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Re: Review: Los Angeles @ Edmonton (Game #17) [message #814192 is a reply to message #814186 ]	Fri, 18 November 2022 11:35

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Adam wrote on Fri, 18 November 2022 10:43

Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 17 November 2022 15:39

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 17 November 2022 12:18

Part of the Oilers problem is I think they have too many players who I deem dimensionless on their team.

I can tell you were listening to Stauffer today! I think someone called in and coined the term "dimensionless" .. to describe the bottom 6.. which I thought is a perfect term for them.. can't score, not hard on the forecheck, make defensive mistakes, weak in their own zone, and bring zero threat of physicality or intimidation (maybe Foegle.. recently)

Can't have "dimensionless" players on a contending NHL team = Oiler problem (one of..)

You guys are yearning for the Steve Tambellini era, when every guy signed would have a specific role. A fighter, a designated hitter, a penalty killer or two, a face-off guy...that's just a really bad strategy for building teams. We saw just how impactful it was for Tambo, because the face-off guy couldn't make or take a pass, the penalty killers were useless at even strength, the hitter couldn't do anything with the puck and the fighter was a massive liability if he couldn't immediately get a fight.

Completely and utterly FALSE. I am not looking for goons or a guy that only hits or a guy that all he does is win a faceoff then runs off the ice. I am not looking for 1 dimensional players like a goon who if no one will fight him, he's useless. I am looking for hockey players in the bottom 6 who on the vast majority of nights, I know that when they are on the ice something good will happen. Good bottom 6 guys on most nights go out there and they bring what they bring on a consistent basis. They don't get in hard on the forecheck 1 or 2 shifts a game then cruise around for the rest. Or for 1 shift hit 3 guys, then never get close to anyone again for the whole game. I am looking for a line who as soon as they are on the ice, I know, everyone in the crowd knows and the oppositions knows that line is going to get after them, they are going to cause the other teams problems, they are at times going to generate scoring chances and at times score a goal.

Right now from shift to shift, no one has a clue what most of the bottom 6 guys will do. McLeod has skill, fantastic speed and at 6'2, 207, opposition defenders every time he is on the ice should be looking over their shoulders wondering if he is coming. That doesn't mean McLeod has to try to run every player through the boards every time he is on the ice but at his size and speed he should be hounding the defenders all the time, once in a while lay a hard check but with his speed and skill, he should be a turnover machine. When players rush plays because they someone is on them, they make mistakes. Mistakes lead to turnovers, turnovers lead to possession, possession leads to scoring chances. So with his combination of speed, skill and size, if he was getting after it like he should instead of cruising around staying as far away from the corners as he can, he should be creating all kinds of shots and scoring chances for himself for his linemates but he doesn't.

I singled out McLeod because you have mentioned time and time again how you want speed and skill bottom 6 guys who can outscore the opposition vs the old school bang and crash beat the puck until it's square players that you think I want. I don't want the knuckle draggers, I want more players like McLeod who are big, skilled and fast EXCEPT, I want those guys to not be scared to get after it like McLeod looks to be. In order to get possession and break plays up, you actually have to pressure the opposition and get near them to get the puck back which is something he does not do a lot of.

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