Del Preston
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He could always manipulate some stats to make himself feel better.I think BlondLooch is going to become GreyLooch watching his team play D lol
He could always manipulate some stats to make himself feel better.I think BlondLooch is going to become GreyLooch watching his team play D lol
Fair enough. The initial post was definitely trollish. So in the spirit of adding value to the conversation:You're right, five years ago is not relevant. It's just funny to see you come in and make a useless, off-topic post for no reason at all and then raise a big stink because I said GA instead of GA/G to point out the "shattered" defensive group actually outperformed your own team's again last season.
The thread is about Hutton. Have you made a single post about him or are you just here to cause a stir?
Wouldn’t need to. They’re laid out there in plain sightHe could always manipulate some stats to make himself feel better.
Fair enough. Good chat.Fair enough. The initial post was definitely trollish. So in the spirit of adding value to the conversation:
My point being, I don’t think another 5/6 guy will help the Oilers, my impression is they have a whole bunch of those already. Depth never hurts but the problem in Edmonton is top end talent on the blue line. I like Bear, but right now relying on Nurse to be a number 1 is going to be the Oilers downfall. Barrie is a good add, but I still think he doesn’t add much defensively. I like the offence, but they’re going to have to outscore their problems on the blue line. Who knows, if the D is good enough to get the puck up into the forwards hands quickly and efficiently the Oilers should be a fantastic team. I think they’ll get into trouble when asked to actually defend as a group.
TrollolololBargain bin shopping to fix a shattered D core. Let’s see how this turns out
Your best defenceman is Darnell Nurse. Do I need to say more?
Are you aware the Flames now have Markstrom in nets?
Genuinely hope that works out for you. When the two Alberta teams are good hockey fans win.Player who scored 26, 41 and 30 points in his last 3 seasons. Yeah I'll take him.
Oh and was top 5 in ES points?Player who scored 26, 41 and 30 points in his last 3 seasons. Yeah I'll take him.
How about dude who put up almost the same #'s as Koskinen. One good career year and he is the king. Koskinen is garbage thoughMarkstrom? Dude who had one good season and made a fortune?
So the same as last year? I’ll take it.You’re right, 2018 looks better than it does right now.
Oof. Our blue line is a major issue. Need all the help we can get. Any idea what the chances are that a D prospect makes an impact?Most likely for the taxi squad, but he does put a little pressure on Lagesson to keep his spot.
Plus the Oil do need some depth on the left side, as most of their key prospects at the position will be staying in Europe this year.
My guess at the depth chart
Nurse-Barrie
Jones-Larsson
Lagesson-Bear
PB: Russell
Taxi: Hutton, Lennstrom
AHL(?): Bouchard, Kemp
Europe: Samorukov, Broberg, Berglund, Niemeläinen
If the AHL doesn't get off the ground, I'd expect to see Kemp loaned back to Europe, and Bouchard join the taxi squad.
Markstrom? Dude who had one good season and made a fortune?
Oof. Our blue line is a major issue. Need all the help we can get. Any idea what the chances are that a D prospect makes an impact?
What an uncharitable take. It's great when you start with your conclusion and work backwards.
So he doesn't get credit for drafting a potentially franchise D man at 7th overall. And he doesn't get credit for waiting while the hair on fire crowd in Vancouver were freaking out and leveraging our minimal cap space to get a good top pairing D for a 3rd round pick. Got it.
Can hardly blame him for "throwing away" a Ben Hutton at $2.8 million for his qualifying offer, as a bottom pair guy. Quinn Hughes and Alex Edler had the top 2 left-side D spots locked up, just like "throwing away" Stecher came at a time when they were prioritizing re-signing Tanev (ultimately getting Schmidt instead) along with Myers. I doubt that that group of overly-hyphenated-yet-underachieving, undersized-yet-overhyped-depth D-men really had as much value as you're arguing they have (Corrado and Biega were good but undersized depth, Fantenberg had to go since Juolevi is starting to look ready and, while I like Luke Schenn, he's not irreplaceable either). For Troy and Ben, it's about maximizing cap by retaining what's truly important. At this point, neither of them are high enough on the team's hierarchy to demand being put as a primary option.
Would prefer seeing if Bouchard can stick on the lower pairing, but this is a nice option. Wouldn't hate it at all.
Ok your breakdown makes sense and I agree. It’s good enough, but too thin. Wait, no more Russel constant starfishing? That’ll be nice.Admittedly I’m higher than most on Lagesson. I think he can be a calming and stabilizing presence on the lower pairings, à la Davidson in 15/16 and 16/17.
Also I think Barrie helps a ton, as he gives the Oil a true OFD for the first time in near a decade. Thus Nurse and the others don’t need to shoulder as much responsibility offensively (something none of them looked natural doing).
Imo the main group is good enough, but they’re paper thin. Bouchard can likely step in for Barrie, but if either Nurse or Larsson go down, the defence is f***ed.
Fair enough. The initial post was definitely trollish. So in the spirit of adding value to the conversation:
My point being, I don’t think another 5/6 guy will help the Oilers, my impression is they have a whole bunch of those already. Depth never hurts but the problem in Edmonton is top end talent on the blue line. I like Bear, but right now relying on Nurse to be a number 1 is going to be the Oilers downfall. Barrie is a good add, but I still think he doesn’t add much defensively. I like the offence, but they’re going to have to outscore their problems on the blue line. Who knows, if the D is good enough to get the puck up into the forwards hands quickly and efficiently the Oilers should be a fantastic team. I think they’ll get into trouble when asked to actually defend as a group.