Now that we officially have the #1 pick....

[Ganz]

Unless we are ABSOLUTELY blown away...

Draft Nail Yakupov
Sign Justin Schultz
Trade Maggy for a Dman
??????
Profit

[Moonlapse Vertigo]

Originally Posted by Lowe in Oil

Why not just sign Suter?

#1 Suter wants to play for a contender and #2 he doesn't want to play in Canada.

[Soundwave]

Honestly I wouldn't go nuts with the d-men.

Sign a guy like Bryan Allen for a couple of years that solidifies the top 4. Maybe take Babchuk off Calgary's hands as a PP specialist/RH shot as a 7th d-man.

Our D was a lot better after Schultz got here.

I wonder if this impacts Justin Schultz' decision -- would he want to play with RNH + Hall + Eberle and now Yakupov too?

Makes us more attractive for sure.

[Justin Bieber]

yakupov please

[jumptheshark]

I just hurt myself on the main board laughing my ass of at all the hatred aimed at us

[Joey Moss]

Hemsky - Nuge - Eberle
Hartikainen - Hall - Yakupov
Smyth - Horcoff - Paajarvi
Jones - Belanger - Petrell
Eager

Gagner traded for a defenseman. Hopefully sign J. Schultz

Smid - Petry
Whitney - XXXXX
N. Schultz - J. Schultz
A. Sutton - C. Potter

[Lowe in Oil]

Originally Posted by Moonlapse Vertigo

#1 Suter wants to play for a contender and #2 he doesn't want to play in Canada.

Oilers will be a contender no doubt about that!

[CREW99AW]

Originally Posted by SeriousBusiness

I'd still rather trade down and take Murray, but I know I'm in the minority here.

No.....Between cursing over your team's luck,a couple of us on the NYI board have figured out the best case scenerio:


1.Oilers -Nail
2.Columbus-Galchenyuk
3.Montreal-Grigs
4.Isles-Murray

[Moonlapse Vertigo]

Originally Posted by DogEatDog

I just hurt myself on the main board laughing my ass of at all the hatred aimed at us

Let me guess - conspiracy theories abound. :eyeroll:

I'm going to have soooooooo much fun on the main board when (if) this team starts winning.

[Lowe in Oil]

Originally Posted by DogEatDog

I just hurt myself on the main board laughing my ass of at all the hatred aimed at us

[OilerTyler]

Originally Posted by Joey Moss

Hemsky - Nuge - Eberle
Hartikainen - Hall - Yakupov
Smyth - Horcoff - Paajarvi
Jones - Belanger - Petrell
Eager

Gagner traded for a defenseman. Hopefully sign J. Schultz

Smid - Petry
Whitney - XXXXX
N. Schultz - J. Schultz
A. Sutton - C. Potter

Hemsky and Hall playing out of position? Not a good idea.

[Yeah15]

All your first overall picks are belong to us. Draft Yakupov!!

[OilerTyler]

Originally Posted by Moonlapse Vertigo

Let me guess - conspiracy theories abound. :eyeroll:

I'm going to have soooooooo much fun on the main board when (if) this team starts winning.

It's mostly Vancouver fans getting upset.

[GoingGoingGagner]

One other really good thing about this is...well if you're a UFA d-man, why wouldn't you want to sign here next year? Probably a new coach (get that ironed out ASAP), 4 mega-star young forwards plus a nice supplement with Hemsky, Gags, Paajarvi, etc...and you can be THE guy on defence for them? Sounds like a dream come true to be honest.

[Speedster]

Pens fan come in peace.

So you guys should make an avatar stating the Oilers GM laughing then it says U MAD JACKETS?

[SamiSaloCannon*]

Don't worry guys, the Canucks will always beat you with any team .

Anyways, congrats on the great pick in Nail Yakupov. Kid's a stud.

[s7ark]

Yakupov easy. He's the best player in this draft and we could use the depth after the Hall - RNH - Eberle line. Trading away 1st overalls is a bad idea, imo. Just take the kid and we have a top notch top 6 in the works.

Our D will be fine with Smid, Petry, Whitney, Schultz, possibly J Schultz, and Klefbom, Marincin, Tuebert, Gernat, Musil etc in the wings. Hell Dubbie may even be enough in net. We'd have the firepower to bail him out on those nights where he bleeds softies, and he can get super hot for stretches as well. So long as he can play well enough to not cost us a playoff spot and can heat up under pressure(two big ifs), of course. We may have a fairly complete team in a few years even if we don't change much.

But yeah, about the pick, just take Nail. We don't regret taking Hall or RNH, we won't regret taking Yakupov either.

[Soundwave]

Originally Posted by Speedster

Pens fan come in peace.

So you guys should make an avatar stating the Oilers GM laughing then it says U MAD JACKETS?

Meh. I'm not mad at Columbus fans, they probably deserved better. It's mostly jealous Flames fans and nervous Canucks fans I'm fine with pissing off though, lol.

[jumptheshark]

Originally Posted by SaloCannon

Don't worry guys, the Canucks will always beat you with any team .

Anyways, congrats on the great pick in Nail Yakupov. Kid's a stud.

]


Yeah---I remember being at a game where the oilers beat the nucks something like 18-0 in the 80's--or something like that

[Moonlapse Vertigo]

Originally Posted by OilerTyler

It's mostly Vancouver fans getting upset.

Even better. Yeeeeeah, like the NHL would rig the damn lottery for the Oilers after the referees trolled them all year.

[Daneo21]

Not sure what we do now... I really don't see us drafting yakupov at this point... I would probably trade down....


Or we just keep trolling

[SamiSaloCannon*]

Originally Posted by DogEatDog

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Yeah---I remember being at a game where the oilers beat the nucks something like 18-0 in the 80's--or something like that

Yeah we were bottomfeeders at that time.

[Speedster]

Originally Posted by Soundwave

Meh. I'm not mad at Columbus fans, they probably deserved better. It's mostly jealous Flames fans and nervous Canucks fans I'm fine with pissing off though, lol.

Whatever you'd like.

[The Bored Man]

You gotta take Yakupov unless a trade offer is mind-blowing.

But it now becomes imperative to get size in the top-six and to shore up that atrocious defence.

[Ours Whole]

Congrats, Oilers! I'm glad that you guys got #1, the Blue Jackets organization would have found a way to ruin Yakupov.