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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
McLeod is pretty good defensively. He seems to lack the jam to compete in the playoffs though. He routinely gets outscored 5v5 as he doesn't really generate any offence at all when the checking gets tighter. He's got size, but doesn't use it at all.
Foegele isn't good defensively. He's not trusted by coaches. He's been a healthy scratch in 2 of the last 3 playoff runs. Disappears for long stretches of games at a time. He doesn't think the game well or utilize his teammates effectively IMO.
Desharnais is a replacement level player.
Despite having youth and size, Mcleod and Foegele are less effective players than Arvidsson and Skinner going off results. Maybe that changes this season. I wouldn't bet on it though.
The only one that hurts a bit to lose for the Oilers is McLeod, but he lost his job to Henrique who is a much more effective two way player. The guy was -7 over the last 3 years playing for Anaheim. They got outscored by around 250 goals over that span.
So now the Oilers can use their limited picks and prospects to find a 4th line center and 6/7th D man at the deadline rather than looking for a top six winger.
Depth looks better on paper to me.
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Arvidsson was a great pickup.
Skinner does nothing to help their already pourous defensive puck management. He's gotta outscore his very weak defensive play, much like Kane.
Brown is the single worst Dman that played in the NHL last year by almost every metric. He's a huge downgrade on a very bad Deharnais.