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Mike wrote on Wed, 02 November 2022 09:32

5/6 of the top 6 are phenomenal. Yamamoto's paltry 0G-3A in over 17 minutes per game, almost exclusively in the top 6 sticks out like a sore thumb.

On the one hand we're scoring enough goals, so it's not a big deal, but I can't imagine other guys like JP, Holloway, or even Foegele getting at least 3 points given the same opportunity. I know he's pretty streaky (got more than half his points last year in March and April), but would be nice to see him find a bit more consistency.

Didn't see any glaring problems from our D (thought Nurse was very good again), but our PK really needs tighten up. We've allowed a PP goal in 9 of 10 games. 73.3% PK is not a winning formula. Thankfully it's offset by the 33%+ PP, but still, it is an area of concern.

And the officiating - these last 2 games are the first in a long time I remember feeling we weren't getting screwed. Even some calls they didn't make against us, and a couple of PPs we got I thought were soft. I won't complain, but certainly not something I'm used to watching Oilers hockey.




I was watching Yamamoto pretty closely last night. One thing that I noticed was that he was an absolute bulldog on the forecheck, and he would do a great job of keeping pucks in the zone / forcing turnovers. That would allow his teammates to get the puck, then make a couple of passes, leading to a goal.
He's not showing up on the scoresheet, because the assists went to the teammates who made the passes after recovering the pucks that he forced loose, but they wouldn't have had that opportunity without his hard work along the boards.



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