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Originally Posted by Bingo
When you pay a guy $9.25M you want to be able to play him in any/all/most situations.
His defensive numbers are so bad the Oilers just can't do that.
That's the issue with the contract.
His offensive numbers last year were really good, though he saw a spike in on ice and personal shooting percentage suggesting a sustainability issue.
One thing he has been able to sustain though is being near the bottom of the league in terms of shot suppression and expected goals against.
That's not the guy you want to pay $9.25M. The league showed they have that figured out with Barrie the last two off seasons, how could Edmonton not figure that out in house?
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Once again, and I cannot stress this enough....
That was in the garbage 'North Division' during a shortened Pandemic season. He got to play bad teams rather frequently.
Conclusions really shouldnt have been drawn at all based on last season. Its as literally an outlier as its possible to get.
Good for Nurse. He took the Oilers to the cleaners.
Once again the Oilers have demonstrated a fundamental failure to evaluate talent.