Now that was nice..I liked what I saw tonight.. I mean afternoon-early evening..
A USA thanksgiving afternoon special gave us Oilers vs Wild..17 straight times the Wild had defeated the Oil in the Excel Energy Center but tonight..or today, this afternooon..whatever, this game the Oilers took control from the opening shift to the last shift with Eberle unselfishly dishing Ryan Nugent Hopkins a nice feed for the empty netter to secure a victory..nice..5-2 Edmonton..
I'm currently listening to "theteam1260" for the postgame..normally I tune in on ched 630 but this is different..this was an afternoon game, therefore I will listen in on theteam, I normally prefer that station anyways..it's kinda found another home in my household..
Goodtimes...soon the Jets are at it..so this blog is short..doesnt matter..all that matters is the Oilers win, they are now 3-0 in teams that are in first place in western standings..beating the Predators, Wild, and Hawks...so that means they are not only winning against average-bad teams, but against the league's top teams..
Magnus Paajarvi..not sure what's going on here..why was he in the pressbox again?? Is he that important to the team right now that he has to be here?? In the future..yeah, sure, I see him in the top six..he's got world class speed..good hockey sense both in offense and defence..but his confidence to drive the net just doesnt seem there right now..he's averaging about 3-4 shifts a period..not enough to get consistently offensively involved..
Solution?
Send him to the minors..And what's wrong with that? He'll get tons of ice time, score some points..it'll do him alot better than being stuck on the fourth line playing no specialty teams..he's only 21 years old, there is no rush for him to be here in the NHL right now..if this team didn't have Eberle, Hall, RNH, Gagner, Hemsky, Horcoff, and Smyth here..then yeah, Paajarvi would get top ice time..on a team like Nashville where most of their offensive players would be no more than 3rd liners on top tier teams..Paajarvi would be a top offensive icetime player..
Next year, or the year after..Horcoff, Smyth, Belanger (if he's still here) will all be a little older..soon they will get less ice time..Paajarvi can then step in and fill that role...
Oilers win..times are good..prospects are turning out..it's fun to watch this team play.
