Oilers win lottery (again)

[kimmer]

yeah because decisions from a GM can backfire even if it is a very good one, if the player doesn't deliver when all scouts/analysts from every direction are saying that he is the guy. Not to overrate Connolly at all, but everyone knew barring his injury-prone history, that this was a nice signing because he could've potentially been our #1-2 center. Nobody argued against it strongly then I don't think. The "5+ yrs in bottom 5" rebuild is just safe, no matter how u spin it ur going to come out with 5 yrs of top 5 talent at the end of the year, and nowhere near as much risks involved.

[shooker]

Proper rebuild might be a bad term for what I mean. I just mean the going full rebuild mode is sometimes the best option not that other methods don't work or shouldn't be considered. I was more so countering the hate for teams getting multiple high draft picks, seems silly to me.

[bills09]

Proper rebuild = 5+ years in bottom 5 of the draft?

Consistent good decision making with a focus on the long-term goals, IMO is a proper rebuild. Using all available information at the time of the signing/draft/trade is all that can be asked; never focusing too much on the deal in front of you, as it's easy to justify a decision in isolation -> but the trend over weeks, days, years is much more important.

I hear lots of speculation that different organizations make (or break) prospects, I personally put much more credit on the player himself. Rushed, held back, timed perfectly -> how can it be said for certain w/o a control; the human error component is way too big - potential confounding variables and unknowns are gigantic.

Personally I've liked what Burke has done, and continues to do. Would I un-do the Kessel trade? Absolutely. The Connolly signing, 100%. But at the time, both appeared to be very well thought out decisions.

meh the connolly signing wasnt even that bad
and Id still do that Kessel trade.

[Nick]

Ye I just hate Phil... such a sissy; not the Seguin is a team player guy that will battle for the cup to his last breath.

[bills09]

Ye I just hate Phil... such a sissy; not the Seguin is a team player guy that will battle for the cup to his last breath.

but yeah as a stop gap on a 2 year deal the Connolly signing wasnt bad, just wasnt as good as it was expected.

[Lee]

Decent numbers for a 3rd liner but he wasn't brought in to be a 3rd liner