 RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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I think part of the defensive issues for the team are partly to do with several factors. Young, inexperienced dmen making some mistakes, dmen making mistakes or trying to do too much. I think the forwards share a lots of blame.
I have said it before, I think having 2 players as gifted as McD and Leon is a blessing and a curse. They can do things that the majority of NHLers can't ever do so they don't ever try. Sometimes McD and Leon make passes and try very risky things because sometimes they work but it puts the team especially dmen in bad spots. I also think some of the forwards in the past did not take their defensive zone responsibilities serious enough or cheated for offense. I also think their defensive system makes for break downs. According to Stauffer, they play man to man. So we often see Dmen chasing guys from behind the net all the way to the blueline because that's their man. This makes it so forwards have to backfill and when they don't do it or are late to their man, it leaves guys wide open. Stauffer keeps talking about playing more of a zone like Vegas did so since he is the mouth piece of the team, I wonder if we see that happen. It makes more sense to me to play a zone rather than relying on your players to have to play man to man which can work but also can lead to more breakdowns.
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Oilers re-sign Evan Bouchard 2 yrs, $7.8 million |
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By: Kr55 on Sat, 16 December 2023 10:49 |
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Re: Oilers re-sign Evan Bouchard 2 yrs, $7.8 million |
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Re: Oilers re-sign Evan Bouchard 2 yrs, $7.8 million |
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