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Originally Posted by stang
I don’t even mind smith. And I said it before they signed him. Koskinen had similar save% and GAA to Markstrom so I’m not super worried. We were sitting above Calgary in the standings before the world went to hell and they were doing good. Holland is still cleaning up the mess from Pistol Pete and I think he’s doing a good job. On the plus side I promise none of his signings today will be a buyout candidate in 3-5 years. He’s biding his time till next year, when some of these contracts are off the books.
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And yet you didn't qualify for playoffs again 13/14 years.
Chicago ate Smith alive with him feeding them beauty apples, getting spun around behind his net. He's been doing that for years and doesnt plan on changing at 38. Rocking near that .900. Good to hear you dont mind that from your 1B though. Never change dude.
Like Vancouver you guys were dropping like lead balloons before the "world went to hell" but Vancouver rebounded when play resumed largely thanks to the return of Markstrom, whom we now have, and Demko, but the Oilers continued to play exactly as they had in march and were shown up by the 12th seed, a team that proceeded to get hammered in the round of 16 by a proper playoff quality team.
In a vacuum that Barrie signing was good, but in context he is exactly the kind of player you should not be adding more of.
Same with "all-worldly or awful" Smith.
Holland definitely is not Chia-bad. But hes still more or less following the MO of GMs past, trying to plug defensive holes with offense. But trying to outscore your deficiencies at the back end never works. You're emulating the Leafs, who probably have more firepower than you guys do down their lineup and still can't find success because like edmonton they neglected to invest cap space in the right kind of players on the back end.
Look at the Stars, Bolts, Blues, Bruins. Physical, stifling blue lines. Great team defense. Top end tandems in net.
The Oilers aren't even close with what they've put together after their top six. Adding Turris and PP man Barrie to an already good PP are redundant moves that don't budge the needle for you guys.
Like surely these things can't be completely lost on you?
You did take SOMETHING away from that play-in flop right? Hint: their downfall wasn't on the offense.
Or do you guys up there just eat up your homer media's garbage and forget that quickly?