 RDOilerfan
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| nullterm wrote on Wed, 22 November 2023 11:16 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Wed, 22 November 2023 09:47 |
| Dragon_Matt wrote on Wed, 22 November 2023 10:43 |
Kostin too. I was on the 'keep McLeod' train too simply as he's a center over a wing... but he's having his worst year on the dot (45%) AND has only 3 assists.
Bjugstad wanted to go home to Phoenix. We knew he wasn't coming back since his family didn't come to Edmonton with him. Kostin would have been the better pick to stay and might have done just as well on faceoffs.
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Kostin doesn't play center and he's got 1 goal, 2 pts in 14 games. I wanted Kostin back, not for 2mill.
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Better deal than Brown at 0 points for $4 million
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I think Brown overall as a player is much better and will probably end up scoring a lot more this year but right now, you are right, it hasn't worked out at all.
I don't think any of the bets the Oilers took have worked out and I felt the bets were good ones.
- They bet on McLeod taking a step and solidifying himself as a good 3rd line center. There were things in his game I wanted him to improve on but I thought he could easily do it. It hasn't happened and he's regressed so far. He has no goals in his last 33 games played since last year. 1 goal in his last 46.
- They bet on Bouchard taking a step as a dman. I thought offensively he was poised to take a step forward. Defensively, I thought after his playoffs, the light clicked on and he figured out how to just be average defensively, which is all they need. I think offensively he's improved but his defensive game has clearly taken a step back.
- They bet on Holloway being a solid 3rd liner. I thought he would, especially after his preseason. It's preseason but he was fantastic in every game. I thought he didn't take a step when the season started and was only just showing signs that maybe he was figuring it out before getting hurt.
- They bet on Campbell bouncing back. I never saw him as a elite goalie but I thought he was capable of returning to career averages which would put him as a mid range goalie. To be worse, means he's out of the league. Well he's out of the league right now.
- They bet on Skinner to just continue in as he was last year. He got nominated as rookie of the year but numbers wise compared to the rest of the league, he was middle of the pack. He had a.914 and 2.75 GA. Those are solid numbers but not spectacular. To start the year, he fell back.
-I think they banked on Brown taking a little time to get going but be solid for them and solidify their top 6. He started slow. I thought his last 2 games he was really coming on and about to break out. Then he got hurt again. THere is still time for him to recover but so far, the bet hasn't worked.
Every team takes chances on guys, some work out, some don't. But to have none of them work out is shocking especially since most of them seemed like fairly safe bets.
[Updated on: Wed, 22 November 2023 11:55]
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