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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Goose wrote on Fri, 18 February 2022 13:17 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 18 February 2022 11:26 |
You could be right. I have been seeing people on twitter and other places suggesting that Keith has been doing a lot of what the defense is doing right now prior to the coach change, the difference now being the forwards are doing things now to support that. I wasn't paying attention enough before the switch to know for sure.
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I've seen that being said too and I'm not sure that's accurate. I admit, Keith was much better in transition than I expected him to be but my recollection is that his defensive zone coverage, including on zone entries, was pretty terrible.
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He gets beat one-on-one fairly often and he struggles in a foot race now.
Keith hasn't been awful, but he's a far cry from what he once was, and he's not worth his salary by any means.
As for if Dennis' intel is correct? We'll see. If it isn't, we should start seeing reports of Keith practicing or planning to play in the next couple of days.
For what it's worth, I don't think Oilfans Alumnus Dennis hates Duncan Keith. I think he doesn't like the deal that brought him here, and doesn't think he's added value for the money - I think all that is pretty justified though, don't you?
Also worth noting - the guys beating the drum that Keith is back and he's amazing were mostly the mainstream media guys - Brownlee said we just lost our best defenceman when Keith went down, for instance - and those are the same guys who spent all of January telling Oilers fans we were all sheep for wanting Tippett fired.
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