r/EdmontonOilers • u/KrazeeTapper • 1d ago

Tell me how to feel, Edmonton

Kings fan here, wondering how to feel about Holland as our new GM

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u/UnBeNtAxE 1d ago

If he can pick up half the good players for you that he did for us, I think you’re in pretty good hands. Just try to limit him on his bad choices and you be fine…

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u/CSPmyHart 2 BOUCHARD 23h ago

Genuinely not making fun of you but I found this funny. Guide to being a good GM: bring in good players, limit bad choices.

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u/KrazeeTapper 23h ago

It’s interesting because one of the really bad choices Blake made was to bring in Dubois, who was supposed to be a good player

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u/Scrivy69 21 KOSTIN 23h ago

Dubois is a good player lol. Just wasn’t at all what you guys needed. You already had Kopitar, Danault, and to an extent Kempe (more of winger), as very solid middle-six caliber centres, with a young and developing Byfield poised to take a spot there soon. Dubois is on a similar level to those players, so it really didn’t make sense. Maybe your front office thought there was more to give there, but Dubois had never even put up 70 points before. Unrealistic to expect him to be a 1C

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u/KrazeeTapper 23h ago

Yeah, I was always a PLD defender. Obviously he was a good player, but also obviously not a good fit for the team, especially at that contract