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18 hours ago, PhillipBlunt said:

OEL may show some offense as the season progresses, but seeing how he and the entire defense are performing, at least to me, speaks to the effect that Brad Shaw is already having on how they're deployed. The D has needed more structure for a while now, and with the additions of players like OEL and Poolman, it's showing. There's a lot more composure on the backend. Hopefully, this will lead to more structure through the neutral zone, and impact how the forwards enter and play in the opposition's end.

I like how well the d-zone play has improved during this home stand. Hamonic was.icing on the cake. Schenn as well. Bottom line they are more efficient at moving the puck out. Fewer turnovers. 

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10 minutes ago, Boudrias said:

I like how well the d-zone play has improved during this home stand. Hamonic was.icing on the cake. Schenn as well. Bottom line they are more efficient at moving the puck out. Fewer turnovers. 

Very true. It's been so long since the team has had a full compliment of NHL defensemen.

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11 hours ago, Rindiculous said:

These defensive stats I've included not only paint him as a good defensive defenseman, but the very best in the entire league this year.  On top of that, look at these graphs from both OEL and Myers compared to Tanev.  These two have been the top shutdown pairing in the NHL.  Only problem is their offense but I'm thinking once the Canucks actually start producing from their forwards more consistently, that will change.  Imagine if they could keep these defensive stats as the best defensive pairing in the league while also becoming good offensively when hopefully the forwards turn it around offensively.  OEL could turn Myers into a top pairing Dman if that happens.  What a godsend OEL is for Myers.

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Those are some sexy suppression stats. :wub:

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Ok one more thing and then I might take a break on gushing over OEL lol.  This graph shows all the Canucks defenders playing without OEL compared to him playing without them.  Seeing how close all the blue boxes are show how much he elevates every other defenseman on the roster to his level.  Look how much better he makes every single defender on the team.  Currently Myers and him are the only two players on the Canucks with over a 50% xGF% on the team.  Hopefully, as the team is able to get in a groove on offense, more of the team can join them there, but also push him and Myers from 53% xGF% to somewhere over 60%.  With how poorly the offense has played so far, to have the best expected goals on the team while playing 40% of the game against the toughest matchups, this pairing has been one of, if not the best in the NHL analytically so far this season.

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10 hours ago, Rindiculous said:

Ok one more thing and then I might take a break on gushing over OEL lol.  This graph shows all the Canucks defenders playing without OEL compared to playing with him.  Look how much better he makes every single defender on the team.  Currently Myers and him are the only two players on the Canucks with over a 50% xGF% on the team.  Hopefully, as the team is able to get in a groove on offense, more of the team can join them there, but also push him and Myers from 53% xGF% to somewhere over 60%.  With how poorly the offense has played so far, to have the best expected goals on the team while playing 40% of the game against the toughest matchups, this pairing has been one of, if not the best in the NHL analytically so far this season.

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Really interesting. Posted a link in the trade thread to your post, it really is astonishing what a difference it makes to have an all-around top D complementing QH.

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Surprised to see people still $&!#ting over OEL. The Hockey guy on youtube did a video on the Canucks and ripped OEL the whole time. Sure he isn't scoring at the rate he normally does but that will come. The important thing is he looks good defensively. 

 

Edit - Same with on Spittin Chicklets, (Whit said OEL looks slow and bad defensively).

 

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, Outsiders said:

Surprised to see people still $&!#ting over OEL. The Hockey guy on youtube did a video on the Canucks and ripped OEL the whole time. Sure he isn't scoring at the rate he normally does but that will come. The important thing is he looks good defensively. 

 

Edit - Same with on Spittin Chicklets, (Whit said OEL looks slow and bad defensively).

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I got a really sour taste in my mouth after that. The Hockey Guy never liked the deal and I think is using the poor performance of the team to justify his dislike for the trade, even though I think our two pieces from the trade have been some of the brighter spots on our year. It's rare, as I usually appreciate his perspective, but I feel that he slips heavily into negativity when things go poorly for Vancouver and seeing as he's a hypercritical fan, he's frustrating to watch/listen to in those times.

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13 hours ago, Canucks Curse said:

OEL has been awesome, should get some Norris votes at least, I think as we do better or continue to play well and hopefully climb the standings, he will get more media buzz

He won't get any buzz unless he does anything offensively.  Defensive guys never get any attention, but I'm glad Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek have picked up on this and pointed out how good he has been defensively this year.  They're probably the best out of market guys in terms of objectional analysis.

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29 minutes ago, Rindiculous said:

He won't get any buzz unless he does anything offensively.  Defensive guys never get any attention, but I'm glad Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek have picked up on this and pointed out how good he has been defensively this year.  They're probably the best out of market guys in terms of objectional analysis.

wait a minute, did you just say something nice about the media?

that is not how its done around these parts

 

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7 minutes ago, lmm said:

wait a minute, did you just say something nice about the media?

that is not how its done around these parts

 

I make exceptions for people who are not just talking heads who are talking out of their ass.  Those are few and far between, but Elliotte Friedman is about the only out of market guy who I trust for good analysis.  He probably knows more about current workings in the NHL than anyone else in the media.

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1 hour ago, DontMessMe said:

OEL without a question. Wish we fired Benning earlier... Desperation move to make the playoffs -_- (horrible contract down the line) 

Funny, I'd say Hamonic by far. OEL has been great, likely still has many high level years ahead of him and by the time his contract becomes a "problem", cap should be coming up and it's probably the going rate for a 2nd pair D.

 

Hamonic has been basically useless between injuries and vaccine issues.

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5 hours ago, DontMessMe said:

OEL without a question. Wish we fired Benning earlier... Desperation move to make the playoffs -_- (horrible contract down the line) 

I saw that OEL is #1 in EV goals against. If it's not him, we would have to find someone else like him. I agree that the contract probably won't age well but who knows? None of us has seen the future.

 

I would choose Hamonic thus far because he barely played. Could have used that cap space to get help elsewhere. If Hamonic is in the line up, I think that makes Poolman redundant.

 

OEL-Myers

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LD-Hamonic

 

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12 hours ago, DontMessMe said:

OEL without a question. Wish we fired Benning earlier... Desperation move to make the playoffs -_- (horrible contract down the line) 

It’s a misrepresentative poll because there is no “none” option.  

OEL is in his prime.  That trade was a steal by Benning.  We got a top pair D, a top six winger, and dumped three bad contracts for Dylan Geunther who is obviously a bustaroo bonsai.  

We need our goalie to be as good as his opposite.  Then we will win.  

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