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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| Mike wrote on Fri, 17 May 2024 11:47 |
I have to assume we are going with Pickard again tomorrow - absolutely nothing to reproach him for his 2+ games. Fun stat - he has as many .900+ games as Skinner in these playoffs! More if you count his 16 minutes of shutout hockey in game 3.
As for the rest of the roster - is Sam Gagner not an option? I know he's not a bruiser, but he's not scared to go in the corners, and he still has hands. I'd have him in there ahead of at least a couple of the guys on the roster.
And Adam Henrique...1 goal, 1 assist in 6 playoff games for a first round pick. I know you can't predict those things, but it still sucks. He didn't put up a ton of points, but sure would have been nice to have him there the last few games. Any chance he plays Saturday?
And just looking at the numbers - same story. We've got the stars leading the way at the top, but no help form the depth. The bottom 6 point producers have given us 0 goals and 4 assists in 44 man games (Carrick 1A 3GP, Brown 1A 4GP, Ryan 1A 7GP, Vinnie 1A 10GP, McLeod NOTHING 10GP, Perry NOTHING 10GP). I know some of those guys kill penalties, but 0s across the board for Perry and McLeod is not acceptable. At least Perry creates a little bit of havoc I suppose, but McLeod? Finish a check my guy. Dear god - this is the Stanley Cup playoffs!
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There is basically no option other than going with Pickard in Game 6 (and Game 7 too for that matter). The margin of error is none now, and so you can't hope that Skinner doesn't have another one of THOSE games. If we lose, I really don't know what you do this summer though. We're basically left with two lame duck goalies and Pickard is a UFA who you wouldn't ever keep as the de facto starter. Ken Holland has completely screwed the pooch on this one, and it'll take some heroics to overcome his ridiculous incompetence.
All that said, the Oilers are the better team and they've showed it in all but Games 2 and 5. Bizarrely the team playing better has lost several of the games this round, but you'd expect that to even out and if the team comes ready to play, we should be able to take two more games against the Vancouver Canucks - with either goalie really.
I'd like to see the team play a little more desperate, and with more of a focus on attacking. We seem so intent on keeping as many bodies between the puck and our goal that we sometimes miss pressuring the puck carrier - and we can't be successful being that passive. We also will draw more penalties if we're attacking as the Canucks will continue to foul and at some point the ref has to blow the whistle on some of those infractions.
A couple more adjustments though and we should be fine. We're overdue to blow out this goalie.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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