I agree with most of what you say, but I beleive the problems with the oilers run deeper than that. A rookie that can make a huge impact will help us down the road yes, but look how long it took for teams like chicago and pittsburg took to mature and rebuild. If we can make it to the playoffs with good free agent signings more players will want to play for the oil. I think the oilers organization should choose whether they want to tank for 6-8 years and hope to build off that, or build from within and free agents. I would rather see the latter as it makes for them winning at least half the games thus more exciting hockey. But we both agree that something needs to be done.
Cheers,
Scorpiondeathlock