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Oiler’s GM MacTavish Has A Funny Bone
by Lisa Brown on 03/03/15 at 10:47 AM ET
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Edmonton Oilers GM Craig MacTavish was relatively quiet trade deadline day. Trading only the expected player, Jeff Petry to the Montreal Canadiens for a couple of picks in this year’s draft, MacT started the day off doing what was expected. What wasn’t expected came at his press conference Monday afternoon.
Speaking to the media, MacT indicated that he felt that his defencive core moving forward was in fine shape. Wrong. Trading Jeff Petry without having another player to take his place means that the Oilers are worse off than they were with Jeff Petry. Of course the team would not have been able to re-sign Petry, but that is the team’s issue. That’s what needs to be addressed, and shockingly, this should have been realised, addressed, and moved on from last year if not the year before!
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Congrats!
Posted by mrfluffy from the phone, calling Detroit, telling them it's on 03/03/15 at 03:41 PM ET
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That’s a good point, but Petry was a home grown/developed player. Who’s to say whether or not the other D-men are going to work out, or whether or not they will just get traded on another trade deadline day.
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Posted by Lisa Brown on 03/03/15 at 11:06 AM ET