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Oh he does something. It just isnt good.
A Leaf fan making fun of another team's defenseman.
Classic.
Enjoy Justin Holl, Zach Bogosian and Martin Marincin.
Oh he does something. It just isnt good.
You see marincin on the roster genius? Maybe you should talk about what you know.A Leaf fan making fun of another team's defenseman.
Classic.
Enjoy Justin Holl, Zach Bogosian and Martin Marincin.
You see marincin on the roster genius? Maybe you should talk about what you know.
provides veteran presence, can play both sides, jumps into top 4 role in a pinch and saves us from granting Jones a roster spot.Oh he does something. It just isnt good.
Corsi is hardly used anymore to evaluate individuals but Russell’s rep as the poster boy for overrated eye test guy remains.Gotta get in on that Kris Russell action early. Bottom pairing guys that spend the entire night in their own zone don't come around too often
He played but he was a non-roster forward. Get a clue and check out Cap friendly.
Bouchard coming up this year?provides veteran presence, can play both sides, jumps into top 4 role in a pinch and saves us from granting Jones a roster spot.
Oilers would rather have a vet sitting up in the PB than Bouchard\ Broberg etc as #7
He played but he was a non-roster forward. Get a clue and check out Cap friendly.
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Is he a noted troll or something?Reading through you got upset at nothing and then missed his actual point badly. Then tried to claim victory bc he said forward. I apologize if I missed some context but i dont see where your hostility came fromYou think Martin Marincin is a forward and you're telling me to get a clue.
Classic.
Never change, you're killing it here!
fingers moving faster than brain but you know full well what I meant. Again...talk about something you know. Marincin isnt a roster spot. It aint hockeyYou think Martin Marincin is a forward and you're telling me to get a clue.
Classic.
Never change, you're killing it here!
He very well may be ready, but with Barrie/Bear/Larsson all already on the right side I don’t see it happening. Unless Larsson can move to the left side or something I think he gets another year in the AHL to overripen.Bouchard coming up this year?
Is he a noted troll or something?Reading through you got upset at nothing and then missed his actual point badly. Then tried to claim victory bc he said forward. I apologize if I missed some context but i dont see where your hostility came from
Hard to say. He had a strong AHL year and several pundits think he’s ready. I personally think it depends a lot on how long the NHL season turns out to be. If it’s a compressed 40 game season, they may just let him develop another year. If it’s a 60+ game season and Larsson's back flares up, he could play quite a bit. It’s very nice having Larsson/Bear/Barrie already there and not having to rush a prospect for a change.Bouchard coming up this year?
Meets expansion draft exposure requirements but does nothing for the team.
After this signing, likely not.Bouchard coming up this year?
After this signing, likely not.
Russell (and even Jones) can play RD so we wont need Bouchard to come up and play as #7D behind Bear, Larsson, Barrie.
Bouchard is playing LD currently I believe so he may still stick due to Klefbom being out.
Nurse-Barrie
Jones-Bear
Bouchard-Larsson
Russell
He played but he was a non-roster forward. Get a clue and check out Cap friendly.
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A Leaf fan making fun of another team's defenseman.
Classic.
Enjoy Justin Holl, Zach Bogosian and Martin Marincin.
Bouchard is a studHe very well may be ready, but with Barrie/Bear/Larsson all already on the right side I don’t see it happening. Unless Larsson can move to the left side or something I think he gets another year in the AHL to overripen.
Not every team can come into the league with the greatest player to ever play. The same team that’s done nothing sinceIts empty no matter what you say. Look at the rafters, from presidents trophy champs to... Trevor Linden?
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Anyways I don’t want to get too far off topic. This is a great signing by Holland.
Sure they have done nothing since except be more competent than the Canucks at signing high profile UFA’s and currently having a couple of players in their prime better than anyone who has ever put on a Canucks jersey.Not every team can come into the league with the greatest player to ever play. The same team that’s done nothing since
Well said, Russell isn’t that bad it was the price tag attached to him that was. This was clearly a Seattle signing but at good valueRussel was the Oilers best D-man in the qualifying round imo.
I guess that's a bit damning on how the rest of the D performed. With extra exclamation marks for Klefbom and Larsson. They were hurt and when they're hurt.. which is a lot.. they're awful.. and they were.. well awful.
It's signings like this that point out the truly ignorant hockey fans. Which unfortunately is alot just by reading some of the braniacs in this thread.
Omg Oilers signed Russel.. Get on the Oiler bash!
The Oilers do a lot of dumb things that don't work out and deserve a ton of flac trust me.
You want to bash Edmonton's D.. then bash the ones that deserve it.
Oscar Klefbom - Can't stay healthy for the life of him. That's nobodies fault and just sucks in general. He can have some great stretches where he can be one of the top 30 dmen in the league. I'm guessing he's healthy then. Those stretches are rare though because well.. he's always hurt in some capacity. My guess is his shoulder is beyond repair which is quite unfortunate.
Adam Larson - Can't stay healthy either, then his father passes away. I don't blame him or the team. but the fact is he hasn't helped the team much at all the last 3 years.
Darnel Nurse - Now here's a guy that you can debate. He has his good moments, but also has his bad moments. He trasnports the puck out which gives him good zone escape metrics.. but they don't tell the story of how much of a black hole he is after he gets past his own blue line. It may be one of the least creative offensive games I've seen.
Ethan Bear - was good in regular season. That qualifier was rough. Rookie pass
Kris Russel - Is actually a damn good 3rd pairing d-man. I'll go so far to say that he's probably one of the better 3rd pairing dman in the league.
The Oilers have a bad defence imo. But Russel is the least of the worries.
Klefbom, and Larson are good enough to be a top paring in theory.. in reality they're so banged up physically and emotionally they just can't handle top forwards and the minutes.
It drives Nurse up to top pairing responsibilities which he just can't handle.
From there the rest just fall like dominos.
And the forwards don't do them any favors what so ever defensively. Pittsburgh for example is a team I find insulates their defense very well. Edmonton is the complete opposite.