RDOilerfan Messages: 3900
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I am not looking for the Oilers best players to become checkers, all I am saying is they have to make subtle changes to their game to pay better attention to defense. I will give an example. In one of the Oilers PP's, I believe it was Leon who had the puck on one side of the ice halfway to the blueline in the Kings zone. He had the option to take the puck in deeper, throw it back to the dman or throw it cross ice to McD. There was a Kings player standing right in the middle of the ice ready to stop the cross ice to McD. What does Leon do? He opts for the backhanded cross ice to McD.
Now in this case he made the pass. The Kings player just missed knocking it down but if Leon is off by an inch or 2, that's a short handed breakaway. He had other safer options that could have just as easily resulted in a scoring chance but he chose the highest risk play that we have all seen not go well and result in a short handed breakaway, often times a goal against. It's small things like that that need to change that would make a HUGE difference. Those small things do not involve the GM or coach at all. Doesn't mean I let the GM or coach off the hook but it's something the players control.
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