That is while ignoring games where the goalies mightve stole, it isnt just a simple add. I fail to see how that D corp can be a top 4 team.
I remember one game stolen by a goalie this year from us. Seriously. If you're not a fan of the team you really don't have an idea of how poor our netminding has been this year.
Ive seen how poor your D is as well, calgary has a much better tandem than rn than the last mike sieve year, how much better is their record? First 2 calgary game alone can be categorized as stolen games
Pretty sure there have been more than one.
With how people talk about the Oilers D core, it's a miracle we haven't been eliminated from playoff contention.
It would be a complicated package. Salary would need to go back to Anaheim as well. Kassian and Smith, or Barrie at minimum. I expect Verbeek wouldn't really want to take on that kind of salary, and Holland wouldn't find anyone to take those guys without salary coming back Edmonton's way.
They have the worst d core of any teams in a playoff position (maybe tied with the caps), feel free to argue
They might, but it's surely going to get better. I have faith that Bouchard and Broberg will turn into great players.
Every single defenseman on the Oilers is massively underrated on HF, with fools saying things like "Nurse is a #4 and nobody else would make a contenders top six".
I have em at a 2 or low 1 and a bunch of 5/6, idk if thats underrating but i see it as one of the worst in amongst playoff teams
Nurse is a high number 2 lower number one level d-man who fills the Horse slot all GM's and Coaches love to have. This can't be overstated as he has been playing the minute muncher role since Junior. Ceci is a 3, Bouchard is a 4 the rest are 5-6 defencemen.
I'm fine if someone has Nurse at a low 1 or high 2. I probably wouldn't even argue if someone just said he's ideally a number 2, because ideally you have a top 5 defenseman on your roster, and Nurse behind a guy like that would be amazing. I have some issues with you stating that the rest are 5/6, as I believe both Keith and Ceci have proven that this year, they are at worst an average middle pair. Ceci has even played well on the top pair for short stretches, although I wouldn't suggest he is a top pair defenseman. That leaves Bouchard, Kulak and Barrie. I wouldn't argue that they are more than bottom pair, although its too early to say much about the Barrie-Kulak pairing. Bouchard has some sophomore mistakes, so that's why I'm fine with calling him a 5/6 as well.
We'll see if the Kulak /Barrie pairing keeps up with their high end play. That could be key moving into the playoffs. One of our biggest downfalls last year was that the coach couldn't trust our 3rd defense pair, and it burnt out the other guys.
Better net minding than 70% of the teams in the league. Unfortunately we don't have a prime hasek or Roy in goal. You would be hard pressed to name 10 goalies that you would take ahead of koskinen so don't kid yourself. This is as good as you can get unless you dump McDavid for vasilevsky.
There was a Finnish analysis on this, which noted that in Feb-Mar when Puljujärvi was injured, Edmonton only won 6 / 12 games, and when he came back they are 2nd in the league in wins during the period. The article talks about the team "points percentage" increasing from 54 % to 69 %, but they don't elaborate what they mean with that (scoring percentage? Team points percentage per game?). And after his return, in 5-on-5, Edmonton's goal difference is 10 to 1 (3rd best in the league), and apparently Puljujärvi leads the team in all advanced stats.
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