{"id":755183,"date":"2016-10-07T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoilersrig.com\/?p=17329"},"modified":"2016-10-07T08:00:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T14:00:01","slug":"experiencelacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/experiencelacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight: The Oilers Defense Still Lacks Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
Oiler fans who have watched the team for years can see a painfully obvious woe or two (or three or four). One of the most obvious issues is having an ill-prepared or ill-constructed defense corps. As we close in on another season, I find myself once again being optimistic, but I have to caution myself when I look at the team–or more specifically, the defense corps. One issue is the lefty-righty balance–or as Lowetide has nicknamed it, the Leftorium<\/a>. Although I find this a pressing issue, this post is about the lack of experience on the back-end.<\/p>\n What comes to mind is the idiom “Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight.” Bringing a knife to a Gunfight is defined by the website Using English<\/a> as “They are very badly prepared for something.”<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n This post isn’t about any one player. It is more about the construction or about what is currently lacking. Here is the current cast of characters on our top 6 that we have right now.<\/p>\n Name Age Height Weight (Lbs) NHL GP<\/strong><\/p>\n Davidson 25 6’2 209 63<\/p>\n Fayne 29 6’3 212 385<\/p>\n Klefbom 23 6’3 209 107<\/p>\n Larsson 23 6’3 205 274<\/p>\n Nurse 21 6’4 205 71<\/p>\n Sekera 30 6’0 201 567<\/p>\n The average for these six defensemen is 25 years old, standing 6’2.5″, weighing in at 206.83 pound, and 245 games of NHL experience. There has been improvement on the team in terms of size, weight, and compete level. The downfall, in my opinion, is experience and handedness.<\/p>\n