He had a hell of a run and drafted some of the best Oilers of all time.
Sad news.
He had a hell of a run and drafted some of the best Oilers of all time.
Sad news.
He had a hell of a run and drafted some of the best Oilers of all time.
Sad news.
I would step that up a notch, getting the right guys at the right time totally undervalues those drafts.I would not call him the greatest scout of all time--he had a 3 to 4 year stretch where he killed it and got the right guys at the right time
Yep. Can’t understand that his legacy is being questioned on the HFOil site.Has any other scout in the post expansion era drafted 5 HOFers in two drafts? Or 6 in three?
And when we remove those 3 drafts how is is record?I would step that up a notch, getting the right guys at the right time totally undervalues those drafts.
Kevin Lowe, Mark Messier, Glen Anderson in one draft
in the next draft
Coffey, Kurri, Moog
in the next draft
Grant Fuhr, Steve Smith
I only question the statement greatest scout of all times statement. Jimmy D had a great run in Detroit over several draftsYep. Can’t understand that his legacy is being questioned on the HFOil site.
Oh okay, lets remove those drafts. The Edmonton oilers as of now are sitting at ZERO stanley cups.And when we remove those 3 drafts how is is record?
I only question the statement greatest scout of all times statement. Jimmy D had a great run in Detroit over several drafts
and that says a lot about his drafting after those 3 years. 1/2 this board was not alive 40 years ago. Fraser retired as head scout in 2000--how was his drafting from 1984 to 2000?Oh okay, lets remove those drafts. The Edmonton oilers as of now are sitting at ZERO stanley cups.
I was a pretty vocal critic of his “scouting from the beach in Mexico” days but you simply can’t deny the miracle run he went on. He unquestionably laid the foundation for the Oilers dynasty years.and that says a lot about his drafting after those 3 years. 1/2 this board was not alive 40 years ago. Fraser retired as head scout in 2000--how was his drafting from 1984 to 2000?
He had 3 great years and that gets him into the hall of fame but the other 16 years?
At least those guys were converted into Hamrlik and the other Comrie who unfortunately had to end things early due to concussionsI mean you kind have to give it to him in some ways he may have been the most important person in the org after Gretzky and Slats.
And yeah the drafting did really fall off after 1984, but the Oilers couldn't possibly keep drafting hits like that.
Smyth, Horcoff, Pisani, Comrie were good picks, but oooof on Bongisnoire and Steve Kelly.