nexttothemoon
and again...
I honestly believe they could bully and lean hard on teams with their physicality... which would wear on the opposition at least and make games tougher so the opposition doesn't have easy, smiling wins like LA just had.
Lucic
Nurse
Kassian
Khaira
Larsson
Benning
Manning
Petrovic
All big guys with some solid physicality in their games.
Drai/Brodziak/Chiasson/Gravel are all good sized guys as well... not physical but not easily pushed around.
There's absolutely no reason this team can't play hard-nosed tenacious hockey on most nights instead of the soft floating version of the Oilers we usually see.
Yes I know the refs are biased and call every chintzy penalty against the Oilers while overlooking blatant calls when McDavid etc get hooked/slashed/mugged and you will get burned by opposition power plays if you play too physical... but that's no reason to play so lackadaisical in so many games like they do.
I honestly hope this game was a wake-up call for the team to be more engaged and actually give a level of effort because obviously a higher level of effort makes a difference on the scoreboard and will be appreciated by their fanbase as well.
Lucic
Nurse
Kassian
Khaira
Larsson
Benning
Manning
Petrovic
All big guys with some solid physicality in their games.
Drai/Brodziak/Chiasson/Gravel are all good sized guys as well... not physical but not easily pushed around.
There's absolutely no reason this team can't play hard-nosed tenacious hockey on most nights instead of the soft floating version of the Oilers we usually see.
Yes I know the refs are biased and call every chintzy penalty against the Oilers while overlooking blatant calls when McDavid etc get hooked/slashed/mugged and you will get burned by opposition power plays if you play too physical... but that's no reason to play so lackadaisical in so many games like they do.
I honestly hope this game was a wake-up call for the team to be more engaged and actually give a level of effort because obviously a higher level of effort makes a difference on the scoreboard and will be appreciated by their fanbase as well.