BudBundy
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I know he got the winner tonight, and maybe this opens the flood gates, but to my eye he looks terrible.
I know he got the winner tonight, and maybe this opens the flood gates, but to my eye he looks terrible.
By my eye he looks like he can create offense much better than a guy like Strome could for us.
In fairness to Strome he has 4 points in 8 games since joining the Rags.
The Oilers bottom nine is where offence goes to die.
Good for him but he wasn't getting it done here. Spooner's skating and playmaking are better than Strome's and he's even tried to do his best to buy in and play physical as well.
Yeah well Spooner only has one point in 8 games so he hasn't really been getting it done either.
I’d like to agree with you and I hope he comes around. Right now he usually playing way too far away from the puck, staying around the perimeter too often or kind of “cherry picking” in the o-zone. When he has handled the puck, he hasnt been doing much with it other than put it in bad places. He had a partial 2 on 1 with Drai against LA the other night and he just kind of dumped it into an open space way too far ahead of Drai and LA easily recovered it and turned it the other way, for example. He is a pretty good skater but I have yet to see him blow past anyone with the puck, make a dangle to freeze someone and create some room, or make anyone miss an attempted hit. I sincerely hope this changes because we reaaalllly need him to contribute. As soon as Reider gets back, he’s likely riding pine.By my eye he looks like he can create offense much better than a guy like Strome could for us.
I’d like to agree with you and I hope he comes around. Right now he usually playing way too far away from the puck, staying around the perimeter too often or kind of “cherry picking” in the o-zone. When he has handled the puck, he hasnt been doing much with it other than put it in bad places. He had a partial 2 on 1 with Drai against LA the other night and he just kind of dumped it into an open space way too far ahead of Drai and LA easily recovered it and turned it the other way, for example. He is a pretty good skater but I have yet to see him blow past anyone with the puck, make a dangle to freeze someone and create some room, or make anyone miss an attempted hit. I sincerely hope this changes because we reaaalllly need him to contribute. As soon as Reider gets back, he’s likely riding pine.
Strome was a safer bet as far as contributions towards winning this season, offense or not. I hope we can agree on that.
The contracts are now identical. After retention by the Rags Spooner's deal is $3.1M for two years which is exactly what Strome's deal was. I think they were looking for a little offense and perhaps a bit more speed.Looking back on this trade after a few games, the reasonable explanation is that this was a contract dump; the Oilers take the lesser overall player, but after 1 year he's off the books. I mean I also believe they thought Spooner could turn it around to previous form, but that's just a gamble, where as the shorter term is the sure thing that makes this happen.
The goalie position is the big unknown contract wise at the end of the season, and I imagine chia (if he's still around, god save us) is going to spend like his career depends on it for 2 good goalies.
Looking back on this trade after a few games, the reasonable explanation is that this was a contract dump; the Oilers take the lesser overall player, but after 1 year he's off the books. I mean I also believe they thought Spooner could turn it around to previous form, but that's just a gamble, where as the shorter term is the sure thing that makes this happen.
The goalie position is the big unknown contract wise at the end of the season, and I imagine chia (if he's still around, god save us) is going to spend like his career depends on it for 2 good goalies.
No, the Spooner contact is up at the end of the season.The contracts are now identical. After retention by the Rags Spooner's deal is $3.1M for two years which is exactly what Strome's deal was. I think they were looking for a little offense and perhaps a bit more speed.
No, the Spooner contact is up at the end of the season.
Too bad we can’t trade Spooner for Ebs. He’s got 4x the points of Spoonman.
Where is the thread about tonights game?
guess nobody cares enough about it to start one.
You may want to check this one.No, the Spooner contact is up at the end of the season.