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 Skookum Jim
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
6 Cups
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| Rocksteady wrote on Mon, 22 June 2026 16:02 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 22 June 2026 14:10 |
.... then you have your answer on Walman.. just punching a clock.
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If that's the case the Oilers D will be much worse without Nurse here with no comparable return which I doubt Bowman can do.
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Thats my fear.. if Walman was injured last year it might provide an explanation why he was so slow and ineffective.. but I don't think I ever heard any suggestions of injury.. he just looked fat and slow.. which I don't know how you do if you just missed winning teh Stanley Cup and you play side by side with so many driven players.. how do you not commit 100% to winning the Cup by getting better or at least not droping down.. plus you get a career contract and you aren't inspired to do your best to live up to it.
That contract is almost Nurse-level.
I'm hoping it was a top secret injury.. but I suspect he just wasn't fit enough to play top 4 D.
Brindamour wouldn't allow it.. you're fit or you sit.. and then eventually gone.
[Updated on: Mon, 22 June 2026 18:56]
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