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 Skookum Jim
Messages: 3990
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
3 Cups
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Suspect Oilers will get run out of this one physically.
Never ceases to amaze me how this franchise can't get players to finish checks, use the body to separate pucks off of people, they never seem to acquire enough players that have that ingredient, but even if its not in their DNA, other franchises seem to be able to squeeze that ability out of their players.. much higher compete and intensity level.
Oilers seem to fail in that area year after year, GM after GM, pro-scout after pro-scout, coach after coach.
Just a handful of players on the Oilers have that level of competitiveness in their makeup, below the critical mass to carry any inertia for a team's success.
Some coaches over the years seem to be able to get that out of players, even if its not part of their makeup, be it building confidence and motivation, or plain fear of unemployment.
tippet had them doing battle drills, seemed to help with the Florida game.. for a period, but it looked like air leaking out of a balloon, eventually resorting to their base level.
Not sure another coach can squeeze anything more out of some on this roster.. unless there is some new Moderna tech that can change DNA. :)
Hoping for the best tonight, fearing the worst.
[Updated on: Sat, 22 January 2022 17:04]
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P. Chiarelli math.. T. Hall = A. Larsson, Yak= bag o'pucks (OK he got one right...) K. Russell = $4.1 M+NMC, G. Reinhart= M. Barzal + A. Beauvillier, J. Eberle = R. Spooner,
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