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trackercowe · 02-07-2013, 12:52 AM

Seguin might be off to a average start offensively (6 points in 9 games), but he is a wizard in his own zone compared to Hall. Maybe it's because he improved his two-way game while playing in Boston, but he is far more defensively responsible than any forward on the Oilers roster.

He was second last year in the NHL's +/- to Bergeron with a +34, and is already a +7 last year. Even the #1 Oilers fan Ferraro had him on team Canada as a defensive center, while Hall was nowhere to be seen.

Not saying Hall isn't a very good player, but I wouldn't consider him great yet, and not in the top 50 players like TSN had him this year.

Edit: Oh and Boston is obviously more of a team that is going to rely on winning tight scoring games, rather then the run and gun style the Oilers use, so obviously their player stats will suffer. Right now Krejci leads their team in scoring with 9 points, then a bunch of players are second with 6. But then when you look at their goals against, then only have 19 goals against (7 which came against Buffalo in one game).

I'd say Rask should be the early front runner for the Vezina at the moment. He is just a stellar goalie.

02-07-2013, 12:52 AM	#163
trackercowe Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2009 Exp:	Seguin might be off to a average start offensively (6 points in 9 games), but he is a wizard in his own zone compared to Hall. Maybe it's because he improved his two-way game while playing in Boston, but he is far more defensively responsible than any forward on the Oilers roster. He was second last year in the NHL's +/- to Bergeron with a +34, and is already a +7 last year. Even the #1 Oilers fan Ferraro had him on team Canada as a defensive center, while Hall was nowhere to be seen. Not saying Hall isn't a very good player, but I wouldn't consider him great yet, and not in the top 50 players like TSN had him this year. Edit: Oh and Boston is obviously more of a team that is going to rely on winning tight scoring games, rather then the run and gun style the Oilers use, so obviously their player stats will suffer. Right now Krejci leads their team in scoring with 9 points, then a bunch of players are second with 6. But then when you look at their goals against, then only have 19 goals against (7 which came against Buffalo in one game). I'd say Rask should be the early front runner for the Vezina at the moment. He is just a stellar goalie. Last edited by trackercowe; 02-07-2013 at 12:56 AM.