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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
They are clearly hoping Ekholm will be able to revert back into the shutdown defender he was in 2018/19 and if that happens it should move the needle a bit.
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But the Oilers don't play a shutdown system. In fact they don't seem to have a system at all. They basically just throw McDrai on the ice for 30+ minutes a game and just play run & gun pond hockey. Not sure how Ekholm will fit in with that kind of non-system in place.