Post-Game Talk: Like A Mother(load) of Goals: 14-6-3, with depth!

[GodPucker]

My favourite play of last night was when Bear had to retrieve a puck from behind the net and had three Sharks converging on him while his back was to the play; he outmuscled the first Shark and outsmarted the other two and managed to make a nice outlet pass

This play was amazing and I wish more of our dmen had this poise. If that is Russell, that is quickly and blindly banked off the glass high and hard and possession is gone. Bear makes so many little plays where we are not giving the puck back to the opposition for no reason. It is huge.

 

[Coffey]

Is Ryan Ellis a good comparable?

 

[OilerTitanFan]

Is Ryan Ellis a good comparable?

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Someone said Brian Rafalski as a comparison for Bear, and IMO that's a solid comparison. Their size, skating, handling of the puck, quick outlets and no fear when walking the offensive line with the puck or sliding in to the circle without the puck are very similar. I doubt we'll see the same kind of offensive output, but there's some comparisons there for sure.

 

[Coffey]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

To what he can become? Is Ellis some sort of Lidstrom, did I miss his Norris'?

 

[OilerTitanFan]

To what he can become? Is Ellis some sort of Lidstrom, did I miss his Norris'?

You missed his booming slapshot and mobility.

 

[Coffey]

You missed his booming slapshot and mobility.

I'd like to think Bear has pretty good mobility.

So is Visnovsky and Rafalski more comparable than Ellis?

 

[gordonhught]

I'd like to think Bear has pretty good mobility.

So is Visnovsky and Rafalski more comparable than Ellis?

Bear is a bit unique to me. Not a great skater (average). Not that big. Not that strong.

Vision and poise with the puck is exceptional.

I can't come up with a good comparable.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Bear is a bit unique to me. Not a great skater (average). Not that big. Not that strong.

Vision and poise with the puck is exceptional.

I can't come up with a good comparable.

I would say he's quite strong, he doesn't lose many board battles and his defensive reads and awareness is very high.

 

[CupofOil]

You missed his booming slapshot and mobility.

Um, Ellis is not that great of a skater either and Bear has a big shot. It's not that lofty of an expectation.

Personally, I like the Rafalski comparison. The skating stride, the poise. Very similar styles IMO.

 

[OilerTitanFan]

Um, Ellis is not that great of a skater either and Bear has a big shot. It's not that lofty of an expectation.

Personally, I like the Rafalski comparison. The skating stride, the poise. Very similar styles IMO.

Yup, I think Rafalski's a closer comparison but Bear's gotta skate a bit faster and be more mobile.

 

[CupofOil]

Yup, I think Rafalski's a closer comparison but Bear's gotta skate a bit faster and be more mobile.

For sure. His skating is much improved but he can still use some work with his straight line speed in particular, edgework is very good. Kind of the opposite of Bouchard in that sense whose lateral movement is very rough but skates fairly well in a straight line.

 

[fancy dan]

hockey intelligence is what sets Bear apart.

he's in pretty good company here:

WHL Awards – WHL Network

 

[Mav3rick07]

I don’t know what I prefer , an Oilers win or a Flames loss but we seem to be getting a heavy dose of both of them lately

 

[Vader611]

Bear is legit, this is no Marincin or Davidson.

 

[Coffey]

Bear is legit, this is no Marincin or Davidson.

Who was that other Slovak we hyped up? Not Marincin, there was another lol

 

[kevy999]

How the heck did Draisaitl get that 2ndary assist? I missed that.....talk about squeezing out a garbage point.[/QUO lol so how long have your pretended to be an Oiler fan lol I am surprised anyone takes you seriously. I guess we have to just play along lol

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Who was that other Slovak we hyped up? Not Marincin, there was another lol

gernat. i think he went to anaheim.

 

[Coffey]

gernat. i think he went to anaheim.

YEA that's who I was thinking of.

Damn.. I remember being hype for the twin Slovak towers lolol Oh boy

 

[StupidGenius]

YEA that's who I was thinking of.

Damn.. I remember being hype for the twin Slovak towers lolol Oh boy

I still fondly remember Glencross saying he wanted to "re-sign and be a part of the dynasty they're building here" during his exit interview. Oof.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

YEA that's who I was thinking of.

Damn.. I remember being hype for the twin Slovak towers lolol Oh boy

He appears to be ripping it up in "Trinec" in the Czech league with non other than....David Musil....

 

[Vader611]

Who was that other Slovak we hyped up? Not Marincin, there was another lol

Gernat, but he was more wishful thinking than hype ever.

 

[bone]

Bat the puck out of the air above the shoulder....that is epitome of reckless and stupid.
He wont get a suspension but he should.

On this train of thought. If a guy throws a body check and the primary point of contact is the head resulting in injury, it's typically a suspension. In the case, Kane swung his stick heavily where the primary point of contact was to the head resulting in an injury. I'm not sure why the league doesn't address these the same.

Frankly the way guys are swinging sticks at pucks high now is getting to be a pretty common thing with how good their hand/eye coordination has gotten. The league may want to consider at some point banning high sticks in general whether you contact a player, a puck or even nothing at all.

 

[bone]

This needs Mcdavid's head photoshopped with the gun.

I think VisuallyBetter did it on twitter back in the playoffs a few years back.

 

[Vader611]

For sure. His skating is much improved but he can still use some work with his straight line speed in particular, edgework is very good. Kind of the opposite of Bouchard in that sense whose lateral movement is very rough but skates fairly well in a straight line.

If he added straight line speed he would be scary. I think his skating is very good when combined with his IQ for the game, he really improved it like Drai did.