 RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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| inverno76 wrote on Fri, 03 December 2021 14:33 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 03 December 2021 13:12 |
Lines for tonight.
Hyman - McD - Yamo
RNH - Drai - JP
Foegele - McLeod - Kass
Perlini - Ryan Sceviour
Russell - Barrie
Lagesson - Bouchard
Niemelaninen - Broberg
Skinner
I like the mix for the top 6. I don't think a line can be successful when you have 2 undersized, somewhat passive players in Nuge and Yamo on the same line so putting a bigger, more assertive player on 1 wing in Hyman and JP and then 2 passive guys on the other makes more sense to me.
Benson deserves to take a seat. He had another game with zeros for stats except the dumbass penalty he took running the Pens goalie.
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That was a horrible penalty. It is inexplicable why Benson took that route through the crease. Benson or Perlini....not much of a difference. Benson seems to have created more scoring chances throughout the year, but both are an offensive black holes.
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For me it's give Benson a couple of games then unless he does something to stand out, throw in Perlini for a couple. Then repeat. They are place holders for Shore. Once Shore is back, the 4th line will be:
Shore - Ryan - Sceviour. Then one of Benson or Perlini will get sent down.
Benson is a left winger who's not better than Hyman or Nuge or Foegele. So he's a 4th liner on the Oilers. He's not a penalty killer and the Oilers have the 4th best PK in the league so it would be insane to change out someone for him to give him a chance. Most NHL teams don't play their 4th line a ton 5 on 5 anyway so when you aren't on special teams, all you are going to get is 6 -7 mins a night tops.
I know Adam will respond telling me how horrible Shore is and how Benson scored a lot in the AHL but at some point Benson has to do something to stand out other than take dumb penalties in the 6 mins he gets.
Perlini is not much different. The only advantage I guess that Perlini has is he skaters better, is bigger and at least scored some in the NHL. He has 46 career NHL goals.
Benson
10 GP, 0 pts, -3, 6 pims, 13 hits, 6 shots.
Perlini
12 GP, 0 pts, -3, 2 pims, 16 hits, 6 shots.
Those stats say both aren't doing a hell of a lot to stand out so when Shore comes back, why not throw him in there.
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