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Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone [message #799551 is a reply to message #799503 ]	Thu, 10 February 2022 23:26

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Adam wrote on Thu, 10 February 2022 13:37

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 10 February 2022 13:35

Malone is a tweener that Woodcroft would know well. Big body, physical, defensively responsible player that can play center or wing. Wont' score you much but won't cost you anything. If he plays, he would replace:

Turris - Useless who doesn't score, has zero dimension, suspect defensively.
Benson - Useless who doesn't score, has zero dimension, suspect defensively.
Perlini - Might score the odd time, doesn't do much else, suspect defensively.
Ryan - Wins face offs, doesn't score, doesn't do much else, now suspect defensively.
Shore - Plays 2 positions but doesn't score, doesn't do much else, suspect defensively.

There is the guys that make up your extra players and most if not all of your 4th line. I think they could use a guy that isn't afraid to touch someone plus another 1 or 2.

I would consistently play Benson, Perlini, Marody, and probably even Ryan ahead of Brad Malone.

Depends on what you expect of the player and what you want in the bottom 6. Outside of the usual issues with this club, my biggest disappointment is how physically soft this team is to play against throughout the lineup. They have players that have the tools to be physical, but haven't seen that all year. Around the league, that's still a feature of most teams including the good teams, and you still have to dial that up in NHL hockey. Players still have to know that if they're not impacting the game positively on the scoresheet, they had better be doing it in some other way. Especially in the bottom 6 where presumably there are other guys who would give their left nut for NHL pay scale. Maybe that competition happens now.

Haven't seen enough of Marody, but Perlini I don't mind if you want a shooting mentality in the bottom 6. Benson is trying to be a pest, no offense yet. Ryan useful on the draw and PK, but otherwise.... I haven't seen enough of Malone can keep up and isnt buttery soft, I think there's a place for him. I think the team benefits if the bottom 6 has elements of some skill and some physicality. Kassian would be missed if he had either element, but he has neither. I think it's pretty likely with Woodcroft we might see some enlightened choices in player deployment, and maybe less entitlement for no reason.

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Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: smyth260 on Thu, 10 February 2022 12:29
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Adam on Thu, 10 February 2022 12:47
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Oscargasm on Thu, 10 February 2022 12:49
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Adam on Thu, 10 February 2022 13:08
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Oscargasm on Thu, 10 February 2022 13:10
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Adam on Thu, 10 February 2022 13:24
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 10 February 2022 13:35
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Adam on Thu, 10 February 2022 13:37
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: inverno76 on Thu, 10 February 2022 14:00
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Kr55 on Thu, 10 February 2022 14:03
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 10 February 2022 14:38
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: mightyreasoner on Thu, 10 February 2022 14:51
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Adam on Thu, 10 February 2022 14:52
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 10 February 2022 15:51
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: CrudeRemarks on Thu, 10 February 2022 15:59
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 10 February 2022 16:11
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Adam on Thu, 10 February 2022 16:15
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Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Goose on Thu, 10 February 2022 15:05
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 10 February 2022 16:06
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: welcometotheOC on Thu, 10 February 2022 16:13
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Goose on Thu, 10 February 2022 18:10
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Kr55 on Thu, 10 February 2022 18:29
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: RDOilerfan on Fri, 11 February 2022 08:55
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: welcometotheOC on Fri, 11 February 2022 09:38
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: RDOilerfan on Fri, 11 February 2022 10:03
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Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: RDOilerfan on Fri, 11 February 2022 10:41
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: inverno76 on Fri, 11 February 2022 10:05
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: K.McC#24 on Thu, 10 February 2022 23:26
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Oscargasm on Thu, 10 February 2022 13:46
Re: Oilers Sign Brad Malone	By: Adam on Thu, 10 February 2022 14:25
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