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Re: Review: Anaheim @ Edmonton (Game #3) [message #793221 is a reply to message #793220 ]	Wed, 20 October 2021 13:39

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Goose wrote on Wed, 20 October 2021 13:30

RDOilerfan wrote on Wed, 20 October 2021 07:35

Not a work of art but they won. 3-0 is exactly the start they would have wanted so I will take it any way they can get it. They are finding ways to win while not playing their best which I am choosing to see as a bit of a positive because it means in my opinion, if they play better, they should win easier. Good teams find ways to win even when they aren't at their best.

Barrie looks like he did to start off last year. Sputtering but he found his game so I hope that's the same this year.

Kassian looks like a different player, the guy from a few years ago. I am loving that 3rd line. Foggele is great.

Bouchard is looking GREAT!! 3 games only but he's looking like the dman I'd hoped they would be getting when they drafted him. Almost killed the goal with his shot. icon_biggrin

Yamo, I am not sure what they should do. This isn't just 3 games this season, this goes back into last year where his playoffs were lousy and he scored 1 goal in 26 games.

Sloppy play especially by the forwards but it can be cleaned up.

I thought they should have started Koskinen. I get why he went with Smith because he was playing so well but I didn't think Smith was at his best. I don't think there was a "bad goal" but a couple where I thought a save was needed.

I think this is just who Barrie is. He's just not that good of a defender, and he's looked bad on a few goals so it's been more obvious. I honestly think that if Smith stops that 4th goal, people are probably not as down on Barrie, even though he still would have been walked by Steel.

There's a reason that, in an off-season where teams were handing out $9M contracts to defencemen like candy, Barrie only signed for $4.5M despite leading all defencemen in points last year.

He struggled to start last season and by the 7 or 8th game he was better and pretty decent the entire season. So that is what I am expecting from him. His contract made it so in my opinion, you had to sign him. You are getting a very good skating, excellent puck moving, PP running. point producing machine for 4.5 mill for 3 yrs that's a right shot. I could totally see by the end of this year if Bouchard keeps going like he is, Barrie becomes very expendable and has an extremely tradeable contract. TONS of teams could use a dman like him especially if they lack scoring and their PP sucks.

Look no further than down the highway in Calgary as an example. When the Sutter experiment blows up in their face and they realize you can't win in the NHL anymore when over half your defense is defensive dmen that beat the puck square, they could use a Barrie. They have Andersson running their PP again. I don't see him as a offensive guy. There will be lots of teams looking for offense from the defense. So I don't think trading him will be a problem is needed.

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Review: Anaheim @ Edmonton (Game #3)	By: OilFans on Tue, 19 October 2021 21:30
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Re: Review: Anaheim @ Edmonton (Game #3)	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 20 October 2021 08:35
Re: Review: Anaheim @ Edmonton (Game #3)	By: Goose on Wed, 20 October 2021 13:30
Re: Review: Anaheim @ Edmonton (Game #3)	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 20 October 2021 13:39
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