He definitely was one of the guys last night that stuck to the perimeter.
He didn't have a good game last night but in fairness he was rocked with hits multiple times last night and by some freight trains. It was ironic to me that Nucks were outhitting us and that their D were outhitting us. Oilers forwards were being made to pay for having puck. Conversely we allowed midgets like Garland and Hughes to just move puck anywhere without touching them.
McLeod is probably our best pk forward and is running good goal suppression numbers EV or pk. he gets to a lot of pucks. His transition play and skating up ice and gaining Ozone also very good.
It's in his nature but he still is valuable if he isn't destroying guys with hits. Foegele plays the same way, he just disappears against physical teams and is pretty much a finished product at this point. It also didn't help that their D were hitting everything that moves including our toughest player in Kane while Kane was the only one of our players that played like he was ready to kick some ass last night. Teams play bigger when they know they have enough players that are willing to stand up for them if needed. Where was Nurse, Desharnais and Carrick? Carrick wanted to go with Zadorov but that was it from that trio.
And unfortunately, physical teams are all you're going to get come playoff time. Somebody warn the Nuge.
100%, the playoffs are a different animal. If guys like Desharnais and Nurse are no shows that way we are beyond screwed. Nuge is a good example of a guy that's not overly physical but can impact a game, McLeod should follow his lead IMO.And unfortunately, physical teams are all you're going to get come playoff time. Somebody warn the Nuge.
Your takes on players are interesting lol. Bouchard and Draisaitl are ass but perimeter McLeod has been great?
Funny that you just laugh at everything I say, I said Drai had a bad game.
I just find it strange that you place more value in mediocre players than in our stars. But I guess it's relative to expectation.
