overpass
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Oates played against the very best.
Lemieux? Lindros? Gretzky?
The coach sent Oates out there.
No sheltered minutes.
I don’t doubt it. Oates played on good defensive teams for the most part, with the exception of his last couple of seasons in Boston. Not what you would expect if he was a bad defensive player. So there has to be more to the story than high goals-against = bad defensively.