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 Mike
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| Adam wrote on Fri, 17 December 2021 12:21 |
People (read Jim Matheson) are too focused on Yamamoto. He's not close to the biggest problem the team has, and obsessing over his shots is silly. He still has more shots on the year than Kassian.
Not to say he doesn't need to be better - he does - but the guy is dirt cheap and he's been doing well on the forecheck, puck retrieval and penalty kill. He's an easy target for Edmonton media guys who are doing backflips trying to avoid criticizing roster construction, coaching or management.
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I'm somewhere in the middle - I agree he's not the biggest problem on the team, and I do like a lot of what he brings. But you can't be going into that kind of a black hole playing with Draistaitl for that long.
Foegele looked good with McDavid. Is there some way to rearrange the lines that would give a boost to the 3rd line without hurting the top 2 too much? Something like
Foegele - McDavid - JP
Hyman - Draisaitl - Yamo
RNH- McLeod - Kassian
Here's something crazy I haven't seen elsewhere - what about converting Barrie to a winger?
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