I think that the Oil should have saved some plane fare yesterday and just bussed the boys over from Bakersfield instead. No idea what it will take to turn the team around, but another coaching change shouldn't be the default solution.
I think that the goaltending is fine, not great but fine. Almost every puck that went past them this year was due to abysmal defensive play by both defensemen and forwards. Not very confidence inspiring for the tenders. Edmonton's system sure does a good job of wrecking goalies, until they play for someone else that is.
Considering the size of some of the d-men, the entire lineup is softer than a pack of Charmin toilet paper. Nurse needs someone on the team to hook up with his sister again, maybe that will light a fire under him. Desharnais plays like a huge first year Midget player that has his gloves on the wrong hands and has absolutely no idea what to do with his size, back to Bakersfield for him. Bouchard is playing like he did in his rookie campaign, time to put the big boy pants on Evan. Ceci is not NHL caliber. Any toughness that Ekholm had disappeared as soon as he took off his Preds jersey. Kulak is what he is.
As for the forwards, the only one that puts in a consistent effort is Hyman. The other three that do most of the scoring aren't scoring, and the second/third/fourth line do what they usually do (skate around, sometimes with the puck sometimes without), so no real surprises. Lots of shots this year, but no thought going into when they're taking the shots and where they're taking them from. It's almost like they're waiting to shoot until the crowd is yelling "shooooooootttt", which is usually the wrong time to shoot, lol.
Pretty laughable season thus far.
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