 RDOilerfan
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| Adam wrote on Fri, 25 October 2019 12:00 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 25 October 2019 10:45 |
Did you expect this team given where the idiot previous GM left it, to be any better depth wise? Chia gutted the depth. He traded a decent 3rd line center in Strome for a guy who can't play in the NHL. He traded a decent bottom 6 winger in Caggulia for a dman who probably at best and I might be high, plays 15 games a season for any team. Some teams none. The Oilers 3rd line should probably be:
Caggulia - Strome - whoever.
That wouldn't be a horrible 3rd line. All Chia had to do was NOTHING and his team would have been better off last season. Chia would have been better off just to trade Strome and Caggulia for picks. At least then the Oilers wouldn't have 3.15 in Gagner and 2.2 in Manning to deal with. I don't care who's the GM, you don't recover from trades that bad in 1 offseason.
With the amount of times people mention the lack of depth and leaning on McDavid and Leon over and over again. It's pretty much daily. It's almost like people are surprised. I get accused of being too positive and even I had my doubts about all these guys. I just hoped a couple would be able to put in 10 goals but didn't think they all would.
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I remember floating this before the season and you saying they couldn't possibly be worse than last year and that we were in a MUCH better position...and then again when Gagner got sent down, because you didn't think he could skate with NHLers, and thought the other bottom 6ers were a much better fit...
I do think there was likely more than could have been done this summer, but Holland saw this year a lost cause. It will be interesting to see how the Oilers respond to this surge - especially if it continues through November. If we are a contending team without significant contributions from the depth, well, first off, that just shows just HOW good our top players are, and secondly, at some point the management has to throw these guys a lifeline. I expect the first help comes from the minors, but there's a limit to what we have there. We don't have the third line center who can be a catalyst on the farm, and Holland will have to go out and get that guy - no matter what it takes.
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I am pretty sure I never once said the Oilers bottom 6 was high end. All I said was I didn't think they would be as bad as they were as in record setting.
The Oilers had a guy in Rieder who set an NHL record for the amount of shots taken without a goal. I didn't at the time nor do I think they will now have a player break Rieders record.
I believe the Oilers got the lowest amount of goals from the bottom 6 in something like 30 or 40 yrs. I didn't at the time nor do I think they will now match that total and get the lowest amount of goals in 40 yrs.
Does the bottom 6 not scoring more concern me a little? Yes it does. We are 11 games in and personally if it was me, I would wait a little longer before I break out the old "I told you so's'. But if you want to beat me over the head with that prediction 11 games in to make yourself feel better, go ahead.
I think a change will happen soon if things don't improve. The Oilers had:
Archibald - 1 shot
Kharia - 0 shots
Sheahan - 1 shot
Russell - 0 shots
Granlund - 0 shots
Gagner - 3 shots.
You can't have 3 guys with no shots.
When it comes to Gagner. The coach sent him down to the minors and said specifically he was sent down because he doesn't play on the PK and they want more speed and guys who play on the PK in the line up in the bottom 6. So you want to call me out for me stating and agreeing with what the coach said, the guy in charge making MILLIONS of dollars to make those calls?
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