Jeff Petry

[Moose Coleman]

LOL. The guy has one good game, unleashes a rocket shot on net for the first time in years it seems and the "I told you so's" start coming out. Classic HF right there.

The way he played yesterday just reinforces the frustrations that some of us have with him. He clearly has the ability to be a consistently good defenseman but only shows it on occasion. He carries the puck well into the zone when he's not fumbling it in his own zone or outright passing it to the opposition.

Good on him for having a good game and scoring a goal and i sure hope that we see more of this from him, but it still doesn't change the fact that he has lots of brainfarts and is wildly inconsistent.

So basically there's nothing short of him being an Al-Star calibre defenseman that would convince you this player has value. Oh well.

 

[Blue Line Turnover]

One good game? Petry's looked great for most of the season, save for a few gaffs. Who can do what Petry does? Fayne? Schultz? Who could replace him? No other NHL team in their right minds would give the Oilers an equal value D-man (in terms of ability) for Petry at this time.