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Tank was successful. If you manage things properly, you don't need to do it again for another 8-10 years.
Typically it takes a number of years for an 18 year old defenceman to become acclimatized to the league. Do you think Dahlin could have an immediate impact on this team ?Rasmus Dahlin
Supposed to be deep with D prospects. Especially later first round.i wouldn't be opposed to tanking. does this draft have good d prospects beside dahlin?
then no point in tanking i guess.Supposed to be deep with D prospects. Especially later first round.
I think us actually having a good team is more of a reason to not "tank" than if there were good d prospects in the top 10.then no point in tanking i guess.
yah that seems like good logicI think us actually having a good team is more of a reason to not "tank" then if there were good d prospects in the top 10.
I think us actually having a good team is more of a reason to not "tank" than if there were good d prospects in the top 10.
There's always going to be a big prospect everybody wants, you can't just keep tanking over and over for every shiny new prospect that comes along. We have Auston frigging Matthews, not to mention Nylander, Marner, Liljegren, Dermott, and a ton of forward depth. The time for tanking is over, we need to be happy with what we have and move forward.
I love how pretty much everybody acknowledges that we desperately need defensive help. But at the same time they say in this thread that tanking "ended the second we drafted Matthews".
And that's the precise problem. It took TWELVE FREAKING YEARS for management to FINALLY admit we need to do a top to bottom rebuild with "no shortcuts". But drafting Matthews for some reason ruined that.
So here we are with a rushed rebuild, and DESPERATELY lacking young defensive and goaltending depth.
But realistically, imo, tank nation ended when Marleau was signed. It was as clear a sign as possible showing that management was done with the rebuild.
And now, instead of having the foundations of an "elite" team, we have the foundations of a "decent" team.
Forget about this year but even last year there were hardly any fans that wanted us to tank - you can still those on Oilers forum (and I was really surprised to see that)
Thank you. Even if you score a really good player, you're on a trajectory of being terrible. Sure the playoff berth set the bar a bit high, but is it better to have not experienced that? Better to have been hopeless for another year?i'm not. the whole inane concept of tank nation is a loser mindset and attitude. losing breeds losers and winning breeds winners.