So because we won 1 game has the mood changed?
It was a good game but the Oilers were still quite out classed for some stretched. WAY too many turnovers at the boston blue line. Major gear grinder for me haha.
Still need a ton of moves to make this team competitive long term.
Really? I must be reading a different thread then because in this thread, I see nothing but scapegoating of players (even solid contributors like Sekera) as is usually the case in an HFOil PGT win or lose.
Nevermind, I see that you were asking a question, not making a statement.
I'll start by saying I absolutely love Drai as a player.
But people like Drai right now because he is shiny and new. IMO, he has looked pretty bagged the last couple of games and he still isn't playing as much as Nuge has basically his entire career. That said, Nuge has been significantly underperforming as of late but he is a proven top-line center in this league and if you don't agree with that I am not sure I can have an intelligent discourse with you. Not to pick on you specifically but I am getting a little annoyed with all the Nuge hate on the board.
Precisely. New Shiny Toy Syndrome that seems to plague this forum annually.
Drai might make RNH expendable one day but today certainly isn't that day.
People don't realize how much easier it is to create offense when getting soft minutes. Drai doesn't have to play in all situations against the elite like RNH, he's playing sheltered minutes now so if RNH is dealt and he's asked to take on those harder minutes, he will likely struggle for a couple of years adjusting to more responsibility. He already looks gassed in a lesser role.
They simply can't afford to deal RNH now. It's easy to say he should be dealt when he goes through periods of struggle (I've been guilty myself in the heat of the moment) but dealing him to fill another hole is robbing Peter to pay Paul to quote a commonly used phrase around here.
If they do deal him, they absolutely need to have a center coming back this way. Otherwise, you're left with two top 6 teenage centers, Lander and Letestu and this is when healthy.
I don't think he's untouchable but they need to replace him immediately if he's dealt and I think they need a proven Dman, not a Dman like Jones who has never had to shoulder the responsbility of playing tough minutes.