Oilers claim Matt Fraser

phrenssoa · Dec 30, 2014

Anyone else think this guy becomes the next Ryan Jones? Would be nice to have another guy who can score 15 goals on the third line.

coolwasabi · Jan 1, 2015

phrenssoa said:
Anyone else think this guy becomes the next Ryan Jones? Would be nice to have another guy who can score 15 goals on the third line.

Ryan Jones was mostly awful and personifies what's been wrong with this team for the last 8 years: lack of balance. Sure he scored a few goals and looked like he was working his ass off (to his credit, I'm sure he was), but he was not an effective player for us. He gave up more than he gave and didn't make our team harder to play against.

Needless to say, hopefully Fraser is more than a Ryan Jones.

phrenssoa · Jan 1, 2015

coolwasabi said:
Ryan Jones was mostly awful and personifies what's been wrong with this team for the last 8 years: lack of balance. Sure he scored a few goals and looked like he was working his ass off (to his credit, I'm sure he was), but he was not an effective player for us. He gave up more than he gave and didn't make our team harder to play against.

Needless to say, hopefully Fraser is more than a Ryan Jones.

I disagree. Jones was a good third-liner for a couple of years.

Jamie · Jan 1, 2015

phrenssoa said:
I disagree. Jones was a good third-liner for a couple of years.

Yes, agreed, Jones did look very good for a couple years. He was a useful guy to have. coolwasabi, I think your memory is short on that one.

Klimando Kostani · Jan 1, 2015

Don't think Ryan Jones ever banked in a goal off the goalies back from behind the net.

oilers_guy_eddie · Jan 1, 2015

Mr Forever said:
Heatley will be a ****ing AHL all star

He makes **** happen on the ice, in the AHL.

guymez · Jan 1, 2015

coolwasabi said:
Ryan Jones was mostly awful and personifies what's been wrong with this team for the last 8 years: lack of balance. Sure he scored a few goals and looked like he was working his ass off (to his credit, I'm sure he was), but he was not an effective player for us. He gave up more than he gave and didn't make our team harder to play against.

Needless to say, hopefully Fraser is more than a Ryan Jones.

Yup...I was never really a Jones fan. He was a cherry picker and couldn't play a lick of defence. Not a bad energy player at times but thats about it.
Hopefully Fraser is much more than Jones ever was.

CantHaveTkachev · Jan 1, 2015

phrenssoa said:
I disagree. Jones was a good third-liner for a couple of years.

On a horrible team...

Jones wasn't gritty, poor defensively and his shooting percentage was through the roof

I want my 3rd liners to be able to play a crash and bang style and be able to keep other top lines in check...Jones was none of that

McLotto 97 · Jan 1, 2015

People need to remember Jones Pre eye injury. He played a pretty good third line roll and tossed in some secondary scoring. Post injury he was garbage.

Fraser can fill this roll but I would have rather called up IIRO the Hero from OKC. Very good slap shot plays with intensity Maybe our boom from the point on PP

bolobow · Jan 13, 2015

Scratched tonight for Gazdic. Doesn't look good.

KlimasLoveChild · Jan 13, 2015

Throw him back he sucks...

voxel · Jan 13, 2015

Lol... Ryan Jones. Matt Fraser isn't even worth his jockstrap pre or post eye injury.

Rather have an AHLer in his spot.

Horseradish · Jan 13, 2015

I certainly preferred Paajarvi back at the time, and this healthy scratch only really serves to reinforce that belief.

Sometimes it takes time for a guy to get accustomed, so I'll give Fraser that. But it's not just that he's been quiet on the box scores, his play has been uninspired and underwhelming to boot. You'd think a tweener who got waived by his former team would be interested in proving himself. Roy certainly is. Klinkhammer on his third team this season definitely is. Fraser? Crickets.

Crabapple · Jan 14, 2015

Agreed on peoples opinions on Ryan Jones. He was not an effective 3rd liner. He didn't have the skill to be a top-6er but he played like he did. He was quick and able to get breakaways, but couldn't pot them. Matt Fraser plays similar

guymez · Jan 14, 2015

Crabapple said:
Agreed on peoples opinions on Ryan Jones. He was not an effective 3rd liner. He didn't have the skill to be a top-6er but he played like he did. He was quick and able to get breakaways, but couldn't pot them. Matt Fraser plays similar

I would say that Jones is a better skater then Fraser.

bolobow · Apr 8, 2015

I'm glad he got a couple goals last night, but holy hell I didn't realize he hasn't had a single point since January. What did MacT see in this guy?

Jimmi McJenkins · Apr 8, 2015

bolobow said:
I'm glad he got a couple goals last night, but holy hell I didn't realize he hasn't had a single point since January. What did MacT see in this guy?

Role players on good teams tend to get overrated. Plus he's still young and has a big shot. He was free and cheap, I don't know that they sign/qualify him this offseason.

Tyrolean · Apr 8, 2015

Jimmi Jenkins said:
Role players on good teams tend to get overrated. Plus he's still young and has a big shot. He was free and cheap, I don't know that they sign/qualify him this offseason.

Probably not.

McShogun99 · Apr 8, 2015

Jimmi Jenkins said:
Role players on good teams tend to get overrated. Plus he's still young and has a big shot. He was free and cheap, I don't know that they sign/qualify him this offseason.

I doubt he's back next year. Hasn't shown enough IMO.

tempest2i · Apr 8, 2015

One good game doesn't exactly make up for two dozen bad ones.

KCC · Apr 8, 2015

Jamie said:
Yes, agreed, Jones did look very good for a couple years. He was a useful guy to have. coolwasabi, I think your memory is short on that one.

He was on a role until that very serious eye injury. After that he was never the same. :shakehead

Up the Irons · Apr 8, 2015

guymez said:
Yup...I was never really a Jones fan. He was a cherry picker and couldn't play a lick of defence. Not a bad energy player at times but thats about it.
Hopefully Fraser is much more than Jones ever was.

that's how I remember him playing; he got some goals, but he cheated for offense. If Fraser is as good as Jones, and can make this lineup.... well.... who's the top 17 year old right now?

Here's hoping Mact can find better options then Matt Fraser.

bolobow · Apr 8, 2015

Jimmi Jenkins said:
Role players on good teams tend to get overrated. Plus he's still young and has a big shot. He was free and cheap, I don't know that they sign/qualify him this offseason.

Ended up losing Arco cause of the contract cap tho (Fraser + Roy - Arco). Which two of those three would you rather have?

Faelko · Apr 8, 2015

bolobow said:
Ended up losing Arco cause of the contract cap tho (Fraser + Roy - Arco). Which two of those three would you rather have?

None? All of them are waiver wire fodder.

MessierII · Apr 8, 2015

bolobow said:
I'm glad he got a couple goals last night, but holy hell I didn't realize he hasn't had a single point since January. What did MacT see in this guy?

How is that possible? He had 7 points as an oiler going into last night. Did we even get him in January?

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