Is he? How can you tell. All we hear is that he's direct.
Actually as an Oiler fan I stopped coming on our board during playoffs. Too many cocky fans. On a side note no Oiler fans should be beating on another teams that is down. Look at how long we were rebuilding for and we still have 4 big holes in the line up. #1 RD, #3C, top 6 RW and a goalie.That was a pretty terrible game. No effort, no defensive structure. Was like watching a prime Eakins game.
And a note to any immature 12 year old Oiler fans who come in here and troll, you will be infracted and thread banned like one of you already have been.
To the mature Oiler fans who can actually hold a conversation, you're all good.
ya idk why even have him up if your gunna give him 13 mins12:54 for Mintyukov tonight, routinely being under 15 minutes with no PP time ain't gonna cut it. I'm almost tempted to send him to San Diego simply so he sees the ice more frequently.
Actually as an Oiler fan I stopped coming on our board during playoffs. Too many cocky fans. On a side note no Oiler fans should be beating on another teams that is down. Look at how long we were rebuilding for and we still have 4 big holes in the line up. #1 RD, #3C, top 6 RW and a goalie.
Altho the score was bad Gibson played really well. Would love to have him on the Oilers but our idiot GM blew his load on AHL back up Campbell.
Perkele!Imagine watching this game to try to lift your spirits on a terrible hangover. I think I'm gonna puke. Happy New Year everyone!
Meanwhile Foxhole Fowler is getting 25min a game ... if you're gonna get shredded by McJebus and Co, at least let the kids play. Only reason i can conjure is that they don't want him to burn out too early in the season. But Minty not even getting PP time is just plain dumb.ya idk why even have him up if your gunna give him 13 mins
Don’t see Fowler going anywhere. I’m just tired of the Fowler - Drysdale pairing. It doesn’t F’ing work.I think moving on from Fowler, Henrique, and Silverberg will be a good thing. I swear Fowler skates back with the puck constantly, instead of pushing it forward.
Right now no pairing works with fowler really….Don’t see Fowler going anywhere. I’m just tired of the Fowler - Drysdale pairing. It doesn’t F’ing work.
Rico is likely gone at the TDL, Silf is gone next season. Hopefully we can send McGinn packing as well. Only players I like to retain in the bottom 6 are Jones, Carrick, and Leason. Those three would actually make a good 4th line. We need depth and none of those guys should really be in the Top 6 or even Top 9. Would also keep Johnston around for the bigger physical teams.
Right now no pairing works with fowler really….
Call it whatever you want… over used, wrong line up placement but outside of all of that he’s been pretty bad on his own.
There is also very minimal reasons to keep him past this year, don’t even think the won’t get good trade value arguement works much anymore
He’s also been flat out not very good eitherFowler on the top pairing is the issue , Fowler playing over 25 min most nights is the problem.
Fowler himself is not the problem, it’s the utilization of Fowler that is the issue.
If we had a 2nd pairing of say Fowler - Gudas, and a pairing above them who can shutdown the opposition, we would not see games like this getting blown out.
Fowler apologists have used this narrative his entire career. He has the wrong partner, his pairing isn’t good because of the other guy. They’ve blamed LaCombe this season and will begin to say Drysdale isn’t the right guy. It is what it is.
glad i didn't even bother watching this one. this team is even worse than last season
I’d like to see Fowler/Gudas take the tough matchups and play about 20 minutes. I’d hope that both Drysdale and Mintyukov would be learning to run the PP.Fowler is just a place holder till our kids are ready to take that top pairing role. Unless we have depth, this is going to be the same story, when you rely on him as your #1D to shutdown opponents.
The Fowler so Called haters throw him under the bus but it’s not all on him given the role and ice-time he asked to play. The plan should be to have him on a 2nd then 3rd pairing as the kids take over those mins and role.
Do you really want to see Minty - Drysdale together going against other teams top lines right now? Who else is going to take those mins? The issue is also the forwards. They cannot defend for shit. This is one of the reasons I was so happy we chose Leo over Fantilli. Leo is already miles ahead of his draft peers defensively, and a lot of his Ducks fellow forward teammates At 18/19 yo.
I’d like to see Fowler/Gudas take the tough matchups and play about 20 minutes. I’d hope that both Drysdale and Mintyukov would be learning to run the PP.