We need to start getting Skinner some time with Mcdavid so we can move RNH to 3C when Kane is back and have the best depth of the Mcdavid era.
I wasn't suggesting you shouldn't. But rather that the guy you give up assets for should not be Savard to play with Nurse.
RNH at center on his own line is basically Derek Ryan though.
Over the last three years:
I think it's more important for Skinner to show what he can do for a new contract. He may be more likely to waive for other playoff teams though.
If Skinner was a player I'd say you are 100 percent on the money, but Skinner is done. He's cooked.
Jeff Skinner is cooked. He's a top 6 guy, not a 4th line guy.Skinner and arvidsson will show their worth come playoff time. I guarantee it. Just watch.
pfft. Edmonton is a massive upgrade on Moscow. Besides once we become the 51st state and climate change keeps doing its thing, Edmonton is going to be a tourist destination!
Weird? Or maybe you’re onto something….
Maybe it just feels worse than it is because of his individual production when he’s away from them.
Dostals last two season before this year .902 .901 lol at acting like his numbers before this year were that much better than Gibson's. Stolarz whose having a good year also put up .899 in his last season with Anaheim. I mean when you just blatantly ignore the actual numbers yes Gibson is the only one that sucked behind that team.
He only played 471 minutes away from those two in that period and only 377 without one of Draisaitl, Hyman or McDavid on the ice. About 40 minutes of that were with Ryan which would have mostly been at the end of a kill. He had another 67 minutes with Henrique some of which would have also been at the end of a kill. (The two together had 2 GF and 0 against so). So you are looking at maybe 300 minutes centering his own line straight up. 4 goals in 300 minutes is roughly a 15 goal pace over a season. Not great but not all that unexpected given that when he is away from the those three. Over the last three years only 114 forwards averaged 15 pr more ES goals.
The amount of damage Dallas Eakins did to the Oilers and it was only 1.5 years. Imagine playing for Dallas Eakins for 4 years lol
Pay a lot? We don't have anything to trade. Draft picks won't get you Dobson.
I just dont get you guys using numbers for argument purposes without looking at all the different scenarios.
That would be a nightmare. All this accrued cap space for a likely #6/#7 Dman on a good team at this point in his career and a goalie who has been replacement level for half a decade at a pricey cap hit for an extra 2 years.
Agreed, I think Bowman/Jackson are much more interested in adding puckmovers than can skate rather than stay at home types. Ceci and Deshnarnais out, Emberson and Stecher in seem to point in that direction.
Bro thinking the Oilers are going to add a Pylon from Montreal on our blue line for a cup run...
That's also why I'm not huge on Romanov. I believe it is more important for Nurse that the D we get is the right type of Dman, rather than the best overall quality.
I honestly have no idea what point you are trying to make. If it is that Ryan has weaker line mates than Nuge away from then yes this is a factor. But he is also going to be playing against 4th line opposition and bottom pairing defenders while when Nuge away from Leon and McDavid, and in this period mostly Hyman as well may have better wingers when he is playing as the #2C he is also often playing vs the oppositions top offensive players.
Well the idea is turn top 6 into top 9 by having offensive lines.
First thing a home team does is try to put out your top line against the aways team 4th line. Quick changes also do this. Might not be a full line change but a top player gets on.
