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 Skookum Jim
Messages: 6158
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
6 Cups
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All the game one's I saw over the weekend started like gangbusters.. Oilers need to start out balls out every shift. Refs gonna let everything go.. guys like Dach, Fred, Podz, Dickenson need to fly around and pound the forecheck.. had hoped Samanski was in over Henry..
We have a healthy Ekholm this year.. big factor.. and the addition of a trending speedy sniper in Savoie who can also PK..
Additions of Roz, Savoie, much better than Arvidson, C. Brown or Skinner last year.
IMHO comparison of this years playoff roster to last years.. some players are better.. Podz, Fred, and some worse .. Walman, Henrique .. overall I think its a comparable or even better roster.. has potential to grow and get better in the post season.
Hyman = Hyman
McDavid > McDavid (he's at another level)
Savoie > C. Brown
Podkolzin > Podkolzin
Draisaitl = Draisaitl
Rozlovic > Arvidsson
Samanski > J. Skinner
RNH = RNH
Frederic >> Frederic
Kapanen >= Janmark
Henrique < Henrique
Dickenson > Perry (Dickenson will have more ice time.. although Perry had a boat load of intangibles)
Dach <= Kane
Nurse = Nurse
Bouchard > Bouchard (league scoring champ for D men)
Ekholm >> Klingberg
Murphy ~ Kulak
Walman << Walman
Emberson > Emberson
Ingram >= S. Skinner (I think Ingy has a lower floor than Stu.. and maybe even higher ceiling)
LFG !!
[Updated on: Mon, 20 April 2026 11:38]
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