Who should be the player of the month?

[Mrb1p]

Carey Price 5-0-0 .954 1.40

 

[TaLoN]

Carey Price 5-0-0 .954 1.40

Duuuuuuuubs is 5-1-1 .952 1.43 with 3 shutouts.

 

[Soundwave]

Goalie vote is likely going to get split between Price, Dubnyk, and Talbot.

McDavid is the scoring leader in the league and leading his team to a 7-1 start, I say he gets it.

 

[Canada4Gold]

1. Weber
2. Talbot
3. Dubnyk
4. McDavid

 

[PattyLafontaine]

Burns

 

[voxel]

Oilers fan saying no to Talbot because of the first 3 games were stinkers. The Oilers are a DEFENSIVE minded team in the last 5 games so Talbot is reaping the benefits of it. Many shots against happened in the last 3 minutes with a lead and padded various stats.

McDavid is MVP and even he hasn't been lights out except the first two games.

 

[57special]

Carey Price 5-0-0 .954 1.40

Duuuuuuuubs is 5-1-1 .952 1.43 with 3 shutouts.

Split it.

Price is insane, though. The best.

Dubnyk, when he's on like he is now, is just calm and big in the net, seems to see everything, and vacuums in pucks. Seems to be better going post to post this year.

 

[McTrashBoat]

but that's not how averaging stats works. You don't get to disinclude the bad game/goal. They all count.

I was doing the exact opposite of averaging stats bud


If you only look at the outline you don't see the story.

 

[HabsQC]

Subban

 

[Sempiternal]

Kris Russell

 

[Alwalys]

David Schlemko who has turned the Sharks 3rd pairing with Dillon into a 62-63% corsi pairing

 

[DJJones]

Weber, Talbot, Price, or Dubnyk would be my choices.

I'd put money on McDavid though.

 

[Toene]

Weber has been amazing, he gets my vote. Burns and Talbot had a good first month too.

 

[theranfordflop]

I wish I could say McDavid or Talbot, but they've had their poor moments. Weber's been beasting at both ends of the ice every game.

 

[Kojo]

Matthews is the most talked about best player. They should give him this accolade.

 

[DJJones]

Matthews is the most talked about best player. They should give him this accolade.

Why?

This isn't a popularity contest.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Weber

 

[snipes]

Age is irrelevant. If McDavid gets a further points lead, then him. If he outscores a defenseman by a mere two points while having a significantly worse +/- on a team lower in the standings then he shouldn't win it over Weber.

Huh?

McDavid is 3rd in the league with a +9. MTL also has played 9 games, while EDM has played 8. The Oilers play OTT tomorrow, so we'll see where he's at after tomorrow's game.

Nevertheless, McDavid/Weber/Price all have a good case.

 

[Fazkovsky]

Connor

 

[93LEAFS]

McDavid

 

[Frank Drebin]

I hate to be a homer on this one and I do love Connor McDavid but I think Webers statline is more impressive for the month of October.

9GP
4G
6A
10P
+12
3 GWG

vs.

8GP
5G
7A
12P
+9
2 GWG

I mean its not like McDavid won't win this again and again.

 

[Legionnaire]

so? oilers through 8 games have played superb defense. this isn't the oilers of old

Yeah? And? They're still the youngest team in the league and that counts for a lot in a "men's" league. Honestly, it says a lot about how good they could be.

 

[Whiston532]

Hell im happy having 2 Oilers being unanimously in the top 5 to begin with.

 

[Lunatik]

Hell im happy having 2 Oilers being unanimously in the top 5 to begin with.

I'm not sure you know what unanimous means. A case can be made for all of (in no particular order) Suter, Weber, Burns, Dubnyk, Price, Rask, Talbot, McDavid and Pavelski.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I think Klefbom can develop into a bona fide #1. He doesn't have franchise D potential like those you listed obviously, but Klefbom has legit #1 upside.

Klef needs more PP time and he needs to shoot more. To be a bona fide #1 you need to be elite in all 3 zones. I think we'll see more offensive production as he gets older and further develops his chemistry he has with a defensive Dman like Larsson. Both of them are only 23, and Dmen take longer to reach their peak but generally peak for much longer than forwards. Dmen can play at top levels well into their mid 30s.

Larsson reminds me a lot of Vlasic in the defensive zone. He's more physical than Vlasic, but Vlasic is a better skater and better in the offensive zone. Vlasic is in my view the top defensive Dman in the NHL, Larsson's gap control and defensive awareness in closing passing lanes, limiting prime scoring chances, and keeping forwards to the outside reminds me of Vlasic.

The thing is Klef is basically elite in all 3 zones, you can be elite in all 3 zones and not produce much (Hjalmarsson and Vlasic), and you can not be elite in the offensive zone and still produce a lot (Connauton, Seabrook, etc.)