What an intelligent bunch.That's because the Leafs had Barrie on the ice
What an intelligent bunch.That's because the Leafs had Barrie on the ice
Boy that sure has ruined Canucks fans ridiculous "hurr durr no one wants to be in Alberta" lies.
It's funny, the vocally loudest ones bashing Alberta as a Province have probably never left coastal BC because it's too expensive for them to travel around Canada with the ridiculous rent/mortgages and wages for normal upper middle class professional people are making far less living in smaller homes/forced to live in apartments and surrounded by homelessness and human filth everywhere in DT Van.
if you took a closer look at most defensive metrics, you would see that the Leafs were middle of the pack in most categories this year and improved significantly after Keefe took over.
But let's continue to just use the stat that is heavily influenced by goaltending
You expect him to know that?Our forwards sucked. Not our defense. You do realize that there’s 4 players on the ice at all times who aren’t dmen right?
It will be fun watching McDavid walk Tanev all season.You misunderstand. I love this deal from a Flames stand point. The Oilers just got easier to score on. My only regret is you guys didn't sign him for a longer term.
Glass houses.A player who will pick up points but is trash defensively.... should fit in nicely with the rest of the Oilers core
You can’t call the Oilers defence trash and then cherry pick stats when your team had worse numbers. Don’t take shots when you have no leg to stand on.
Tyson Barrie will do thatLeaving you goalie hung out badly has heavy influence on goaltending.
Tyson Barrie will do that
I think we learned our lesson with Schultz.I hope the Oil remember to significantly insulate Barrie, cuz there's little more that I enjoyed last season (being a Habs fan) than watching Barrie leave Anderson and his multiple D partners (and the forwards on the ice, for that matter) out to dry on a regular basis...you need to fix your D and instead offer Barrie more than he's worth (at the moment, anyway)...the Oil need a bigger, nastier D that is far better defensively...this'll certainly aide in scoring but will also hurt you defensively, which is the Oil's biggest need...can't say I like it
I think we learned our lesson with Schultz.
It hasn't looked good for our D corps for the last 15 years.That was another management group...I hope your right, but it doesn't look good for your D corps
I hope the Oil remember to significantly insulate Barrie, cuz there's little more that I enjoyed last season (being a Habs fan) than watching Barrie leave Anderson and his multiple D partners (and the forwards on the ice, for that matter) out to dry on a regular basis...you need to fix your D and instead offer Barrie more than he's worth (at the moment, anyway)...the Oil need a bigger, nastier D that is far better defensively...this'll certainly aide in scoring but will also hurt you defensively, which is the Oil's biggest need...can't say I like it
Take a look at who was "sheltering" Barrie during his good years in Colorado. Elite defensemen like Patrick Nemeth, Francois Beauchemin, Nikita Zadorov. He doesn't fill Edmonton's biggest need, but defensemen that can get the puck out and up to the forwards efficiently is absolutely something that Edmonton needs, at at less than $4 million for a single year, there's minimal risk. That's low-end 2nd pairing defenseman money and that's basically the floor for Barrie's play. I don't think Edmonton's power play is going to be as good as last year's (not ruling it out, but it's hard to improve on nearly 30% success) but he's a huge asset on it.Tyson Barrie is a great offensive D man and given that role will excel. At under 4 million he is a great addition to the club.
The issue is he needs a shutdown LHD to stay back and make the safe plays to protect him. Muzzin was that on the TML unfortunately we didn’t pair them much which is what we should have done. As for who he plays with him, Klefbom would have been good but obviously his injury creates doubt about who can protect Barrie.
Barrie is looking for a payday no question and by choosing the Oilers somebody is gonna look at his offensive numbers and may give him that. I think the GM’s around the league know what he is and will not offer anything more than 5.5-6 million per gown the current cap situation. Petry is the better D man and similar offensive numbers and this is where he slotted.
Holy f*** man, relax with the inferiority complex.
a 0.886 SV% from your backup will do that sometimes