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 Mike
Messages: 1086
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| Goose wrote on Thu, 28 January 2021 14:46 |
| Mike wrote on Thu, 28 January 2021 10:28 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 28 January 2021 14:06 |
| Mike wrote on Thu, 28 January 2021 10:55 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 28 January 2021 13:48 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 28 January 2021 09:41 |
Lines tonight.
RNH - McD - JP
Kahun - leon - Yamo
Neal - Turris - Kassian
Nygard - Shore - Arch
Nurse-Bear
Jones - Larsson
Koekkoek Barrie
Probably the best lines the Oilers can come up with until Haas is ready and Bouchard is back from his tweak. The fact Khaira started 2, sat 5, played 1 then is out again tells me he's done. I'd send him to Bakersfield and call up someone else. I hope Tippett learned his lesson, Khaira can't play.
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Khaira really regressed, he actually looked like he had some promise like .. 4 years ago.. never developed, maybe he looked good because the rest of the forwards were so poor.. anyways, too bad.
Next.
Kahun needs to start getting something done or give someone else a try.
When Haaaaaas is ready I hope he slides into #8's spot, let him sit, get his game in shape on the taxi squad
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They could always swap RNH and Kahun. Reunite RNH-Drai-Yamo.
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The coach is looking for lines that work on a consistent basis. You have a line in Kahun - Leon - Yamo that is scoring and grossly out playing and out chancing whoever they go up against. So that line works pretty well. The Nuge - McD - JP lines seems to be starting to gel. Nuge had an awful start to the year and JP is only played 2 games but it looks like it could work.
But you want change the only line that has worked from game 1 in the Leon line, the put McD with a guy who's barely played North American hockey in 23 months in JP and a brand new, never played with the guy before in Kahun. WHY exactly?
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Cool your jets there Turbo...
RNH-Drai-Yamo was one of the best lines in the NHL last year, if not the best. Kahun hasn't looked bad, but he just hasn't produced. Maybe some time with the best player in the world would remedy that. It's not because Kahun is German that he needs to be stapled to Draisaitl's hip.
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And not to be the killjoy here, but they haven't outchanced their opponents 5x5, at least not according to how naturalstattrick.com defines a scoring chance. In fact they've not been great at all in that department with 36 SCF / 49 SCA. Extremely small samples, but Drai has performed marginally better with Yamamoto alone (6 SCF / 8 SCA) than with Kahun alone (3 SCF / 6 SCA), so I would try moving Kahun off that line before moving Yamamoto off.
https://www.naturalstattrick.com/linestats.php?fromseason=20 202021&thruseason=20202021&stype=2&sit=5v5&s core=all&rate=n&team=EDM&vteam=ALL&view=wowy &loc=B&gpfilt=none&fd=2021-01-13&td=2021-05- 08&tgp=2000&strict=incl&p1=8477934&p2=848094 6&p3=8479977&p4=0&p5=0
ETA: For comparison RNH/Drai/Yamamoto were 161 SCF / 135 SCA last year 5x5 and a ridiculous 28 GF / 8 GA (Kahun/Drai/Yams are an also good, but much smaller sample, 3 GF / 1 GA this year)
https://www.naturalstattrick.com/linestats.php?fromseason=20 192020&thruseason=20192020&stype=2&sit=5v5&s core=all&rate=n&team=EDM&vteam=ALL&view=wowy &loc=B&gpfilt=none&fd=2019-10-02&td=2020-04- 04&tgp=2000&strict=incl&p1=8477934&p2=847997 7&p3=8476454&p4=0&p5=0
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Yeah - sorta where I was coming from. They have been OK, but not world beaters. Maybe a swap of LWers in the top 6 could kickstart both lines.
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