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CaptainCrunch · 12-23-2018, 01:01 PM

Look I get that the Oilers are now talking about injuries derailing Hitchcock. But their injuries are

Klefbom - without question their number 1 defenseman, and having a good season, but is that franchise debilitating or does losing him point to the fact that they don't have enough good defensemen to take up the slack.

Russell - On most teams in the league he's a bottom pairing guy who's weak on the boards, and poor positionally and has to block shots to make up for it. But again, losing him and have it as a devastating injury points just again points to the poor job that the Oilers have done in building their depth.

Sekera - The guy has basically missed two years and he was a declining asset anyways.

The bottom line is that the lack of the Oilers ability to take advantage of their draft picks over the year and poor trades have made them a thin asset poor team.

People can talk about injuries, but injuries happen. Russell is really our Stone.

The Oilers can't win if they suffer any kind of injuries, they have to be praying that McDavid dosen't wear out from over use.

Frankly I think when Hitchcock came in they played way over their heads, and now that things have settled in they're back to bad habits and poor positional hockey.

In the last 3 games they've been scored on 14 times 4.67 ga/gm and scored 6 goals or 2 gf/g

On the power play and penalty kill

0/1 pk 2/5 (3 goals allowed)
pp 0/5 pk 2/3

pp 2/3 pk 1/2

They're just back to playing fundamentally bad hockey and if not for goaltending last night it probably would have been 8 or 9 to 3

This is less about debilitating injuries and more about this being a poorly built and thin team that played over their heads due to goaltending, and are now sinking back into the hole that is the Oilers.

12-23-2018, 01:01 PM	#4707
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Look I get that the Oilers are now talking about injuries derailing Hitchcock. But their injuries are Klefbom - without question their number 1 defenseman, and having a good season, but is that franchise debilitating or does losing him point to the fact that they don't have enough good defensemen to take up the slack. Russell - On most teams in the league he's a bottom pairing guy who's weak on the boards, and poor positionally and has to block shots to make up for it. But again, losing him and have it as a devastating injury points just again points to the poor job that the Oilers have done in building their depth. Sekera - The guy has basically missed two years and he was a declining asset anyways. The bottom line is that the lack of the Oilers ability to take advantage of their draft picks over the year and poor trades have made them a thin asset poor team. People can talk about injuries, but injuries happen. Russell is really our Stone. The Oilers can't win if they suffer any kind of injuries, they have to be praying that McDavid dosen't wear out from over use. Frankly I think when Hitchcock came in they played way over their heads, and now that things have settled in they're back to bad habits and poor positional hockey. In the last 3 games they've been scored on 14 times 4.67 ga/gm and scored 6 goals or 2 gf/g On the power play and penalty kill 0/1 pk 2/5 (3 goals allowed) pp 0/5 pk 2/3 pp 2/3 pk 1/2 They're just back to playing fundamentally bad hockey and if not for goaltending last night it probably would have been 8 or 9 to 3 This is less about debilitating injuries and more about this being a poorly built and thin team that played over their heads due to goaltending, and are now sinking back into the hole that is the Oilers. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!