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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
How would things go off the rails? What tough guys do the Oilers have? They don't really have any goons. Lucic could easily handle Kassain and Nurse isn't a heavyweight or anything. This isn't that kind of league anymore as Saturday night played out like pretty well every regular season game. There's no need for a guy like Rinaldo in the NHL anymore.
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I never know what % to allocate to intangibles these days but Ward did suggest that the guys like having Rinaldo around.
Could have been as simple as killing two birds with one stone.
Team hasn't been all that emotionally invested these days ... maybe Rinaldo helps in that regard.
And if the game does go nutbar you have a solid nutbar at your disposal.