Alex Giroux's efforts to make Oilers roster

Good well balanced article by Jim Matheson.

over 1 year ago Carl Putnam 7 comments 0 recs |

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Edmonton is the perfect NHL clearinghouse for a guy like Giroux to sink or swim. I truly wish him good luck.

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by bigonetimer on Sep 19, 2010 12:40 PM EDT reply actions

Then again, he got a chance to play with both AO and Backstrom and still underwhelmed. Less competition will be good for him, but I still don’t see it happening. If you can’t succeed with AO and Backstrom, how much more help do you need?

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by Rob Parker on Sep 20, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Reminds me of Bourque being unable to cut it with Sid and Geno in Pitt. Some guys are just AHL studs, and that’s the ceiling.

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by bigonetimer on Sep 20, 2010 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Here’s a <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblank">www.rds.ca%2Fhockey%2Fchroniques%2F306550.html" >google translation of another Giroux article, similar content…

by sk84fun_dc on Sep 20, 2010 3:02 PM EDT reply actions

Even when I cut and pasted it, that link didn’t work for me.

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by Carl Putnam on Sep 21, 2010 8:29 AM EDT up reply actions

oops sorry, poster error. It was an RDS article, not very different from the other one.

by sk84fun_dc on Sep 22, 2010 12:12 PM EDT reply actions

I really think Edmonton is Giroux’s last chance to make it in the NHL.

Their big problem last season was a lack of scoring depth – with only 214 goals for, a scoring differential of -70, and only 62 points on the season – which the Caps nearly doubled! – they can use a guy with a nose for the net and good hands.

I’m not sure why Giroux’s skills never translated from the Bears to the Caps – or for that matter any of the other NHL teams he had a previous shot with – but with the Oilers having only one guy able to score more than 30 goals (Penner, at 32) and the next-closest Brule with a whopping 17 (last year, the Caps’ top 8 goal scorers all beat that number), I’d be willing to give him a chance there, too!

In any case, I wish him the best of luck.

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by IRockTheRed on Sep 22, 2010 1:21 PM EDT reply actions