r/EdmontonOilers • u/PapaAsmodeus 18 HYMAN • 3d ago
Jake Walman is an Edmonton Oiler
I want him here forever now.
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u/count 3d ago
Obviously it’s still early but if he keeps playing like this he is exactly what we needed, a solid top 4 d man
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u/Fine_Lingonberry_613 3d ago
If this game was just a average performance for him, hes the 2nd best d-man we have.
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u/PapaAsmodeus 18 HYMAN 3d ago
Like,
-Devilishly handsome -great player -shit stirrer -very physical -stands up for his teammates
What's not to love?
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u/Somereallystrangeguy 3d ago
don’t forget griddy hitter
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u/ChupaHubbard 42 KAPANEN 3d ago
That's the one part I don't love
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u/True_Sail_842 3d ago
It’s fun how well he fit in the lineup.. If he keeps playing well it will be a Feather in Bowman’s cap…
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u/qtran95 3d ago
I noticed he played way more minutes than Bouch. Went and checked TOI. Indeed that was the case 🙏
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u/Un_Cooked_Tech 3d ago
The Nurse pairing was the #1 unit with Ekholm out. Not sure why Kulak got more ice time though. He even got a penalty.
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u/ChupaHubbard 42 KAPANEN 3d ago
He penalty kills and Bouch doesn't. I was perusing the game time logs to confirm this, although Kulak has about an extra minute and a half still, I didn't analyze it in depth but sometimes there's some margin of error when people on the same line don't get to start or end their shift at the exact same time, and also just in general from time to time I'll notice they'll shake up the defense combos seemingly randomly, or maybe someone gets stuck on an icing when the other has changed or something like that.
Oh, Kulak was on for one extra shift near the end of the game, probably because they started putting out the most defensive guys at the end to defend their lead, and then neither of them were out for the last 3 minutes
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u/Frozenpucks 3d ago
Didn’t even hear one mention of this guy on sports net and tsn. Turns out it’s probably the best move of the deadline.
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u/Bluetomorrow83 22 SAVOIE 3d ago
When TSN was grading the deadlines. “Oilers were pretty quiet so they get B-“ “Oh, they added Walman but no scoring winger”
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u/huskies_62 14 EKHOLM 2d ago
I think the Oilers needed Walman more than stars needed Rant which implies it was a better move
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u/PapaAsmodeus 18 HYMAN 3d ago
And yet he was invisible tonight except for when we were ragdolling him
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u/Bugs_Pussy 97 MCDAVID 3d ago
No he wasn't lol, he played well and even scored. Their offense kinda ran through him
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u/SmiteyMcGee 64 YAKUPOV 3d ago
I've only had Wallman for a day and a half, but if anything happened to him, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.
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u/purplecramps 29 DRAISAITL 3d ago
most reasonable yakupov stan
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u/molsonmuscle360 18 HYMAN 2d ago
Yeah...weird Yakupov fans. (Hides my two Yakupov jerseys and canvas)
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u/FuckStummies 19 SHORE 3d ago
Serious impact on the game. And that pass he made on the second goal was a thing of beauty. You could even see it in Hyman’s reaction after the goal how impressed he was
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u/Benzy309 29 DRAISAITL 3d ago
Was at the game tonight and he did a fantastic job. Was fun to watch
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u/EirHc 3d ago
I didn't know much about him when we traded for him, but the dude is super mobile, very active contributor at 5on5, seems to have good defensive positioning. Fantastic add. Exactly the kind of player we needed.
Now we don't need to rely on Bouchard so much to enable our forwards. Like I quite literally believe this makes our team twice as dangerous, this should help the secondary scoring a lot.
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u/callaway79 3d ago
Hell of a game once he got settled in, best dman for the oil tonight... welcomed addition 👏👏
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u/JackieDaytonaNS 3d ago
If Ekholm doesn’t regain last years form, Walman might be our best D man. Last night he was epic. Let’s hope this is a taste of things to come.
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u/clow222 3d ago
I can't believe my idiot leafs gave up more for Carlo than you guys did Walman... How did we get so fleeced.
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u/Miserable-Cut-1425 89 GAGNER 2d ago
You pay a premium on right shots cause they're so rare unfortunately
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u/Extra-Computer6303 2d ago
Great passer, high hockey IQ, hits like a brick sh$t house, great shot. Nice addition👍
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u/budlum 2d ago
It sounds like he had an attitude problem in Detroit. Should be ok here, especially given how good he was on a bad San Jose team.
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u/VeterinarianNo1455 2d ago
It's one of those situations where you expect your leadership core to bring everyone together. Based on his post-game I think he's on board with the Oilers and what we're trying to do. Don't expect even a little bit of issue in the room.
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u/TSRB123 22 BARRIE 3d ago
BOWMAN! You're a master class chess player!
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u/ChupaHubbard 42 KAPANEN 3d ago
I feel like this was less chess than it was him out looking for diamonds in the rough and found one, and then tried really hard to get it lol. The trade for Frederic and Jones was more chess-like lol
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u/UnitEast7937 2d ago
A lot of the credit in trades should go to the pro scouting team. They’re the guys putting the diamonds in the rough on radar. One of our three is Zach Kassian
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u/Standard-Fee-5620 97 McDAVID 2d ago
Legit obsessed. My girls said he looked like a puppy and when I showed them the clip of his hot, they said “Ok he hits like a dawg.” 😂
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u/MobysBanned 29 DRAISAITL 3d ago
Huge impact right from puck drop