Comments on: Break it Down! – PP/PK (2010/11 Edition) http://puttingonthefoil.com/2010/09/break-it-down-pppk-2010-11/ Edmonton Oilers Blog Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: chucker http://puttingonthefoil.com/2010/09/break-it-down-pppk-2010-11/#comment-17818 chucker Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:28:42 +0000 http://puttingonthefoil.com/?p=5957#comment-17818 Yeah, I think Cogs has the ability to really excel at the PK role. It’s also nice to hear that he’s going to work hard on his faceoff skills. If he could be the Todd Marchant type player that he was projected to be, then we’ve got a real gem. His ability to finish would be a nice asset to have on the short handed break aways he’d likely get if he’s as tenacious as Todd was. His speed alone, when focussed on retrieving and defending, is tremendous.

I’m also hoping that the D corp has a rejuvination and that Foster and Whitney bring some stability there. Smid will be key. Absolutely crucial.

The other thing that will help is Renney being in charge of everything. He’s a systems guy and a line matcher, so that right there is going to help a tonne. I’m not really happy about the way Quinn would handle the matching/lack thereof.

Fraser gives us another guy who will basically fill in the missing Pisani that we didn’t see the last few years. I’m feeling optomistic abou our PK improving.

Goaltending is really my biggest worry, but we’ll see what happens there.

]]> By: Racki http://puttingonthefoil.com/2010/09/break-it-down-pppk-2010-11/#comment-17791 Racki Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:46:27 +0000 http://puttingonthefoil.com/?p=5957#comment-17791 Interestingly enough, and related…

Cogliano told Tencer last night in a less direct way that he now wants to be that player that the Oilers hoped him to be (i.e. Marchant 2.0). So he is expecting more ice time on the PK and such. He wants to be a 2-way guy now. So perhaps that is our new two-way guy we’ve been missing? Faceoff ability sucks, but he could play wing. And I think Penner might be OK to play PK.. just hard to say if he can do it for the full year. He would be good when our faceoff men get booted out of the draw too.

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