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Oscar Moller
Do you guys have any updates on Oscar Moller coming back across the pond next season or in the future?
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Doesn't look likely at this point.
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and that's the end of this thread :)
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He committed to two years in Sweden so this upcoming season will be his second. We'll see where he takes it from there but I doubt he has a legit NHL future.
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I liked Oscar. He was playing well for the Kings then he went to Worlds got hurt and never could get going again.
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He plays like a Smart Car but he needs to play like a Brinks Truck. |
He's a Lombardi player but not a Sutter player. If we can get a pick for him it would be good.
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I doubt we will ever see him again....Now Holloway on the other hand, i would be very upset if the Kings just lost him....He has become a very intriguing player and i honestly believe he has 30 goal potential....
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Size is Moller's enemy on a Sutter-coached team, especially as a winger.
The only guy that is undersized that has a shot remaining IMO is Loktionov and I say that because his play in the pivot as a playmaker could get him there, but it's probably a longshot as well. |
The Kings developed Oscar wrong. Oscar did the dirty work enough and he had the skill and touch IMO...it's when the Kings asked him to bulk up that I think it hurt him as a player, that's just not him and he lost some touch. But his first year before he was hurt he was a gamer, I even remember Don Cherry using him as an example after one time where Oscar to a hit at the oppenants blueline just to move the puck foward.
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Kings should have dealt him when his value was high. Burke liked him.
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I haven't given up hope on him but times a wasting.
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Poor Oscar.
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Loktionov and Moller were two players that got mind ****ed by Terry Murray. He sure didn't help either of them.
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Loki needs more time in the minors, Sutter did not even use Loki. |
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Even Hextall said they screwed up his development by giving him time in the NHL. That is a big reason why Oscar was allowed (with the Kings blessing) to go back to Euro. I know it's trendy to crap on Murray, but Moller didn't belong in the NHL, he still doesn't. You might thank Murray Moller even got a cup of coffee at all. Oscar played 87 NHL games. He received top six minutes plenty of times. He was underwhelming in most of those. Weak on the boards, weak on his stick, You can't play wing like that in any NHL system. No to mention he was below average in his own end. |
Oscar should have been left in the NHL to take his lumps and learn to fight through it, just the way Lubo did. He was a victim of old-school mentality. He made things happen and probably would have the second best shot, outside of Carter.
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He'd be a great player in Los Angeles if he ever develop his toughness. Can't do much when you easily get knocked off the puck and can't win a board battle.
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Don't count him out. He is only 23 years old. I really hope the Kings get to a point (and I think we are just about there) where players mature for a very long time before making the NHL. Look at Detroit in this regard; If Moller can make a splash in two years as he matures and grows into a man, that is great. No one is questioning his heart, talent, or drive. He is just pushed off the puck too easily. Otherwise, he has the skills to make the NHL.
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