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Registered: October 2006
Location: Vancouver
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 02 July 2019 12:38 |
So what is the answer then? Keep the same guys who everyone identified as not being good enough so fans can sit back and complain about the roster?
If people would look at things objectively for a min. Sekera was a going to be 34 yr old, coming off 2 major leg injuries that some players never fully come back from, making 5.5 mill who's not a very good skater. He's played 60 games in 2 years. Last season in 24 games in very sheltered mins playing against 3th and 4th liners, he didn't get crushed, he did alright. Considering there was concerns he wouldn't play in the NHL again, that's great. If the Oilers went into this season saying they were counting on Sekera being a top 4 dman, everyone of you guys would lose your minds saying how stupid they were and then paste some chart about how sheltered he was to back up your point about how dumb the Oilers are.
So the Oilers make the call and move on deciding that Sekera is nothing more than a ridiculously expensive 5-6 dman with mobility issues. The market shares that opinion because all he could get a 1 yr deal at 1.5 mill which is what vet #6 dmen get. But the same people who would have crucified the Oilers if they bet on Sekera are crucifying them for not.
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I mean, the Oilers are dumb, I don't think that's even a question at this point.
I fully expect that the Oilers aren't going to be good this year, so I don't think it really matters whether they play Sekera or Jones. I can't speak for anyone else, but I would have had no issue with them keeping Sekera.
I've said it before, but I think the moves they should have made to the defence would have been to move Russell (because he's not that good and too expensive), and trade Nurse (because I think he's one of the few guys on this team whose perceived value is greater than his actual value - meaning I think the Oilers could win a Nurse trade).
My issue is the logic in creating dead cap space in year's 3 and 4 of this deal in order to "make room" for a guy that isn't going to move the needle on the Oiler's success this year, and potentially gets thrown in over his head with limited cover (because that's worked out really well every other time this team has done it).
Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games
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