made over the past 4-5 years combined. Trading MP + 2nd for Perron is the only time Edmonton has traded a 2nd rounder in the past 5 years.
You had 3 first overall picks in a row and even more top 10 picks in the past 10 years what makes you think you deserve McDavid when you haven't even attempted to improve your team. If Buffalo could acquire Georges and Moulson Edmonton could of too they're not even trying to improve the team
Oh this again... Buffalo didn't gut their roster just to land McDavid. They traded away vets that didn't win for Buffalo, AFTER the team went south for a few seasons. They traded away players that not only didn't win, but ones that DID NOT want to re-sign. What else is a GM to do than trade them away while they still had value? What else is a GM to do than to start over?
Despite the inevitable rebuild option, they still went out and traded for or signed decent vets...moves that didn't cut into their prospect pool. This continued misconception about Buffalo's management has to be the most brain dead thing going on these boards.
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How do you prove a team is intentionally "tanking" instead of making roster moves to put themselves in a better position to rebuild for the future? When we figure that out then we can start doling out punishment, but it's a rather difficult thing to prove.
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Ummm... you realize the Oilers signed the UFAs Pouliot and Fayne this off-season that goes along with signing UFAs Gordon and Ference in the previous off-season. That pretty matches what Buffalo did in acquiring Moulson and Georges.
I literally puked in my mouth. Seriously? How about fans stop selling out games and show management how they feel instead of martyring themselves. Disgusting.
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You mean like how we got Pouliot, Fayne, and Nikitin? Research is your friend.
Yes sir, I am rooting big time for that. Makes no sense when people say they don't deserve it. If they don't deserve it, then i don't know who does.
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