 RDOilerfan
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| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 17 July 2019 09:22 |
| Adam wrote on Wed, 17 July 2019 09:17 |
| Rocksteady wrote on Wed, 17 July 2019 09:12 |
So... is the strategy to sign whatever you can bottom 6'ers to see if one of them can rise up to be in a top 6 role?
...or is it the hope?!
It's the hope isn't it? Yeah... hope.
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As mightyreasoner's suggested, Holland's strategy seems to mirror the one MacTavish had to corner the market on third pairing defencemen. I'm sure it will work just as well.
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Based on Young Willis' work, this appears to be another attempt to bolster the PK group. Archibald had good PK results with the Coyotes.
Overall, I think the whole org puts a lot of blame on how bad the bottom 6 was last year. Hitch touched on their lack of compete many times last season, and I'm sure he continues to put that point home as an adviser.
All we are getting this year is an attempt to bump the speed and "compete" level of our bottom 6, a fresh new look from coaching, and we pray it's enough to battle for a wildcard spot.
Then next summer, we bring back Hall :) Anyone been listening to Stauffer trying to hint almost every day at a Hall return? lol.
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I don't think the Oilers beyond bad bottom 6 was the sole reason they didn't succeed last year but it played a big part. Their PK was lousy and ideally you have bottom 6 guys in that role. In their playoff year they scored 247 goals. Last season they scored 232. Last year they had the lowest goal total out of the bottom 6 in 44 yrs. They had a bottom 6 guy in Rieder set an NHL record for shots taken without scoring. So if they can get better bottom 6 guys scoring at a normal rate, while it won't solved the Oilers top 6 woes, it will help.
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