SmellOfVictory
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- Jun 3, 2011
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"Oilers draft too many small skilled injury prone forwards" - Every poster in any Oiler prospects thread.
thats probably a reason.
HF would have had a hayday if the oilers drafted him and then ended up having shoulder surgery and missed most of this year.
It's not like Draisaitl was a bad draft choice, exactly. If he was a better skater he'd easily have been in the conversation for top forward on consensus lists.
That said, I'm glad Bennett dropped to the Flames (was hoping Ekblad would like Jones had the year prior, but pipe dreams).