Yeah his game stats will be ugly but there’s definitely an asterisk with them.Tough to blame him. Zero chance on almost every goal. Winnipeg didn’t come to play tonight esp in this second.
I know you said its early....but c'mon man its sooooo early. He looks fine. He just needs to keep the puck out of our net and not kill our momentum like Bear, Jones, Barrie often do (barrie gets a pass since he creates offense)
We will see if a civil war doesn't start at the Quebec/Ontario border in round one if we get the Habs with Ottawa the unlucky battleground territory looking like Warsaw in 1946.This place will be an epic Civil War in Canada if we have an Oilers v Leafs North final.
You and @93LEAFS are among my favourite posters so you guys won’t be subject of my vitriol if it gets nasty
you aren't even going to let him get used to playing on a new team? Do you not remember Barries first 5 games as an Oilers? If fans were the GM Barrie would have been gone after those 5 games. Look at him now. You gotta give players time to adjust to a new team. Geez man.For a vet D as old as Nuge, he's being vastly outplayed by Bear/Jones (our "bottom" pair). He's an old school D and I'm not fan of them.
We will see if a civil war doesn't start at the Quebec/Ontario border in round one if we get the Habs with Ottawa the unlucky battleground territory looking like Warsaw in 1946.
Im gonna give him at least 58 min to learn the system and get comfortable with the team.For a vet D as old as Nuge, he's being vastly outplayed by Bear/Jones (our "bottom" pair). He's an old school D and I'm not fan of them.
how is that any different than Jones and Bear though? at least he can defend when we lose the puckHe's given away the puck twice already with breakout passes to nobody. That's what Kris Russell does
They are one of the best non-playoff teams in the NHL.
Does McDavid really have 18 points in 8 games against Winnipeg this year? that's pretty insane
edit: 19
This place will be an epic Civil War in Canada if we have an Oilers v Leafs North final.
You and @93LEAFS are among my favourite posters so you guys won’t be subject of my vitriol if it gets nasty
all i know is that goal was ALPHA as f***I don’t even know what to say about McDavid anymore.
Will it be any more epic a Civil War than those Leafs/Bruins 7 game series? Those series threads took on a life of its own