Nobody has said they would. Re-read the post. Oiler fans come asking for them but they don’t have the right valued piece to get them. Here’s the very first post in the RHD to Edmonton thread (which specifically targets Spurgeon from Minnesota along with 1st pairing RHD from almost every team):
So stop asking cause Oiler fans just got their answer for the nth time. Maybe this time it’ll sink in.
As for overrating our defense... that’s what carries us to the playoffs every year. Oilers should try it out sometime.
You saying it doesn’t make it true. Blurting out ‘We want Draisaitl’ to every single value inquiry doesn’t make you look knowledgeable, it makes you look like a homer, and that’s the response for Zucker, Coyle, Granlund, Nino, Dumba, Suter, and Spurgeon. Edmonton has valuable pieces that aren’t Draisaitl - who as I’m sure you know only moves for his age-equivalent #1 defenceman. Every team can draw that line in the sand for two or three assets, it just seems to me that Wild fans try to do it with half the damn team.
As for the playoffs crack, if we’re going to try to emulate another team, it won’t be the one with two playoff series wins since 2004, I can assure you of that. If mediocrity is all you’re after, then just making the playoffs is a great benchmark. Oiler fans roundly blasted Bob Nicholson when he said in the media that the Oilers goal is playoffs next year. Everyone’s goal should be playoffs. Teams like the Wild should be aiming higher.
