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 Kr55
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He was a good PKer. Able to handle the wild scramble PK game plan with lots of energy. Nothing that can't be replaced by some NHL quality PK coaching though. Not really able to do anything 5v5.
Good luck to him in the KHL.
"The Edmonton Oilers are not where they should be right now and that is unacceptable. We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
-Kevin Lowe, April 2013
"Next year (15/16) I would forecast as another developmental year"
- #2, April 2015
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Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 07:31 |
He was a good PKer. Able to handle the wild scramble PK game plan with lots of energy. Nothing that can't be replaced by some NHL quality PK coaching though. Not really able to do anything 5v5.
Good luck to him in the KHL.
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2g, 1a in 40 NHL games this year. That's a Steve MacIntyre season. He didn't look like an NHL player this past year. It was never likely he'd be back.
"This team needs an enema!"
#FireLowe #FireMacT #FireHowson #FireBuchberger #FireHowsonAgain #FireChiarelli #FireMcLellan #FireBobbyNicks and...SIGH...#FireTheGretzkys
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Kr55
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Location: Edmonton
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| Adam wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 08:29 |
| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 07:31 |
He was a good PKer. Able to handle the wild scramble PK game plan with lots of energy. Nothing that can't be replaced by some NHL quality PK coaching though. Not really able to do anything 5v5.
Good luck to him in the KHL.
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2g, 1a in 40 NHL games this year. That's a Steve MacIntyre season. He didn't look like an NHL player this past year. It was never likely he'd be back.
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This is a coaching staff that needs specific guys to execute their stupid game plans in specific situations though. I don't think there is any question that Pak was uniquely able to execute whatever the heck McLellan and friends were trying to do with the PK. And that has value, even if his ES play was nadda.
Hard to juggle all these things when you give yourself so many self inflicted handicaps.
"The Edmonton Oilers are not where they should be right now and that is unacceptable. We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
-Kevin Lowe, April 2013
"Next year (15/16) I would forecast as another developmental year"
- #2, April 2015
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CrusaderPi
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Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 08:46 |
| Adam wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 08:29 |
| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 07:31 |
He was a good PKer. Able to handle the wild scramble PK game plan with lots of energy. Nothing that can't be replaced by some NHL quality PK coaching though. Not really able to do anything 5v5.
Good luck to him in the KHL.
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2g, 1a in 40 NHL games this year. That's a Steve MacIntyre season. He didn't look like an NHL player this past year. It was never likely he'd be back.
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This is a coaching staff that needs specific guys to execute their stupid game plans in specific situations though. I don't think there is any question that Pak was uniquely able to execute whatever the heck McLellan and friends were trying to do with the PK. And that has value, even if his ES play was nadda.
Hard to juggle all these things when you give yourself so many self inflicted handicaps.
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Nope, the assessment (audit?) on Pakarinen is complete. He's part of the problem, not part of the solution.
[Updated on: Tue, 24 April 2018 09:52]
This is fine.
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PoolParty
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Location: Edmonton
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MEH
This forum has turned into a pessimistic cesspool of bitching and whining about the same topics consistently.
#Adam #Kr55 #CrusaderPi #inverno76
#RDOilerfan is possibly reformed, time will tell.
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Adam
Messages: 14813
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 08:53 |
| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 08:46 |
| Adam wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 08:29 |
| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 24 April 2018 07:31 |
He was a good PKer. Able to handle the wild scramble PK game plan with lots of energy. Nothing that can't be replaced by some NHL quality PK coaching though. Not really able to do anything 5v5.
Good luck to him in the KHL.
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2g, 1a in 40 NHL games this year. That's a Steve MacIntyre season. He didn't look like an NHL player this past year. It was never likely he'd be back.
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This is a coaching staff that needs specific guys to execute their stupid game plans in specific situations though. I don't think there is any question that Pak was uniquely able to execute whatever the heck McLellan and friends were trying to do with the PK. And that has value, even if his ES play was nadda.
Hard to juggle all these things when you give yourself so many self inflicted handicaps.
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Nope, the assessment (audit?) on Pakarinen is complete. He's part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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Good news for the Oilers is that he self-assessed, so it saved them a whole lot of time. God knows the team is incapable of deciding anything faster than that.
"This team needs an enema!"
#FireLowe #FireMacT #FireHowson #FireBuchberger #FireHowsonAgain #FireChiarelli #FireMcLellan #FireBobbyNicks and...SIGH...#FireTheGretzkys
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RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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I am glad that he didn't force the Oilers to make a decision on their own as I fear he would have been back. Pakarinen to me was a borderline NHLer who if he was out there in limited minutes wasn't a guy that would get crushed but at the same time did very little to help you win. The Oilers need to get away from having guys on their team that are just there.
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mightyreasoner
Messages: 3282
Registered: October 2005
Location: Edmonton
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Much like Anton Lander, great AHL player, probably a good KHL player, just not good enough to be a NHL player. I would have gotten rid of him last summer, and he didn't change my mind this year. Wish him the best, but his absence won't be noticed.
At least they didn't sign him for 2 years like Gryba.
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