Kranix
Deranged Homer
- Jun 27, 2012
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MacTavish shouldn't dream of trading Yakupov now unless it was for the same return Boston got for Kessel, and no team is going to give that until he's played more games. A team should only trade a top kid if they believe they are going to win the cup. Boston traded Kessel, and then Wheeler for draft picks and utility players because they had the foundation built.
The solution to the Oilers problems is likely obvious to everyone: A defenseman who averages 28 minutes a game and gets points. I don't have an answer for this.
MacTavish's benign off season moves look like mistakes in hindsight. Retaining Ales Hemsky was a mistake. That money should have been invested elsewhere. Getting David Perron was a good trade, but he is redundant on this team. His talent does not forgive his softness and lack of defense. MacTavish should be doing everything to trade those two players for utility players. Am I wrong in saying Perron and Hemsky are too pretty to win in the playoffs? I hope someone will correct me.
Andrew Ference is a veteran defenseman. To make a bottom pairing defenseman captain is a desperate move. Taylor Hall should have been made captain. If the Oilers want this young group to grow up together they should have started with Hall as captain.
I would agree with those people who say patience is required; however, I can see what type of players are in the main group. The three big-money forwards are all young and fancy, and they are not good enough defensively. One of the big forward contracts should be for an elite, two-way veteran forward (in the style of Toews, Hossa, Bergeron). This is a problem with two solutions: wait a few seasons for these kids to learn, or trade one of Hall, Eberle, RNH which seems to me unthinkable.
My only answer is to wait until Christmas time.
The solution to the Oilers problems is likely obvious to everyone: A defenseman who averages 28 minutes a game and gets points. I don't have an answer for this.
MacTavish's benign off season moves look like mistakes in hindsight. Retaining Ales Hemsky was a mistake. That money should have been invested elsewhere. Getting David Perron was a good trade, but he is redundant on this team. His talent does not forgive his softness and lack of defense. MacTavish should be doing everything to trade those two players for utility players. Am I wrong in saying Perron and Hemsky are too pretty to win in the playoffs? I hope someone will correct me.
Andrew Ference is a veteran defenseman. To make a bottom pairing defenseman captain is a desperate move. Taylor Hall should have been made captain. If the Oilers want this young group to grow up together they should have started with Hall as captain.
I would agree with those people who say patience is required; however, I can see what type of players are in the main group. The three big-money forwards are all young and fancy, and they are not good enough defensively. One of the big forward contracts should be for an elite, two-way veteran forward (in the style of Toews, Hossa, Bergeron). This is a problem with two solutions: wait a few seasons for these kids to learn, or trade one of Hall, Eberle, RNH which seems to me unthinkable.
My only answer is to wait until Christmas time.
(and no goalie)
