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Rocksteady wrote on Thu, 12 January 2023 09:45

Adam wrote on Wed, 11 January 2023 15:56

I still think that "We miss Duncan Keith" is just the biggest myth going. The guy was atrocious in the playoffs. His lack of foot speed was constantly exposed and he was burned for many, many goals against. He's a minus player in that playoffs, and almost single-handedly lost us the one game against Los Angeles.

The defence has all underperformed this year, but I don't really think the difference maker is Keith, and I think the system flaws are still there whether he is or not. He might actually make it worse given that he can't skate any more.

If we REALLY believed we need his leadership, then they should just pay for a flight to get him to come hang out with the team and impart pearls of wisdom.

I do miss the cap credit we should have gotten from his retirement though. Stupid NHL.


We? We miss Duncan Keith? No... no no no my dear friend.. Evan Bouchard misses Duncan Keith, and you can tell by how Bouch has played to see this. He is lost without his mentor on the ice and while Keith the player wasn't the player he was in Chicago and he was all but used up when he got here, the knowledge the tutoring to Evan is sorely missed.

Evan misses Duncan Keith.

I'd even go as far as the entire defensive group misses Keith, he was a stabilizing force back there, and while he couldn't play the game AS WELL as he once did, he still had something the Oilers of today need.. stability.

No analytics or anything will chart the stability this guy brought to the team. We had one year of it, we needed more evidently.


If this is true, and I’m not saying it’s not, then why are we not bringing in Keith instead of Coffey to work with the blue line. Hell, bring in every HOF defenseman who wants to coach D. If it’s a certain voice that works with the defence then you find it and you pay them.



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