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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
These are the kinds of moves the Oilers were making 3-4 years ago.
Hire a whole bunch of face punchers to "Shelter" the kids.
In reality it forced the kids into bigger roles as the face punchers can't play more 10 minutes a night without getting lit up.
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No, your complete lack of any talent at the top end is what pushed your kids into roles they were not ready for. Like the Oilers themselves, you have no clue what "shelter" actually means. We can shelter Monahan and we don't have to rush Bennett because we have Backlund and Stajan. We can shelter kids like Wotherspoon because we have Giordano, Brodie, Wideman, Russell.
A guy like Engelland isn't brought in to "shelter" anyone. He's brought in to be a mean, physical presence on the blue line