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[jukon]

What's going on with Kovacevic? I haven't been watching NJ at all. He seems to be having a great year, so much so that I can't see them being able to keep him. They are committed to Hamilton and Pesce.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

What's going on with Kovacevic? I haven't been watching NJ at all. He seems to be having a great year, so much so that I can't see them being able to keep him. They are committed to Hamilton and Pesce.

I think they'll hang on to him this year, he's finally taking a step forward this year.

I'm curious if they try to keep him going forward, because they have Nemec in the wings, so he's the perfect space filler right now.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Savard has been horrendous playing top4 minutes. He's getting murdered by elite comp this year.

Savard vs elites:
88 minutes
38.7% DFF
30% GF

Kulak vs elites:
87 minutes
67.9% DFF
66.7% GF

It's almost like the Oilers purposely target guys we all know would suck and do not look at any numbers lol

 

[aspin3]

The D has been fine. The numbers have been posted repeatedly for you, you just want to live in delusion where you don't like what the advanced stats say so you want to spin a narrative of "achsually I know better than the advanced stats". No you don't, you don't know shit.

The 5 on 5 D has been best part of the team's game this year. They have only allowed 4 more goals at 5 on 5 than Winnipeg has. 5 on 5 they have a lower GA than Florida and Vegas (the no.1 team in the division) and Vancouver (the other team ahead of them).

If the offense wasn't shit to start the year or the goalies trash, they should be no.1 or no.2 in the division now.

Even with the horrendous PK where the goalies are awful, the GA is significantly down overall this year versus the last two seasons. 53 GA versus 66GA last year and 61 GA two years ago through 17 games is a significant improvement. That's fact not an opinion.

Just because a 4th line scrub was cheating out of the zone and managed to get a partial breakaway doesn't invalidate all the work the D does. You're not going to stop teams from getting zero chances for entire periods at a time, that's not how hockey works.

Oilers Coach Paul Coffey Not Pleased With Depth Defenceman: Roster Move May Be Incoming

Oilers coach Paul Coffey clearly wasn't impressed with one defenceman last night, and there may be a roster move coming. Details inside.

www.oilersdaily.com

 

[Mr Positive]

It's interesting that Colorado also has had goalie issues. The difference is that they are trying some different things, even if it's claiming Kahkonen and trying him for a game. It's very likely imo that they will figure out their goaltending with this attitude, while the Oilers feel the answer is just to let their guys figure out. I don't see why we would bet everything on these two guys. It would be like if the Avs decided to commit long term to Kuemper and just ride that out. Sure Georgiev hasn't been it either but keeping Kuemper would have been worse.

 

[jukon]

It's interesting that Colorado also has had goalie issues. The difference is that they are trying some different things, even if it's claiming Kahkonen and trying him for a game. It's very likely imo that they will figure out their goaltending with this attitude, while the Oilers feel the answer is just to let their guys figure out. I don't see why we would bet everything on these two guys. It would be like if the Avs decided to commit long term to Kuemper and just ride that out. Sure Georgiev hasn't been it either but keeping Kuemper would have been worse.

At least they chose Kuemper and not Campbell.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

At least they chose Kuemper and not Campbell.

I mean, truthfully, all 3 of those guys that year, Campbell, Husso and Kuemper were all disasters.

 

[Cloned]

Preds might be in full selling mode

 

[Mr Positive]

I mean, truthfully, all 3 of those guys that year, Campbell, Husso and Kuemper were all disasters.

Why on earth did we give all that term to an unproven goalie. The other one was Cal Petersen, another disaster, but LA gets full marks because they didn't commit term

 

[VeteranPresence]

Preds might be in full selling mode

Can we dream that Saros or Josi really want a reunion with their buddy Mattias?

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Why on earth did we give all that term to an unproven goalie. The other one was Cal Petersen, another disaster, but LA gets full marks because they didn't commit term

They did commit term, they just managed to get out it.

Teams are desperate to find that guy, Husso looked like it...but it's tough.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Can anyone show me statistical evidence that Savard is a capable top-4 dman?

He plays for Montreal and they think every player they have is amazing.

He’s not better than anything the oilers have

Oilers Coach Paul Coffey Not Pleased With Depth Defenceman: Roster Move May Be Incoming

Oilers coach Paul Coffey clearly wasn't impressed with one defenceman last night, and there may be a roster move coming. Details inside.

www.oilersdaily.com

This doesn’t prove your point like you think it does

 

[Mr Positive]

Can we dream that Saros or Josi really want a reunion with their buddy Mattias?

Would be nice but I'd settle for Carrier

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Would be nice but I'd settle for Carriere

If we're going to settle for anyone, it's O'Reilly to go with the other O'Reilly

 

[CanadasTeam99]

It's interesting that Colorado also has had goalie issues. The difference is that they are trying some different things, even if it's claiming Kahkonen and trying him for a game. It's very likely imo that they will figure out their goaltending with this attitude, while the Oilers feel the answer is just to let their guys figure out. I don't see why we would bet everything on these two guys. It would be like if the Avs decided to commit long term to Kuemper and just ride that out. Sure Georgiev hasn't been it either but keeping Kuemper would have been worse.

Even tonight, I have never heard of the two Avs goalies who played net in my life lol. Have never seen their names,

 

[Spawn]

David Savard is cooked and honestly has never been a good top 4 d-men.

Plus Montreal's GM is a wizard at getting absurd value for his crappy players. I don't want to give up a 1st for David Savard lol. But you know that'll be the deal.

 

[Mr Positive]

David Savard is cooked and honestly has never been a good top 4 d-men.

Plus Montreal's GM is a wizard at getting absurd value for his crappy players. I don't want to give up a 1st for David Savard lol. But you know that'll be the deal.

Luckily I don't think we'd target him. What we've seen of Nurse is that he NEEDS a partner who can skate well. Even a much lesser talent can look good next to Nurse compared to a slow skating Dman with more talent. I wouldn't think that'd be the case but it is. I'm sure Bowman and Jackson at least have noticed that. It's why Broberg immediately looked good there in the playoffs and why Kulak eventually fit with him.

 

[Tarus]

Edmonton rumored to be after another bad Montreal defenseman? I don't know if I can handle the disappointment of another round of rumors involving the Canadians.

Losing out on the legendary Joel Edmundson when the Oilers didn't fork over all the 1st round picks that were supposedly required to get him was a very traumatic time as an Oiler fan

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Edmonton rumored to be after another bad Montreal defenseman? I don't know if I can handle the disappointment of another round of rumors involving the Canadians.

Losing out on the legendary Joel Edmundson when the Oilers didn't fork over all the 1st round picks that were supposedly required to get him was a very traumatic time as an Oiler fan

I mean if you think about the Oilers have out done the made up nonsense.

"Oh the Oilers are going to trade for Edemundson" instead get Ekholm out of nowhere who turned into a #1B defenseman.

And got Kulak from Montreal, who seems to have developed in to a top-4 defenseman.

So if people are suggesting Savard, it's a combination of laziness and trying to "manifest" nonsense.

Watch the Oilers trade for Matheson, who's skating and overall game would be a great fit.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

David Savard is cooked and honestly has never been a good top 4 d-men.

Plus Montreal's GM is a wizard at getting absurd value for his crappy players. I don't want to give up a 1st for David Savard lol. But you know that'll be the deal.

It's the dipshittery we saw before the Oilers acquired Ekholm, this as much "speculation" as it is media dipshits "trying to manifest" a bad deal for the Oilers for the lolz, like a white lady with crystals and good vibes.


I don't trust Stan and his laziness, but JJ knows that Savard isn't good.

 

[OilerSuperstar17]

With JSkinner struggling, I think they should trade him to FLA for the rights to Aidan McDonough.

Aidan McDonough - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Aidan McDonough, 1999-11-06 Milton, MA, USA USA. Most recently in the AHL with Charlotte Checkers. Complete player biography and stats.

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Playing in the AHL this season, he's 11, 9-4-13. 6'3-190lbs, LW

 

[AM]

The solution is in the room.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Florida doesn’t have the cap space nor the roster space and we have Evander Kane coming back in about eight weeks or so.

 

[TB12]

He plays for Montreal and they think every player they have is amazing.

He’s not better than anything the oilers have


This doesn’t prove your point like you think it does

Paul Coffey not happy with the play of 1 defenceman (horribly written article btw) = the entire team's defensive game and structure is bad (even though all the stats refute that) according to that one poster.

 

[bobbythebrain]

@Soundwave for the love of gawd, please stop using stats to argue that the defense was fine. Have you not learned anything from Marancin, Yakupov or Puljujarvi?

Prior to the last month...the defense was garbage. The EYE TEST confirmed it. Bouchard was an absolute mess!! Nurse had 3 giveaways on one shift where he set up behind the net and NO pressure. Emberson was struggling mightily. They were letting everyone and everything get behind them and leaving the slot wide open. The game against Vegas they must have allowed 7 open paths to the net, and in the final seconds allowed a breakaway

How on earth can you watch these things in real time and try to site "stats" to say they have been "good"

A classic case why ppl really need to get away from talking about stats, cuz it's nonsense if you interpret them incorrectly