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Old 08-17-2020, 12:56 PM   #443
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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary View Post
I think Dallas' defense has been a lot better...

Heiskinen is the best player on the ice (an argument can be made for Talbot too), but Olesiak has looked good as has Klingberg.

I saw an awful lot of turnovers and bad clearing attempts from calgary defense the other day... Dallas' forecheck really owned calgary in the last couple of games imo.
From what I can tell, Oleksiak has been playing out of his mind this series. His career stats seem to support the pre-series impression I had of him: a big, slow, lumbering (but effective) defensive defenceman.

However, this series, he looks like a young Scott Neidermayer, seemingly joining every rush (often leading those rushes), pinching, and then gliding effortlessly back into position. WTF?
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