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 Skookum Jim
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 11 February 2026 15:19 |
Saddest thing with his team right now is McDavid has been absolutely on fire for almost 3 months straight now. I guess Bouch too offensively. Drai playing pretty well too. And almost no one else is along for the ride. The captain leading by example seems to mean absolutely nothing with this team.
Personally I think a lack of a 3rd line C that can actually make plays is a big handicap for our depth now. Henrique can barely do a thing 5v5 now. Roslovic is a winger, and plays like a winger even when he lines up at C. And there is nothing else. Nuge can't drive a line, so he just stays on the wing, and is having a pretty off year so far anyways. There is no good opportunity for these young wingers we have to learn their NHL game against medium/low end competition with a decent center. If they play with McDavid or Drai, they are going to be up against top comp, and think they are making it clear they can't handle it yet.
As for our defensive methods/results. Someone needs to figure something out there. The results are just abysmal.
5v5 GA/60 is our highest since 14/15, and it's not just bad luck. Last few years we had runs of being scored on like crazy when we weren't giving up lots of good chances, so our xGA was way lower than our actual GA. But this year, almost the same, we are getting pretty close to what we deserve based on the chances we're giving up.
There is no season going back to 2007 where our 5v5 xGA/60 was worse than it is this year. This is likely our worst xGA/60 season in the cap era right now. Somehow this team finds a way to battle any narrative about what could have been the problem with the team. Skinner sucks, yay, we got rid of him. Oh yeah? Well, let's play the crappiest defense ever now to try to prove Skinner was never the issue! Such an annoying team, seriously.
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I think its D personnel.. #1 lack of smarts (turnovers), #2 lack of speed and agility, #3 lack of skill #4 just weak .. can't break a cycle, win pucks, tie up ab open man, and have zero intimidation
Seravalli called it on Stauffer's show..
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“Darnell Nurse is this team’s biggest problem, start and finish.
Like, you could end it right there.
At nine and a quarter million bucks, he needs to be an impact piece, and the Oilers are trying to survive in spite of him.”
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[Updated on: Wed, 11 February 2026 22:15]
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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