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 RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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Can someone explain to me this narrative I keep seeing on Twitter about JP apparently being asked to chase hits and it ruins his game? He's got 60 hits in 26 games, that's 2.3 a game. If you take out the Habs game where he got 8, that's 52 in 25 games. So BARELY over 2 hits a game. I looked up all his games. He has 6 games so far where he had zero hits, another 3 games with 1 and another 6 with 2. So 15 games in 26 he has 2 or less hits. So if it's true the coaching staff has asked him to chase hits and he's running around looking to drill guys, shouldn't he have more than 2 a game?
He's 6'4, well over 200 lbs so a big man and maybe the coach tells him to use his big frame to his advantage when he is digging for pucks to win a few puck battles from time to time and that throws his game off? I've seen all kinds of reasons why he's not producing and this is another example of a reason I don't get.
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Adam
Messages: 7199
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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One more question - why is Jannmark getting the push with the top lines? So far, he's played in 12 games, with over half of those in a top-6 role. He's got 1-2-3, with just 10 shots on goal. Kostin has 1-0-1 in 10 games, but he has 17 shots and he's played pretty much exclusively in a depth role. Puljujarvi gets cycled down to the third line relatively easily but Jannmark has been a fixture the last few games.
The first couple of games I saw some creativity from both players, but there's been less lately - potentially when on a top line Jannmark is deferring too much? Whatever the case, I think the lack of production, even shot production, is a problem and would make me consider whether he should be up there or not.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2517
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
2 Cups
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I have no clue with Janmark. He’s been horrendous. I don’t see it with him either
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inverno76
Messages: 2357
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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Thankfully those tickets were free. What a dud.
Team is missing too many forwards and there replacements are either not getting it done, or not being used in the right role. I see no reason why you don’t give Holloway a push right now. He skates and hits, but instead we get an extra dose of Janmark who’s not terrible but has 5% more offence than the black hole Puljujarvi.
Bouchard must of been talked to recently about being out of position. Sure he looked stupid on that dive at the puck, but he did eliminate the forehand shot and forced a pass to a wide open F3. If anyone needs some slivers, start with Barrie. He got walked by Protas multiple times. Bobbled how many pucks at the blue line. Ughhhh. And I didn’t win the 50/50…..
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Babaganoosh2.0
Messages: 396
Registered: December 2018
Location: Southern AB
No Cups
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| inverno76 wrote on Tue, 06 December 2022 20:58 |
Thankfully those tickets were free. What a dud.
Team is missing too many forwards and there replacements are either not getting it done, or not being used in the right role. I see no reason why you don’t give Holloway a push right now. He skates and hits, but instead we get an extra dose of Janmark who’s not terrible but has 5% more offence than the black hole Puljujarvi.
Bouchard must of been talked to recently about being out of position. Sure he looked stupid on that dive at the puck, but he did eliminate the forehand shot and forced a pass to a wide open F3. If anyone needs some slivers, start with Barrie. He got walked by Protas multiple times. Bobbled how many pucks at the blue line. Ughhhh. And I didn’t win the 50/50…..
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Starting to wonder if Pulu will ever break out. I remember being pissed we passed on Matt Tkachuk in 2016. He gave me Joni Pitkanen like vibes. Million dollar talent. Five cent brain and effort level.
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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| Babaganoosh2.0 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2022 14:35 |
| inverno76 wrote on Tue, 06 December 2022 20:58 |
Thankfully those tickets were free. What a dud.
Team is missing too many forwards and there replacements are either not getting it done, or not being used in the right role. I see no reason why you don’t give Holloway a push right now. He skates and hits, but instead we get an extra dose of Janmark who’s not terrible but has 5% more offence than the black hole Puljujarvi.
Bouchard must of been talked to recently about being out of position. Sure he looked stupid on that dive at the puck, but he did eliminate the forehand shot and forced a pass to a wide open F3. If anyone needs some slivers, start with Barrie. He got walked by Protas multiple times. Bobbled how many pucks at the blue line. Ughhhh. And I didn’t win the 50/50…..
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Starting to wonder if Pulu will ever break out. I remember being pissed we passed on Matt Tkachuk in 2016. He gave me Joni Pitkanen like vibes. Million dollar talent. Five cent brain and effort level.
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I heard the Oilers had planned to take Sergachev at #4 or trade down with Calgary but when Columbus shocked everyone and took Dubious and JP fell, they changed their plans right on the fly. Clearly the Columbus Finnish GM knew something about JP that other teams didn't.
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inverno76
Messages: 2357
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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I am not going to criticize McDrai. Sure they need to commit a lot more to their own end, but where are the ‘give an effs’ from everyone else yesterday (except Nuge)?
If you’re a plug then do something other than chase a puck. Try throwing a hit. Crash the net. Be better.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2517
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
2 Cups
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| inverno76 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2022 04:01 |
I am not going to criticize McDrai. Sure they need to commit a lot more to their own end, but where are the ‘give an effs’ from everyone else yesterday (except Nuge)?
If you’re a plug then do something other than chase a puck. Try throwing a hit. Crash the net. Be better.
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I agree. We are still basically a 5 person team when Kane is healthy.
We need help from the bottom 6 and the defense needs to be better. End of story. Losing last game with how good Skinner was. Just insane
Better take tonight
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