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Kr55 wrote on Wed, 20 March 2019 09:26 | This team badly needs some more character defensive forwards (good on faceoffs ideally) and cycle stopping D.
I've seen this team win 2-1 before. Coulda happened tonight with more character.
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I know you are being a little tongue in cheek but Yes they could use a center or 2 that can win a freaking faceoff. Their PK would get better. Every PP starts in your zone and if you can't win a faceoff, the other team immediately gets possession. I know winning faceoffs doesn't seem to mean as much to some in the stats community but in the same breath, they love puck possession and it's all about puck possession and zone time. So every time an Oilers center loses a draw, that line has to spend a good part of their shift trying to get the puck back. If you spend most of your shift chasing the puck, you aren't going to get into the other teams zone and you won't score.
So even though I know you aren't being very serious, there is merit to your comment because more than half the guys on the Oilers still can't figure out how to lift a stick or know that if you leave a guy wide open in front of your goal, bad things will happen.
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By: Kr55 on Wed, 20 March 2019 09:26 |
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By: K.McC#24 on Wed, 20 March 2019 10:28 |
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