And you must be in a deeper coma if you think Leo is an effective center. Never stops in his own end. Sweeps and swings. Its not that he cant….he just cheats more often than not. Hes had some better games in the second half but needs to play defense with more consistency. Hes a better winger. One of the best ever when he plays the right way
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This comment might go down in history of HFOil as the most uninformed ever.The Oilers are never going to have an elite D and goaltending. I don't think they ever did in their history really, the Oilers have been built from forward on down with a few exceptions so with this being the case, the Oilers need strength in numbers up front so when they're not getting contributions from support players there's always an incredible burden placed on two players to produce all the time. Their GA is actually pretty decent in the regular season but it seems to crater against playoff teams so they need the offense to outscore it and they just get enough from enough people.
Guys like Ryan and Janmark are such a tiny symptom of a much bigger issue and that is RNH, Kane and McLeod. You can't have a top line winger go scoreless for this long playing with generational talent. RNH pulls his "just sort of there" act way too often in a position where he should be scoring goals, he doesn't use the middle of the ice and he doesn't bear down on gifts from McDavid. Kane hasn't scored a goal since the Lincoln administration, you can't have a top 6/9 winger go absent for that long. McLeod provides nothing when not playing with Draisaitl this season, same with Foegele really.
You can have a 4th line that can't score as long as they're defensively sound and your 3rd line can score. The Oilers have a 3rd AND 4th line that can't score which isn't going to cut it come playoff time. They've kept GA down at a decent rate but you're not going to win many playoff series with them throwing up blanks on the scoresheet most of the time, depth is usually the decider in playoff series and the Oilers come up short in that regard even though they usually have the advantage with the top line.
The old and slow thing has been an issue all season as they've somehow found a way to get older and slower as the season has wore on but that's a whole other wall of text for another post
Agreed. This guy gets the sloppy leftovers his entire career. It's the thing that makes me afraid that he won't resign
Ya, especially in the playoffs where he hasn;t ever found his footing, but he also covers for his linemates a lot, and makes them look good. If McJesus or Drai spent half their night covering up for Nuge's bad decisions he could score a lot more, but Nuge's stats are limited by the responsibility he carries, which is pretty huge
Grant Fuhr just turned over and grimaced.This comment might go down in history of HFOil as the most uninformed ever.
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And that’s not an easy feat to accomplish.
I say “might” as I reserve the right to crown a new champion at some point down the road.
I guess in the business, they call that statement an attention grabber?
I didn't really read the rest of the thread so looks like I missed some stuff lol. I'm not on the Draisaitl hate train, I'm in the "give McDavid and Draisaitl a blank cheque because this team isn't worth watching without them" camp.
I clarified in my next post ftrThis comment might go down in history of HFOil as the most uninformed ever.
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And that’s not an easy feat to accomplish.
I say “might” as I reserve the right to crown a new champion at some point down the road.
I guess in the business, they call that statement an attention grabber?
I saw your later comment, in so far as it related to defencemen. But it was silent on goalies.
If only our superstars played like Nuge we'd hardly ever score. Nuges covering up for others is constantly stated, as if it were real, but theres holes in it.
