 RDOilerfan
Messages: 3846
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Tue, 24 October 2023 11:19 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 24 October 2023 10:47 |
| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 24 October 2023 10:37 |
Bob Stauffer @Bob_Stauffer
The @EdmontonOilers
in Minnesota:
Kane-Draisaitl-Janmark
Foegele-RNH-Hyman
Holloway-McLeod-Brown
Erne-Ryan
Nurse-Ceci
Ekholm-Bouchard
Kulak-Broberg/Desharnais
Campbell
Skinner
Holloway is just never allowed into the top 6 eh?
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What's wrong with playing with the players they have him with? That has the makings of one hell of a line that should be going up against other teams 3rd lines and 3rd pairing dmen and do some serious damage.
Just optics being the problem?
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I see a couple problems. I'd be asking who is more likely to score on the wing with Kane and Draisaitl? Janmark who normally plays center or Holloway? With McDavid out the Oilers have to think about where the points will come from. I also don't see the current third turning into a line of any real importance. Yes, it's a small sample size but their old school stats are a combined 0 points with a -8. I'm not all that worried about keeping them together especially if it means sacrificing potential first line scoring during the games where they'll need it the most.
It makes more sense to me to put Brown up on the first to see if he's worth the 3.2 million of cap space he's going to eat up next season, but that's the next coach and GM's problem. Lastly I'll mention the horrible management who constructed a team where any injury would leave the lines looking like this. Bad luck, I suppose.
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I agree, I am not a fan of Janmark up there. Maybe it's a defensive guy to help Kane and Leon who sometimes aren't that defensively responsible. That being said, to date, Holloway hasn't lit it up offensively yet to tell me he's able to score in the top 6 going up against Minnie's best line and best d pairing which will be the case with McD out. Leon will face the other teams best.
So that is why I'd like to see him stay where he's at for now. Hopefully get his scoring mojo going, going up against other teams 3rd lines and 3rd pairings.
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