GMofOilers
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Just a beast, one of the most important players on this team. Woody almost lost him playing players like McLeod over him.
I think your Kostin love is a little bit misplaced but man are you right on Erne. The guy should not be on the ice for a team that fancies itself a contender.He's dragging us into the fight. Sadly he doesn't have a 2nd in command like he did last year with Kostin. We badly need an upgrade on Erne.
What’s your basis of saying “Woody almost lost him”?Just a beast, one of the most important players on this team. Woody almost lost him playing players like McLeod over him.
That one interview that media and fans started reading too much into and making things upWhat’s your basis of saying “Woody almost lost him”?
Not sure that is possible to be honest. When he is disciplined, he is usually passive.Rein in the dumb penalties and we are good to go.
Yeah, just a bit of a stretch. Just a tad.That one interview that media and fans started reading too much into and making things up
He's dragging us into the fight. Sadly he doesn't have a 2nd in command like he did last year with Kostin. We badly need an upgrade on Erne.
He's dragging us into the fight. Sadly he doesn't have a 2nd in command like he did last year with Kostin. We badly need an upgrade on Erne.
I wouldn’t mind seeing if Lavoie can fill that role a bit. Seems like he can be a bit physical and a guy like Kane would be a good mentor. Plus they need someone that is a threat to score in the bottom 6 like Kostin was (here and there).
"None of you are going to do anything" complete emasculation of the flames. thats alpha mentality
If our PK was better, maybe.Not sure that is possible to be honest. When he is disciplined, he is usually passive.
I think you gotta live with some penalties here and there to get the best version of him.
i had to use that line in beer league last night. its perfectAnd a direct quote from Shorsey... which I watched for the first time after the game last night... hilarious!!!!
"None of you are going to do anything" complete emasculation of the flames. thats alpha mentality
Isn't Greer supposed to be a scraper?Loved Kane being miced so we could him challenge the Flames with (paraphrasing): “What are you going to do about it? What’s anybody going to do about it?” He had no takers.
Kane literally brought everything that you'd expect out of Evander Kane this week. Hitting, Fighting, Scoring, Chirping, Media Whoring, Intimidating. It's all there and I'm happy to see it.
I never really bought the narrative that his wrist was still injured. We saw him snipe and score a hatrick within a month after coming back from injury and have seen plenty of snipes since. I think his 1st year here he was quite lucky, probably running on a PDO heater, it seemed like every little touch he made turned into points. Any performance differences from that year to now is probably just him normalizing to what he is. Which is still a very good winger in this League.
Everything that people are ragging on him for (puck handling, passing, defensive play, turnovers) were still present even in 2022. Difference was everything he touched turned to gold, like you said. All it takes is a little bit of a scoring slump to turn the focus to all the things he doesn't do as well even though those things were always pretty much there.
He looks like he's back in his element now, would not be surprised at all to start seeing the puck go in off his stick in bunches.
He’s just not the type of player that Detroit ABSOLUTELY needed. He was however that type of player for us though, WE Do need guys like Kostin more than teams like Detroit do, The guy was a perfect fit on our roster for what we’re lacking(Also conducted himself like an absolute beauty while he was here in addition to playing balls to the wall every game)Not to take us off topic... but Kostin has zero points and only 3 SOG in 6 games so far... he's certainly not living up to his contract so far. (though you could say the same for McLeod, who one could argue is who we prioritized instead of Kostin)