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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Well they certainly didn’t get great goaltending from Koskinen or Talbot which was part of the problem. Also they were icing defensemen like Manning, Petrovic, Jones and etc due to injuries which didn’t help. But they planned a more defensive oriented game and weren’t afraid to trap.
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With the coaching change last year the Oilers dropped from 11th in the League in shots allowed under McLellan to 21st under Hitchcock. If that was the plan, it failed spectacularly.
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If anyone has seen the goals Talbot has given up over the last 2 years, it definitely makes me nervous. Not sure if the goaltending equipment change has affected him a lot but it seems very possible.
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Cam Talbot entered last year having played more games in two years than every other goalitender except Pekka Rinne (who played a lot in the playoffs), but having faced hundreds more shots. The Oilers ran Cam Talbot into the ground.