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Originally Posted by Walleyedude
It's hard to draft D men. It's only the very rare player that makes the jump directly from junior to the NHL, and they ALL have their struggles along the way (Dahlin included). It's far more of a long term game when it comes to drafting D men, so I'm on board with swapping a couple picks to shore up the D, IF, it's the right D man. (aka, NOT Reinhart)
I'd like to see Jones get into some game action while he's up. He's shown a lot of potential this year in Bakersfield.
Bear seems to have regressed, or he's having trouble getting back to 100% after his injury. Either way, he's slid a fair ways down the depth chart. Too bad, he looked really promising. Hopefully he'll get his mojo back.
There's a few others with potential, all will take time.
I have faith in Bouchard. He'll be part of the Oilers' top pairing for a long time to come, but he's going to have his growing pains along the way too.
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My point exactly, Klefbom, Larson, Nurse, Gravel are all young men. Couple that with Bouchard, Jones and Bear if he comes around, the future is looking good. What we need is help now.
There is rumors they also might be shopping Puljujarvi