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Re: Review: Edmonton @ Columbus (Game #65) [message #732268 is a reply to message #732215 ]	Mon, 04 March 2019 08:40

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GabbyDugan wrote on Sat, 02 March 2019 14:16

Leon has 40 goals. The kid is hot (not in a Chia sexy kind of way, just in a finding-his-way-to-the-net kind of way). I think the few detractors he has can get off his case now. He's pulling his weight.

I swear I saw a 10 ton monkey getting off his back when Chiasson scored that goal. Maybe that will give him a healthy dose of confidence.

Three points and +4 for McDavid. A long shot, but that Art Ross Trophy isn't out of his grasp yet.

Lots of guys had quiet games (Brodziak, Gagner, Reider, Cave, Rattie, even Nugent-Hopkins) Not saying that like they were just passengers. More like they hustled and outworked the Blue Jackets and did what had to be done without drawing attention to themselves.

Kassian is probably overpaid and suited to playing on the third or fourth line and providing a physical presence, but he does show flashes of skill.

Have to be happy for a guy like Josh Currie. No idea how long his NHL career will last, but I hope he gets more than a cup of coffee in The Show. The guy works his tail off.

McPoints, a smattering of secondary scoring, goaltending and defense on the same page, 60 minutes of effort from everyone. Maybe a regular theme next season?

Unfortunately for Leon there will be a segments of fans who will think he's lazy and overpaid no matter what he does. I always want all players to make less but when he signed his contract, I never thought it was that bad. Given what he has done and mostly because of the contracts that have been signed since his, his contract gets better by the day in my opinion.

When it comes to Kassian, I do not know what to think about him. I like him as a player, I just thought he was making too much money for what I thought was a 4th liner. But he's scoring goals and if he keeps scoring like a 3rd liner, then he's fine. I just do not know if he's a 3rd liner and can keep this going if he is on a 3rd line or is this is just a heater while playing with good players. His goal last game was a good goal on his part but it wasn't something that if he was on a 3rd line he couldn't duplicate. It wasn't like Leon's pass was this unbelievable, only 5 guys in the league can do pass. Kassian went to an open space, there was room, Leon found him and hit him on the tape.

When it comes to Currie, I am not expecting this guy to fill the net and rack up a ton of points but if he could become a solid bottom 6 contributing forward making very little money that your team developed in the AHL, that would be perfect. Other teams have guys like him. I look at Yanni Gourde from Tampa. He worked is way up from the ECHL, then the AHL, now he is a pretty good NHLer. It took him a long time but he made it. Not saying Currie will be on his level but guys that start out like Currie can make it and make impacts on your team.

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Review: Edmonton @ Columbus (Game #65)	By: OilFans on Sat, 02 March 2019 13:30
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Columbus (Game #65)	By: overdue on Sat, 02 March 2019 13:34
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Columbus (Game #65)	By: GabbyDugan on Sat, 02 March 2019 13:42
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Re: Review: Edmonton @ Columbus (Game #65)	By: GabbyDugan on Sat, 02 March 2019 14:16
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Columbus (Game #65)	By: RDOilerfan on Mon, 04 March 2019 08:40
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