I went to the Oiler draft party and it was great, mostly because I won a Hall number 10 jersey. I'll get to spend my remaining years explaining to strangers that yes, I know Hall isn't number 10 and yes, I realize that Shawn Horcoff will always be number 10 after turning his career around, signing another long-term deal, captaining the team to many Stanley Cups and having his number retired, and having a taller, stronger statue built, out of pure gold, right in front of Gretzky's. I'll call it commemorative, and whenever I cross ways with one of the other 99 Edmontonians who won a Hall 10 jersey tonight we'll shake hands in a way you CANNOT BELIEVE.
Now, if only we can make some trades.
"No spot on this team is safe, I don't care if your name is Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle or... Smithers, what's one of the bad players' names?"
"Robert Nilsson, Patrick O'Sullivan, JF Jacques, Ethan Moreau, Marc Pouliot, Liam Reddox?"
"Or... all those players!"
2 comments:
Go Oilers. Hall is good for 29th place this year.
But seriously, what trade would you even propose right now. What centers are available. Spezza I guess?
Traditional thinking is to go with the better player in the draft, not the position you need. Of course better is what we saw right in front of us in the Memorial. I've never seen Seguin play, but central scouting thought he was okay.
You're right though, they'd be happy with either, but unless Eberle can play center, we've got a problem.
Gagner for number 1 Center.
Eberle can and has played centre but it doesn't sound like that's even an option in Edmonton. If they decide they need a big-time centre NOW, Jeff Carter is a much better choice than Spezza: shorter, cheaper contract and RFA after next year so they'd still control him. Of course, that means he'd cost more.
IT'S FUCKING JULY. I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOCKEY ANYMORE BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING ELSE ISN'T THERE.
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