If the Oilers plan on playing Paajarvi with Andrew Cogliano all season long without PP time then they may as well send him to OKC. Paajarvi is a top six talent and he is being paired with arguably the worst forward on the club that is living off of his rookie seasons success. Why keep this line together and let Cogs drag Paajarvi down with him? We may as well send Paajarvi down if we are hell bent on wasting his talents. This will give him a chance to dominate in OKC and hopefully give us a chance to ditch Cogliano.
With the Devils cap crunch and the NHLPA unhappy about the current situation there, Tambellini should be hounding Lamoriello like he owes him money. Take Cogs and we'll take back salary and a draft pick. Enough of holding onto players for the sake of holding onto guys to try and squeeze something out of them. We should've moved Cogliano a season ago. While I want a team that ends up in the lottery again I don't want to see it come at the expense of a guy like Paajarvi. This team will have a tough enough time winning games this year, let's do so while developing the kids and putting them in a position to succeed.
Of course the team is only 2 games into the season, but 9 games is the magic number for burning off a year of eligibility. Time to make a move and put this guy where he belongs in the top 6 and on the PP.
