So we shouldn't be *****ing about the guy who is primarily bleeding goals this season? Stauffer is really an apologist at this point.
What's really amazing is that Bob can say crap like that on his show and then moments later concede that if it wasn't for Potter the Oilers win last night in regulation and DD gets a shutout. Potter almost cost the Oilers the game (on more than occasion to boot) and cost DD a shutout but we're being whiners for complaining that Fistric needs to play instead.
B) Screw getting Whitney going. If he can't get it together, you stop playing him. Brett Clark has shown, even as late as last year, that he's more than capable of playing bottom pairing minutes and staying above water.
Last time Whitney was healthy, he was a close to point per game defenseman with one of the best breakout passes in the league. The team would be monumentually stupid not to give him a chance to get his game together, his value to the team(either on the ice or in a trade) is important to the franchise.
You don't just toss him into the trash heap after 5 games in a lockout year with no training camps for a guy signed to provide depth for an AHL farm team.
Woops accidentally voted for Potter, The guy sucks. I hated when we signed him for a 2 yr contract last year...We are stuck with him for 1 more season since RK likes him , The guy doesn't bring anything that we don't already have on the roster.
Woops accidentally voted for Potter, The guy sucks. I hated when we signed him for a 2 yr contract last year...We are stuck with him for 1 more season since RK likes him , The guy doesn't bring anything that we don't already have on the roster.
I hope you don't mind but I moved your vote to Fistric. I want to see who legitimately thinks Potter should be starting. Then we'll know Krueger's HF username
Last time Whitney was healthy, he was a close to point per game defenseman with one of the best breakout passes in the league. The team would be monumentually stupid not to give him a chance to get his game together, his value to the team(either on the ice or in a trade) is important to the franchise.
You don't just toss him into the trash heap after 5 games in a lockout year with no training camps for a guy signed to provide depth for an AHL farm team.
He doesn't have any mobility or strength on the one leg! That much is obvious! He can't even pivot on it and he has literally lost every foot race I've seen him get in this year.
I don't think they owe him anything. If he plays like crap, he doesn't play. If he plays well, sure keep him in there.
But it's not like playing him more often is going to magically fix the biggest problem with his game, his injured leg. The team is in the business of winning games, not wishing upon shooting stars. Whitney will never be the player he once was, but he can be a useful #5/6. If he plays well, you play him. If he doesn't, you don't. Pretty simple.
I hope you don't mind but I moved your vote to Fistric. I want to see who legitimately thinks Potter should be starting. Then we'll know Krueger's HF username
Thanks I do not mind at all , Was going to vote for Fistric anyway.
Love how Mark Fistric throws his weight around, but all around I think Peckham is a better D. If Peckham comes back to form there wouldn't be any question.
He doesn't have any mobility or strength on the one leg! That much is obvious! He can't even pivot on it and he has literally lost every foot race I've seen him get in this year.
I don't think they owe him anything. If he plays like crap, he doesn't play. If he plays well, sure keep him in there.
But it's not like playing him more often is going to magically fix the biggest problem with his game, his injured leg. The team is in the business of winning games, not wishing upon shooting stars. Whitney will never be the player he once was, but he can be a useful #5/6. If he plays well, you play him. If he doesn't, you don't. Pretty simple.
Supposedly he's healthy and pain free, so your assessment that it's a permanent problem that is impossible to fix or adapt to is a bit premature, and one that the organization clearly isn't following.
Supposedly he's healthy and pain free, so your assessment that it's a permanent problem that is impossible to fix or adapt to is a bit premature, and one that the organization clearly isn't following.
He admitted as much that his 100% is a different 100% than he's used to. That says to me that he knows he'll never be a top-4 guy again.
He is terrible. I would prefer Fistric or Tuebert.
As a 6th D-man he is bad, but what in the F-bomb was he doing on the PK with less than a minute left and a 1-0 lead last night?
This game against the Sharks truely shows where the worst of the bottom pairing is comming from.
Whitney was border line terrible through a lot of that game. The worst player on the ice and seriously looks like his career is in jeopordy of being over. Bad decisions. Just isnt moving his feet enough. Seems almost scared when he has the puck in his own zone and turtles too often.
