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Oilers Sign D Sheldon Souray

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This makes the Pitkanen deal look horrible. Smith and Souray wouldve been good together.

Horrible? Pitkanen is like 23 years old, any time you can get a player of that caliber for what they gave up, you do it.

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Horrible? Pitkanen is like 23 years old, any time you can get a player of that caliber for what they gave up, you do it.

I'd rather have Smith. Plus the oilers also gave up Lupul who didnt have a great season , but has potential to do great things.

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Well now. There goes the last big name.

No surprises here. Panic move by Lowe because he couldn't lure anyone else up there. Not surprisingly that they majorly overpaid for one of the worst defensive defenseman in the league.

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Guest DetroitIan

After the horrible offseason the Oilers have had. This is definitely a good move. They really needed to do something. I wonder how much they overpaid him though.

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This makes the Pitkanen deal look horrible. Smith and Souray wouldve been good together.

Smith is getting older and is on the downside, and he has zero offensive ability whatsoever. That doesn't work well in the NHL these days.

So , what does the Oilers defence look like now.

Pitkanen, Souray, Staios, Smid, Green, Tarnstrom/Gresbeshkov.

Not bad.

If Swiss Cheese works well as a defensive scheme, then I guess one might call this group average.

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I'd rather have Smith. Plus the oilers also gave up Lupul who didnt have a great season , but has potential to do great things.

What? Pitkanen is 10 years younger, the same size as Smith, uses his body and loves to play physical like Smith, is a great skater with speed, decent defensively for his age, had 13 goals, 46 points in 58 games in his 2nd year in the NHL. And even while having a rough year last year, on a s***ty Philly team no less with no help on D, he still put up 40+ points.

Pitkanen is already a stud and hes 23. Hes probably the most complete Dman under 25 not named Dion Phaneuf, and hell only get better. One year on the Philly Suckers and people already forget that hell be a future Norris winner easily.

Smith has experience, leadership, and is more gritty than Pitkanen, but Pitkanen still has a ton of time to grow.

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