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Originally Posted by Henry Fool
Olli was decent defensively. I understand completely that people aren't exactly nostalgic about his years as a Flame, but Brent taught him to play defense and he was able to go against top centers. I'm a little disappointed that we're pretending that he was bad defensively now - I guess that's supposed to make us feel better about the choices Feaster has made?
I don't particularly want him back either, but don't tell me he wouldn't help the team especially in a situation like this. Put him with Glencross again and at least you have a solid line even if they aren't magical with the puck.
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No honestly, I'd rather have Backlund taking Jokinen's ice and Horak too for that matter. If JOkinen were still here, Backlund gets relegated to the bottom 6 forwards again.
Backlund and Horak, both significantly smaller and weaker than Jokinen, are still better options at centre than Jokinen. They both play much better in the defensive end than Jokinen and both have hockey sense that Jokinen can only dream of.
He's currently playing with Evander Kane and has 6 points in 14 games and is minus 6??
I'm not exaggerating at all when I say i'm glad Feaster didn't re-sign Jokinen. Glencross's production is the same with or without Jokinen and Glencross is not a core player you build around anyways.