Did anyone actually expect him to perform admirably though? I had very low expectations for Josh Brown, which he is meeting.
Sorry, yes. These names are confusing.
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FlameChampion
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They do look out of sync. They couldn’t make a pass tonight. Should blame whoever agreed to 8 preseason games.
Drivesaitl
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Except it was the forwards on the Drai line turning the puck over all night. Maybe not the best of feeds or transition but pucks on sticks and just not controlling anything.
Not sure how you don't understand my assertion that they shouldn't be here period. . There was zero reason to have Perry back. Not sure obtaining one zone Skinner such a great idea either.
Well, they're here and theres no point in crying for Hoffman when hes not an upgrade on them.
I look forward to another season of Draisaitl's linemates always being the problem and never his play.
So you have a problem with signing one zone Skinner, yet you wanted Hoffman to stay around?
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Dermott lead the team in ice team. Looks like they're giving him a serious shot.
Drivesaitl
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I'll tell it how it is. Skinner was horrible tonight. I know you don't disagree. Drai tried to create with these two but they were fumbling every puck. Drai is also the only reason we didn't lose in OT.
Thing is Skinner is on a new team and should be expected to try and impress. He's been among the worst Oilers this preseason doing absolutely nothing. On the basis of Perry scoring tonight means Skinner has been the worst forward. It was a race between those two until tonight.
Shouldn't Skinner be doing something to show he fits here in a premium spot? Too much to expect?
Apparently Nurse has been cleared to play. Put him and Emberson together next game. Waive Josh Friggin Brown
I would cut Hamblin, Pedersen and Cagguila before next game.
You also have a known tendency when you have an obvious bias against a player, to ignore all the good they do and only focus on the bad, especially when they're playing with Draisaitl.
Skinner hasn't been good enough.
You also have a known tendency when you have an obvious bias against a player, to ignore all the good they do and only focus on the bad, especially when they're playing with Draisaitl.
Gleason as well. More Cuts are tomorrow.
Ah, thats why Scorey Perry had to put up with this bum on his line tonight.
And Josh Brown.
No its not. Viktor Arvidsson is a hardworker. He's very strong along the boards and is a pest. We saw it when he was on LA. He's not going to go fully 100% in preseason. Wait until the season starts first
Damn you guys are already ripping up Jeff Skinner lol
Behind Enemy Lines
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Draisaitl range finder was in pre-season mode. Missed some easy passes you never see. Hit on this OT slapper but the big man is still getting up to speed. Had some chemistry with Arvy though.
Drivesaitl
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FFS Sklnner is exhibit A of a player that has never been in playoffs and is the type of player that contributes to teams he's been on not making playoffs. I'm a purist. Its predictable I wouldn't want Jeff Skinner anywhere around here.
Every coach Skinner has ever had has problems with his play. I wonder why.
Never been a fan of his.
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Not having the full PP1 probably drives him crazy. No Bouchard or Nuge to sling shot him into the zone entry.
Drivesaitl
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Two back surgeries and hardly played last season and was bad in playoffs. He's not the same player people remember. Better than Skinner but not saying much there.
I would have all kinds of time for Arvy in prime. We got him late.
Back injuries are really difficult to recover from. I'm not faulting Arvy in this, just that in hockey its pretty next to impossible to establish back to peak game with the back conditiosn he has. Credit that he's out there even playing. Tbh I wouldn't be.
Arvy is very brave to be continuing to play. But I don't know how well this works out for him or the club.
FlameChampion
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Aww take it a bit easy on Jeff. Its not easy being a sabre lol
He probably hasn't scored yet because he's still working on his goal song.
Drivesaitl
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Point taken but it was just as hard for him being a candy cane. NHL is hard.
Lets just say he's not been an outscorer. About the kindest way to put it. lol
Idk how anyone can hate on Skinner after watching between two stalls.
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JSkinner should play the last 2 games.. his play has given hope to guys like Podkolzin, Janmark and even Lavoie etc in cracking top 6 at some point this season
It's hard to know this stuff, Evander Kane was awful in the 18-19 playoffs for San Jose before he came here and had a monster playoffs in 2022 because getting tap in gimmes from McDavid and Draisaitl simplifies one's game by a lot.
Even Hyman kinda sucked in the playoffs for the Leafs, it's not until he got here that he started to produce.
If Skinner sucks here, it'll probably by mutual decision be a case of moving him somewhere else at the deadline for someone else to occupy that 3 million.
I agree waiving Josh Brown. I disagree on Emberson with Nurse. Stetcher was far better than him tonight.
I was watching for some very specific things. Zone denials, zone exits, and puck retrievals. These are 3 things Nurse is very poor at. I also had in mind Nurse/Stetcher playing well last year (small sample size, good metrics). My personal take, Nurse would fair well with Stetcher’s neutral zone aggressiveness and zone exits. Stetcher moved the puck much better than I thought as well.
Emberson, I felt, would be an ideal partner for Kulak. Brown was an absolute trash heap again.
