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Re: Review: Edmonton @ Nashville (Game #66) [message #756740 is a reply to message #756733 ]	Tue, 03 March 2020 15:17

Adam
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kungpaobenji27 wrote on Tue, 03 March 2020 12:18

I cried about lack of even strength production last game against Winnipeg....only to have my prayers answered with 7 ES goals!!!

If you want something new (although not that new) to complain about, it might be about depth scoring.

Here's the last 10 games:

vs Tampa - 3-1 L
- 29/93 in on only goal

vs Florida - 4-1W
- 93 - 2A, 29 1G, 1A in on 3 goals
- Nurse scored unassisted

vs Carolina - 4-3 OTW
- 29 - 2G, 1A in on 3 goals
- Archibald from Benson the one other

vs. Boston - 2-1 OTL
- 93 assists on only goal

vs. Minnesota - 5-3L
- 93 - 2G, 1A, 29 1G, 1A

vs. Los Angeles - 4-2 W
- 97 - 1-2-3, 29, 1-0-1, 93 1-0-1

vs. Anaheim - 4-3 OTL
- 97 0-3-3, 29 1-0-1, 93 0-1-1

vs. Vegas - 3-0 L
- blech

vs. Winnipeg - 3-2 W
97 - 0-2-2, 29 2-0-2, 93 1-2-3

vs. Nashville - 8-3 W
97 - 1-4-5, 29 4-1-5, 93 0-3-3

So in the last 10 games, the Oilers have gone 5-3-2, and scored 31 goals. Of those goals, the top three have been in on 29 of the 31 goals - and that's despite the fact that McDavid didn't play in half of those games.

The third and fourth lines (and second while we were without 97) have only accounted for a single goal in all that time.

We talked about this earlier in the season and there was a point where we had a bit better production, but the depth needs to be better. It's not like they've been air-tight for goals against!

None of this is surprising, unfortunately. Guys like Sheahan and Khaira have been dead-weight throughout most of this season. Perhaps the team can find some depth forwards in the coming offseason to push them right out of the line-up. Good thing is that at least there are 2 lines capable of producing, and the best line right now doesn't even have Connor on it.

Ideally Sheahan is a 4th line center but I don't think he's terrible. I would think it's pretty hard to generate offense when you have P. Russell on your line as often as he did plus dead weight Khaira. Everyone stuck up for Nuge when he played center and blamed his lack of production as a center on his linemates. Well if you can make that excuse for Nuge, why not Sheahan. Sheahan is less of a player but still, you put a non NHLer on his wing as often as P.Russell played, I don't see how that helps with scoring.

JJ has looked snake-bitten. He's missed some grade A chances recently (and less recently!).

Khaira may be one of the better ones of that group. He's not consistent, but that's a fourth liner for you - he can at least do something some of the time, and he can play both center or wing. He's not a bad 12th or 13th forward. The issue is that on the Oilers he's about #10 on the depth chart.

I saw a poll on twitter last night about who's more of an issue, Chiasson or Khaira. Khaira was winning, but when you factor in A) salary and B) powerplay time, I think Khaira's actually been better.

Chiasson's tallied 3-5-8 on the year at even strength. In almost identical time on the ice, but with less talented linemates, Khaira has scored 6-3-9. He's also been a big contributor on the penalty kill.

When you consider that he also makes $950K per year less than Chiasson, I don't think it's close. Yes, there's some PP production from Chiasson, but I don't think you lose that if you have Neal or Yamamoto in that spot instead. I think if Gagner had been given that push this year, even his numbers would have looked better on the PP.

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