4K is practicing again. I like what he brought at first of seasonNurse - Barrie
Kulikov - Larsson
Koekkoek - Bear/Jones
Soon.
I’m curious who will be out for defence
Nurse Barrie
Kulikov Larsson
Bear ????
Meh. No thanks to Koekkoek. I mean no harm in giving him a shot. But based on what he was showing by the time he got hurt, he wouldn't be playing ahead of Jones or Russel for me on the left side.Nurse - Barrie
Kulikov - Larsson
Koekkoek - Bear/Jones
Soon.
Ya I think so tooI'm thinking that they keep Jones there until/unless he falters.
Well the Oilers are finally starting to get cap space for solid free agents.
He has been on the taxi squad when not playing meaning he is drawing an AHL salary.
From Tippetts press thing today, sounds like he is a fan of McLeod. As I said before, play a strong two way game, do a little of everything, have size and work hard and Tippett will have all the time in the world for you
I believe I made a thread calling for Kahun with McDavid and reuniting DRY way back around game 10. We know it works.
Probably.I'm thinking that they keep Jones there until/unless he falters.
From Tippetts press thing today, sounds like he is a fan of McLeod. As I said before, play a strong two way game, do a little of everything, have size and work hard and Tippett will have all the time in the world for you
Pretty sure you're wrong.I am pretty sure the Oilers doctors and concussion specialist are better than the HF Oil Medical Team.
Meh. No thanks to Koekkoek. I mean no harm in giving him a shot. But based on what he was showing by the time he got hurt, he wouldn't be playing ahead of Jones or Russel for me on the left side.
Pretty sure you're wrong.
You gotta watch this:
TSN Original: The Problem of Pain
Sport teams care about the team first, and longterm health of a player second.
Well, for a bottom rung player who's expansion draft fodder, maybe they view finishing with home ice advantage is more important than his longterm health.To be fair, the Oil played both the Bear and RNH concussions fairly cautiously.
With only 10 games left and the team comfortably in a playoff spot, I don't see why they're start risking things now.
Sing Kulikov and Larsson prior, leave rnh and sign him after, Benson if possible Archibald and Kahun, undecided. Lots like them every year.Kulikov and Larsson are both UFAs, no need to protect them.
And you wouldn't want to protect Benson/Archibald/Kahun?
4K cooled down a fair bit after a strong start. But honestly, I still trust him more to play 15 to 18 minutes of no-frills hockey vs. Jones or Russell.
To my eye, any RD that plays with Jones looks worse (for the most part). This has been the case with Larsson and Bear; though he was decent in limited with Bouchard.
I think Kulikov should play with either Bear or Barrie; depending on whom Tippett feels is a better fit with Nurse, Kuli gets the other one.
That leaves you needing someone to pair with Larsson on the shutdown pairing. Imo Jones has struggled with this assignment whenever asked. Russell normally keeps his head above water here, bit it's not pretty in the least, and Lagesson was hot and cold in the role (though I do want to see more of him).
4K played a bit with Larsson, on an unspectacular pairing for few games yearly this year, but he did have success with de Haan in a similar role last year during the playoffs with CHI.
In a limited role, I could see him working well.
That might have been the second PP unit.From what I saw in clips, the line today was Kahun-Mcleod-Yamamoto ... unless I missed something.