MettleMcOiler
5-14-6-1
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If Sekera was simply propped up by a stud offensive defenseman would you not expect that the stud would have had more points. Sekera had 44 points in 2013-2014 to 32 for Faulk with Faulk playing two more games. At ES Sekera actually outscored Faulk 28 to 23. Certainly playing with Faulk helped but you can't argue that Sekera did not carry his own weight. That said 2013-2104 was clearly a career year for Sekera.
Last year only 85 defenseman had 20 or more points and in 2014-2105 there were 95. If you set the bar at 25 points these numbers would be 65 and 62 players respectively. Given that Sekera has averaged 26.5 pts per season over the last two years and 32.3 pt per season over the last 3, it's hard to argue that the way he has produced over the last 3 years he is not at least a #3 defenseman offensively. As a two way defenseman I think he is certainly a solid #3.
cant possibly be serious here.
Faulk is a 25-30 pt player if he plays 50-55 games every season.
Calling him a 25pt player when he just came off a 37pt in 64game season.. 12PPG second highest in the league for Dmen despite missing 18 games.
Sekera cant hold Faulk's jockstrap offensively or physically.
Faulk is also on a much better contract and is just entering his prime (24yo) while Sekera is about to leave the prime years.
edit: read the post I quoted again... if that 25-30 was meant for Sekera and not Faulk then disregard my post.
Gilbert is a perfect example.
As is Petry. Who showed extremely well his rookie year and didn't get that back imo for years later on his last contract year.
Peckam is another great example.
Schultz obviously.
Nurse.
Even Reinhart clearly won his spot last year before tailing off.
Damn near every young defender the Oilers have had in the last ten years showed great promise/play before tailing off and then being overused.
Consistency against top quality of competition is practically the definition of what makes a effective top 4 nhl defender.
A single mistake is what typically makes the difference between winning and losing.
And on that note, let's remember that a bunch of us here for calling for Davidson to hit waiver wires before he suddenly exploded onto the scene.
yup, the thing that scares me almost the most about next year (not having scoring due to the ridiculous hall-failure-of-a-trade is what worries me the most), is how inflated davidson's worth seems to be by the fans, media, and management.... he played like an adequate top-4 guy for about 20 games, and now he's somehow a lock for 2nd pairing work all year? if there is one thing we should have all learned a long, long time ago is that dmen don't evolve in a straight line
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