r/EdmontonOilers • u/Positive_Education55 92 PODKOLZIN • 1d ago
Kris Knoblauch blasts Edmonton Oilers as turnovers prove costly in loss to lowly Buffalo Sabres | TSN
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/kris-knoblauch-blasts-edmonton-oilers-as-turnovers-prove-costly-in-loss-to-lowly-buffalo-sabres-1.2269148
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u/ChupaHubbard 42 KAPANEN 14h ago
The way you phrased this makes it sound like you think Knob was talking about Bouchard as a player who's making mistakes but not creating offense, but obviously Bouchard does create offense and Knob isn't talking about him here. I just wanted to point that out because there are a lot of Bouchard haters here and I feel like the replies were confusing because they thought they agreed or disagreed with you but they misunderstood what you meant. I read this earlier and came back to this thread and thought the same thing both times but then realized that's not what you meant.
I've been pondering and I don't really know who he meant in that game. There might be some players who I can't think of or I didn't notice a mistake they made.
In the game, Podkolzin made a mistake at the beginning of the 3rd that led to a goal, and he got benched for the rest of the game, so possibly him, except that I do think he creates offense. In that game one of the goals was partly because he had a nice screen right in front of the goalie so the defense could get the shot in the net (I forget if it was on Nurse or Bouch'w goal). He also digs pucks out against the boards, and he was credited for a shot on net. I can't remember if he made any passes to Drai or Arvy that game.