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 HamBlaster
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I was watching the highlights from last night over and over...
Draisaitl and Nurse. Two assistant captains... the guys that are supposed to hold the course, stick to the plan and demand accountability and responsibility from the rest of the team... those two guys that are so double-edged (either very dominant or highly suspect) completely gutted our squad last night. Baking turnovers and throwing them all over our zone and terrible situational reads and selfish errors sank the boys hard.
I think a huge part of the meltdown was that the rest of the team saw what those two had to offer and thought "if these guys don't give a damn, I'll go off script as well" and it all felt apart.
I know I've torn into Leon a bunch on here this season, but he plays this kind of game too often. He did it against Colorado recently and he did it again last night. He takes wild chances with the puck and against weak teams, those crazy passes might work. Against the best teams in the league, he gets picked off and gives up goals because of it. He'd been better, much better, recently... however he was back to his usual baker style last night. Needs to be so much better at managing the puck.
Nurse is just a boat anchor of a contract. He's usually fine, serviceable and a pretty good 3 - 4 (but not a good value at $9.5M), but against the good teams he can get exposed for not thinking the game well enough. That pinch last night was absolutely terrible and I'm not sure how it happens. He had zero chance of getting to it and he gives up the 4 on 1 as a result. He also doesn't get down far enough for blocks and ends up screening his goalie (that happens all the time with Darnell).
Both of those guys are going to play a massive role in whether the Oilers do anything of note in the playoffs. If they put forth these sorts of games, they will get crushed and be an easy out.
Shape up, lads.
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