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Re: Pregame: Edmonton @ Vancouver (Game #2) [message #833472 is a reply to message #833471 ]	Fri, 10 May 2024 16:23

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RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 10 May 2024 16:11

inverno76 wrote on Fri, 10 May 2024 16:06

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 10 May 2024 15:56

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 10 May 2024 15:40

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 10 May 2024 15:29

I'd have Carrick in the line up over Brown. The Oilers got worked in the faceoff department. He gives them another guy to take them, he's good in the circles plus if Leon is comprised, less reliance on him to take draws in certain situations.

Issue with Carrick is that he is pretty bad at actual hockey.

I don't think this series is going to be all that physical where you need designated face punchers or guys just out there running around looking for hits. For sure the Canucks have big D that like to hit, but those D are still all trying to play hockey, trying to get the puck and start the transition. They aren't out there just chasing hits and trying to be bullies. They are using their size how they can to get their team back on offense.

Carrick is gonna struggle if the game is back and forth and skill and brains are gonna win. Connor Brown at least has a head on his shoulders that can read plays and at least have a chance to stay ahead of the play.

You are totally right, how stupid of me. Carrick can't play the 7:35 that Brown played last game. A guy that's scored 10 goals this year, can't play in the NHL in a 4th line role. That time on ice for Brown equals what, 3-4 shifts a period so Carrick can't possibly go up against Teddy Blueger. A guy who's 63% on faceoffs as an Oiler and over 50 % in his career, can't jump over the boards, take a faceoff in the dzone, then skate off the ice, just like Leon does every freaking game. No way, he could help take that job from Leon who might not be 100%

I stand corrected. Thanks Adam.. I mean KR55.

Sometimes passive aggressive sarcasm does not translate in the written word. Good work.

I wasn't asking Carrick to take Leon's spot in the top 6 and on the power play. I was asking him to take the spot on the right wing and replace a 4th liner who barely played and maybe jump in to take a few faceoffs from time to time. He's got 240 games of NHL experience to say he can do that role. So to say he's bad at hockey when I suggested he do the role he's been doing for years, is a stupid comment in my opinion and one you make when you want to be a smartass for no reason.

Canucks have 2nd change, so Carrick can end up with shifts against good opposition on icings, or if they get hemmed in and Canucks can change on the fly. If the coach is too scared that the home team will get a favourable matchup against a player like Carrick that gets consistently dominated on possession, he might just stop playing him, which puts more strain on the rest of the lineup.

Ryan Reeves has loads of playoff hockey under his belt and the Leafs played him in the series thinking it could just be sparing and he could hit and fight. Reeves ended up being a star of some pretty ugly highlights of goals against. Carrick has the 4th highest GA/60 in the playoffs on our team in his limited ice time that should have just been against 4th liners. That's against a 1-line trap team.

There is no safe time in playoffs, especially in the top 8 of NHL playoffs, and against the Canucks that are almost always in attack mode in games. Any weak links get exposed and sink you against good teams. Carrick is not really the kind of player a serious contender typicaly has in their lineup is all I'm saying.

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Pregame: Edmonton @ Vancouver (Game #2)	By: OilFans on Fri, 10 May 2024 02:00
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Re: Pregame: Edmonton @ Vancouver (Game #2)	By: Kr55 on Fri, 10 May 2024 15:40
Re: Pregame: Edmonton @ Vancouver (Game #2)	By: RDOilerfan on Fri, 10 May 2024 15:56
Re: Pregame: Edmonton @ Vancouver (Game #2)	By: inverno76 on Fri, 10 May 2024 16:06
Re: Pregame: Edmonton @ Vancouver (Game #2)	By: RDOilerfan on Fri, 10 May 2024 16:11
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