 RDOilerfan
Messages: 3827
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
|
|
Coaching might be one of the problems but another problem I am seeing is a shocking lack of compete and intensity by just about the whole team. They talked so big about being pissed off by last year, where's the fire?
If you go down the list of forwards who were here last year and supposedly mad, it's pretty hard to pick out very many who have come out looking like they are on a mission.
I think Foegele has been pretty good. Hyman has been OK. Leon, not too bad. After that though, pretty hard to pick out who's been really going.
I thought even McD came out pretty quiet if I compared to how he did last year being the scoring machine he was.
McLeod talked about being more assertive, driving the net and using his body. It was supposed to be a focus of his in the offseason. Where is it?
Nuge other than the Preds game has been invisible mostly.
Kane other than a few spurts isn't hitting guys, stirring the pot, smack talking, doing what he does. He's not shooting much.
Holloway looks like he's doing things because he skates fast but I'd like to see him taking the puck to the goal. When you are well over 200 lbs and skate like that, you'd be tough to stop if you took it hard to the goal frequently.
Brown I am more lenient just because he's coming off an injury and new to the team and he hasn't been terrible but it's getting to put up or shut up time.
Ryan & Janmark. I don't mind then on the team but I think they are kind of the same player in how they play and their role. You probably don't need both.
Erne - he's a replaceable guy and for me, if he's not running around then what are you doing here.
Defense.
Nurse I think has been decent at times but at the same time, he said it last night. Look in the mirror dude. Less is more. I think he needs to stop trying to be offensive. I am betting he presses for offense to try and justify the contract because if he scored more, it wouldn't look as bad. On the Oilers, he's not ever scoring more because he doesn't get PP time. So don't worry about scoring. Just defend. At his size, with his speed, no reason he can't be an elite defender if he focuses on it.
Ceci has his limitations but I have thought he's looked pretty good and similar to how he was the first year.
Ekholm I think is getting better, missing camp didn't help but I think the chaos of his partner is really hurting him.
Bouchard. What the hell man? I thought he was really good the last 20 and in the playoffs. I don't expect him to be elite defensively but I thought the switch flipped to where he was going to be adequate. He's worse and I don't think it's the system. He goes into the corner and loses lots of puck battles, that's not the system. Not covering a guy in front has nothing to do with the system. Doing awful, ill times pinches is not the system.
Kulak. How can a dman look so good in the playoffs and get be the opposite now?
Broberg. He needs to play more but at the same time, I can see why it's hard to play him more. One shift he looks great, the next he looks brutal. The highs and lows with this guy are extreme. He can't even line change properly.
Desharnais. You are a big, nasty, physical dman. Your job is to clear the front of the net, play on the PK and make life miserable for the other team when you play. You aren't there to score points or be a puck mover. 4 hits in 5 games. What the hell man? Do your job.
In general, the whole team flat out needs to compete way more. A harder working team will beat a more skilled team most times and we have seen it. Go ahead and change the dzone to whatever the hell fans want, won't do a damn thing if this team from top to bottom doesn't flat out compete way, way harder. Pretty much ever player on the team has WAY more to give and they know it.
|
|
|
|
Review:
Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: OilFans on Thu, 26 October 2023 21:30 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Kr55 on Thu, 26 October 2023 21:57 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: nullterm on Thu, 26 October 2023 21:57 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: g2k on Thu, 26 October 2023 22:47 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: nullterm on Thu, 26 October 2023 22:54 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: K.McC#24 on Fri, 27 October 2023 11:57 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Skoobz on Fri, 27 October 2023 14:40 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Adam on Fri, 27 October 2023 15:52 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Kr55 on Thu, 26 October 2023 22:01 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: nullterm on Thu, 26 October 2023 22:19 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Kr55 on Thu, 26 October 2023 22:21 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: PlusOne on Thu, 26 October 2023 23:18 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Kr55 on Thu, 26 October 2023 23:41 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Mike on Fri, 27 October 2023 05:46 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: K.McC#24 on Sat, 28 October 2023 13:45 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Adam on Sat, 28 October 2023 18:04 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: nullterm on Sun, 29 October 2023 00:48 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Kr55 on Fri, 27 October 2023 08:40 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Kr55 on Fri, 27 October 2023 11:53 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
|
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Kr55 on Fri, 27 October 2023 12:52 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: smyth260 on Sun, 29 October 2023 13:24 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Kr55 on Sun, 29 October 2023 14:52 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Steve on Fri, 27 October 2023 10:49 |
|
Re: Review: Rangers @ Edmonton (Game #7) |
By: Kr55 on Sat, 28 October 2023 22:34 |
