Skinner isnt a playoff player, good luck with that. In playoffs, Foegele would help you out more than skinner. I see skinner putting up some goals in regular season but due to physical play and high intensity and grind of playoffs, disappear like Mikheyev.
And Oilers buying out skinner a second time to make cap room for Drai salary increase
Now that is just cruel. He doesn't deserve that fate.
Play him with Drai, he knows defense very well
Moot point as Hyman plays RW on the Oilers. Same with Kane (both LH shots).
Well you obviously know nothing about Foegeles playoff game. He’s a complete nothing in the playoffs 90% of the time. This year he was less nothing, cause he hurt us with dumb giveaways, passes to no where. Near the end of the playoffs he started contributing more, due to being gifted minutes next to McD.Skinner isnt a playoff player, good luck with that. In playoffs, Foegele would help you out more than skinner. I see skinner putting up some goals in regular season but due to physical play and high intensity and grind of playoffs, disappear like Mikheyev.
And Oilers buying out skinner a second time to make cap room for Drai salary increase
Oilers would have been better off signing a playoff warrior and a 200 foot player that hits like Debrusk instead of signing injury prone arvidsson and a soft and small player in skinner.
Nah. Oilers would have been better off doing exactly what they did. Create a high production line 2 to go along with the high production line 1. Line 2 was a glaring weakness ALL year last year and continue into the playoffs, which is why bottom 6ers like Mcleod and Foegele were still being used next to Drai. They got some good and skilled players now to do that. They have their risks though, but the reward is immense if they pop off on a line with Drai.
I dont see it as 3 upgrades over 2 versus what player gives the team a better chance to win the cup. That would be like saying signing mikheyev and Beauvillier is better than signing Debrusk because its 2 upgrades versus 1
Jeff Skinner is certainly not a fast skater.....great edges similar to Dahlin neither of them are fast.
It’s 3 upgrades over 2 if all 3 players help the Cup Build. And for reasons already stated, the 2 wingers for Drai will help the Cup build. And Henrique at 3C is an upgrade over last year.
The actual best fir would be 3rd line winger... sad to say Jeff.
Play him with Drai, he knows defense very well
If you think DeBrusk is bad then what do you think of Skinner who had his contract bought out just so Oilers could give him a 1 year deal? Arvidsson is always injury prone and its why preds gave up on him, so that is 2 projects. Debrusk was not signed in Boston since they had to improve their D and their Center depth and had no money to sign him similar to how JT miller ended up being a Canuck for only a 1st round pick. Debrusk even at his low point is still a significant upgrade over no show Mikheyev that was getting 4 million to score 10 goals in regular season and 0 goals in playoffs. He also is an elite PKer and defensive player and helps replace Lindholm's 2 way game. The canucks added more sand paper in Sherwood and Heinen and their forward group is deeper and better than last years with possibility of players like Raty and Lekkermaki also competing and podkolzin developing more along with Hoglander. I think 5.5 mil is a very fair price for a 2 way 2nd line winger that gets 25 goals and the term doesnt hurt since he is only 27 years old. If you could have gotten a better winger than debrusk after Guentzel decided to sign elsewhere, let me know.
I never said he was bad, I said he’s not without his risks at that cap hit and that term. Just like Skinner and Arvie aren’t without risk.
I think you are underrating Debrusk a lot. He hasnt had an elite offensive center like pettersson to give him passes. He played with Bergeron before but i consider Pettersson to be a better offensive player than Bergeron while Bergeron is elite 2 way selke winning center. But he still produced after Bergy was gone which shows how good he can be. He will be even better with Pettersson.DeBrusk could very well be the next Hyman. He is very underrated here it seems.
He’s played with Pasta no? And pasta is better than Debrusk. I’d see how his production is with Pasta as a good analogue to how he’ll play with Petey. Unfortunately though, Petey is a no show in the playoffs, so it doesn’t do much for the Nucks when it matters.
From zero play off success. Never won a round. Ripped by his own centerman.....to instant Stankey Cup contender playing g in a line with Connor McDavid.....
Debrusk on the other hand brings his game up at play offs. As any leaf fan can attest to.
