Simpleton
Rejoint: juin 2017
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Alot of shade being cast, particularly toward the defence and goaltending. People are entitled to their opinions.
FWIW, the Oiler defence ranked 12th last season, Nurse and Barrie remain in the top 4, Keith & Ceci should be an upgrade over Larsson & Kulikov/Russell/Lagesson/Jones/Koekkoek, and Bouchard absolutely is a bigger, stronger, more talented RHD than Bear.
Koskinen struggled with inconsistency, but his stats were actually quite strong while Mike Smith was healthy and the goalies shared the workload. Smith was ranked fourth among all goaltenders. Age, health, and consistency are the concerns this year, not talent or ability.