RDOilerfan wrote on Wed, 01 June 2022 10:53

So question for you. Do you scratch one of Keith, Nurse or both based on them having an off night while completely ignore the majority of good? I feel and I've seen on twitter a ton from all his haters that Keith overall, have been pretty darn good. Yes he's had a few bad games, or makes a mistake bur for the huge majority of the time, he's been solid. Same goes for Nurse. He's clearly playing hurt, its limiting him but he still does a lot of good things. But I find all people focus on when it comes to a particular select few, is the bad. A guy could do 50 plays, 47 great, 3 bad and it's the bad a person focuses on.

You must read different twitter than I do

Duncan Keith has not been good, imo. He still does some things well, and he's got good offensive instincts, but he can't defend the rush or the cycle (he gets beat decisively leading to scoring chances against multiple times per game at this point), and he's too slow to consistently skate the puck out of the zone (which leads to him getting hemmed in), or participate in rush chances.

There's zero chance that he gets scratched, but there's no reason, other than reputation, that he should be playing more minutes than Kulak at this point.





https://twitter.com/NHL_Sid/status/1530949782482526209?s=20& amp; amp; amp;t=H1kFmM1ibhJbURWNlgWzYw

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@NHL_Sid: Also, Keith's microstats are really concerning. Alongside his brutal entry defence, he has 16 turnovers leading to shots. No Oilers player has more than 7. He has 14 failed zone exits. No Oilers player has over 7. He ranks last among Oilers D in DZ Breakups (only 2 in total).

https://twitter.com/NHL_Sid/status/1530949789595996160?s=20& amp; amp; amp;t=H1kFmM1ibhJbURWNlgWzYw

[Updated on: Wed, 01 June 2022 12:20]

Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games