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[Murphinator]

Strap in folks its going to be a depressing next 2 months. Not looking forward to playoffs.

 

[LTIR]

Podkolzin and Arvidsson are too weak and perimeter to move the needle. Niether have game breaking skating you need at times to break a game open in the playoffs.

Holloway, Foegle and Mcleod had these intangibles in key times in a series.

You have a massive problem with that second line.

Massive problem yet it's the only line that's working.

We are getting nothing out of bottom 6 and McDavid, Nuge Hyman are in ghost mode for a month.

 

[LTIR]

Strap in folks its going to be a depressing next 2 months. Not looking forward to playoffs.

As if we won't be adding pieces at the deadline. It might just be Kane up front but even then it would be something. Can't do much when you give NMC to 8 of your forwards and the remaining make 1M each.

Klingberg is starting to find his game, Emberson is good enough for bottom pairing and Stecher has surprisingly been good. Bouchard is the weakest defensively at RD IMO.
Once Ekholm-Bouchard get going and top line starts to play like a top line we will be fine. (Starting goalie playing like a starting goalie would be nice as well)

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Massive problem yet it's the only line that's working.

We are getting nothing out of bottom 6 and McDavid, Nuge Hyman are in ghost mode for a month.

Every depth player on a contender can score 10 goals.

It's a low bar. Not being able to score 10 goals means you're not really an NHL caliber forward anymore. This year, Janmark is literally the only forward that's nowhere near scoring 10 goals. (podkolzin is pacing for 8).


But yeah, all of our forwards are more or less pacing for 10+. I don't think our depth is as bad as a lot of people seem to think it is.

Bad depth was Jujhar Khaira, Markus Granlund, Riley Sheahan, Gaetan Haas, Tyler Ennis, and Joakim Nygard, Kassian, Shore, Perlini, Malone, and Archibald. all scoring under 10.

 

[Arpeggio]

Last year I brought up the fact that contenders basically have every depth player has the ability to score 10 goals.

It's a lot bar, but not being able to score 10 goals means you're not really an NHL caliber forward anymore. This year, Janmark is literally the only forward that's nowhere near scoring 10 goals. (podkolzin is pacing for 8).


But yeah, all of our forwards are more or less pacing for 10+. I don't think our depth is as bad as a lot of people seem to think it is.

Bad depth was Jujhar Khaira, Markus Granlund, Riley Sheahan, Gaetan Haas, Tyler Ennis, and Joakim Nygard, Kassian, Shore, Perlini, Malone, and Archibald.

We have a long long list of bottom-6 players who couldn't hit 10 goals, and now we have nearly an entire squad that does.

Yeah our low end depth isn't actually that bad imo. Having a fourth line of guys with 10+ goals is a good thing. When I was looking at it a couple months ago, I was surprised by how good our depth forwards were performing as a whole. But they're really lacking the 20 goal guys this season. Basically they're lacking the production that Arvidsson and Skinner were supposed to bring.

I'm shocked that Nuge is pacing to score more than last season, I feel like he's been invisible lol

 

[Drivesaitl]

I don't really get these threads. The Oilers don't play Santa to fans very often and seems like getting excited and then less than expected occurs.

My list is simple, easy, Get a goalie to replace Skinner. Not an impossible ask there. With an even valid #1 a lot of other problems are solved. Team is dangerous, still, with a valid starter.

Thats it, thats all.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

We have a bigger dropoff in our top-6 than we were expecting.
100 point Nuge and 50 goal hyman are gone.

But our bottom-6 isn't getting absolutely carved like seasons past. And when they are, it's often Skinner letting in a softie or 2.

We had a bad run last month but we're still a better team than most are giving us credit for.


Our 4th line of Pod /KK / Perry has 24 goals.
Most other years, we headed into the playoffs where our 4th line literally scored 5 goals, and a collective -30.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

I don't really get these threads. The Oilers don't play Santa to fans very often and seems like getting excited and then less than expected occurs.

My list is simple, easy, Get a goalie to replace Skinner. Not an impossible ask there. With an even valid #1 a lot of other problems are solved. Team is dangerous, still, with a valid starter.

Thats it, thats all.

I'm on team "Get-Gibson" "Bring on Binnington".

We can't go with Skinner for the 3rd year.

 

[Drivesaitl]

I'm on team "Get-Gibson" "Bring on Binnington".

We can't go with Skinner for the 3rd year.

Big ask though and I'd be surprised if we get it. Theres a lot more goalies that have had games in NHL this season that are probably better goalies, fundamentally, than Skinner. I don't think its as hard to replace him and obtain value in a goalie that is more mobile (almost anybody) and more capable of making some quality stops. I mean even Pickard is all that.

 

[TB12]

This is a deeply unserious organization.

Hoping to be surprised in a good way the next few days but f*** me does that ever seem unlikely.