 |
 Adam
Messages: 7757
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
|
|
| NetBOG wrote on Wed, 28 July 2021 09:45 |
| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 28 July 2021 09:37 |
Welp, I couldn't have been more wrong about Barrie's perspective here. Guy passes up free agency completely and signs a very fair deal.
But yeah, this signing costed us Bear (for old school hockey guy reasons, didn't have to), and also blocks Bouchard from opportunities to develop on the PP (doesn't have to, but Barrie needs that PP time to look useful, and Tippett is all about the top loading everything with the things he's more sure about). Also gives us Ceci who I would not be surprised to see falls back to being a guy fans love to hate (because he's not good, another big lug that can't move a puck).
Cascading consequences of doing the easy thing.
|
Can the best PP defenceman in the league really be 'blocking' someone else from playing on the PP? Should we care?
|
Is he the best PP defenceman in the league? or is he just playing with the best PP players in the league and reaping the benefits?
I actually like Barrie on the PP, but I think that the ceiling is higher for Bouchard - he can be great PP and be a better all around defenceman. He has a better shot, so adds a different weapon to that mix. If the Oilers gave him the reins, I think they do well, but now I think the default will be Barrie for the next couple years at least - minimizing his role.
Since Bouchard is a rookie defenceman, he's going to have his growing pains in the next couple of years. If he was on the PP - I think we would see the flip side of that and understand his full value, but without it, I think there will be undue focus on the downside of a young d-man, and maybe in a couple of years, the Oilers have traded him for the next great third line forward who can penalty kill...
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
|
|
|
|
Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: Adam on Wed, 28 July 2021 09:35 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: Kr55 on Wed, 28 July 2021 09:37 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: NetBOG on Wed, 28 July 2021 09:45 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: Adam on Wed, 28 July 2021 10:00 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: Kr55 on Wed, 28 July 2021 10:02 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: Kr55 on Wed, 28 July 2021 10:14 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: Steve on Wed, 28 July 2021 11:26 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
|
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
|
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: Kr55 on Wed, 28 July 2021 11:31 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: Mike on Wed, 28 July 2021 11:34 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
|
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
|
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
|
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
By: Adam on Wed, 28 July 2021 15:40 |
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
|
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
|
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
|
|
Re: Barrie signs 3-year deal |
|
