Martindale had a huge season in the OHL a year ago and turns 20 in late October. He could have played another season in junior, but has already played in more than 260 games at that level.
He is one of three players (Pitlick and Hamilton are the others) to join Taylor Hall from the 2010 entry draft in pro hockey. There are several kids from 2010 still to come, including Martin Marincin, Brandon Davidson, Jeremie Blain and Tyler Bunz. It could become a watershed draft for the Oilers.
Boston look good tonight. Seguin's good.
ReplyDeleteMy Oilers top 6:
Hall/RNH/Eberle
MPS/Gagner/Omark
I'd let these guys work out who to keep and who to boot - and if they manage to leave these 6 guys together at least for this season...
i hope Martindale works on his footspeed and first step. he's big, has excellent hands, and seems to think the game well.
ReplyDeletehe's not Jordan Eberle, but he needs to improve his game in the same ways that Eberle did before earning his NHL job. skate faster, think faster. just everything faster.
There's going to be a lot of guys knocking on the door next year.
ReplyDeleteFeels good to say that.
Horcoff and Paajarvi are solid defensively. And Horcoff is great at the improvisional defensive adjustments required to compensate when Omark goes off script.
ReplyDeleteLonger term, a better offensive centre for that line would be good, but for right now, I think Horcoff is the right man for that job.
Bruins look good tonight.
ReplyDeleteOttawa looks like a team headed for a lotto pick. Man they look bad.
ReplyDeleteHoly shit does Ottawa look bad!! Mambo had better watch them....seriously they are real competition this year!
ReplyDeleteSequin 2 assists and played real minutes
Larssen played 21 1/2 minutes
And Couterier played another 4 minutes on the PP on a very good team.
Columbus looks bad so far
Couturier should read PK and Mambo is, of course, Tambo
ReplyDeleteWhat you talking about The Other John. Larsson is garbage, he only played 18 minutes a night in a shutdown role on a team that made the SEL finals...and he couldn't even manage any offense to go along with that!
ReplyDeleteClearly he'll be a bust and is overhyped.
FPB must be going batty right now, he had it as bad for SC as I did for AD. Here's hoping RNH turns out to be the best of the bunch. This is one case where I'd love to have been dead wrong about who the best guy was =).
About the Sens, 4 goals in a row to make it 4-5 with over 4 minutes to go on 2 Alfie goals, till Kessel iced it with his 3rd on the night.
HAHA! 6-5 Leafs! Sens trying to tie with 2 minutes left. This is crazy!
ReplyDeleteKinda how I see a lot of Oilers games going this season =).
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ReplyDeleteThere's going to be a lot of guys knocking on the door next year.
ReplyDeleteFeels good to say that.
You are talking about hockey, right?
ReplyDeleteYou are talking about hockey, right?
I'm flattered, but yes I am talking about hockey so don't get any ideas.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Be who you are.
My Oilers top 6:
ReplyDeleteHall/RNH/Eberle
MPS/Gagner/Omark
Talent wise yes, but;
Four out of the six are soft to small. Major, major problem.
I repeat - if they are keeping Gagner, then they should have drafted Coutourier.
The Oiers have to pray the Penguins go out drinking tonight and then walk here.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to the Calgary Flames this season.
ReplyDeleteLT,
ReplyDeleteIt's not like the Flames are taxing them. only 7 shots so far. That's last year's Oilers territory.
The best part is watching that experienced hockey team make rookie mistakes. Like giving up a 4 on 1 to end the PP causing a goal. Followed by two lazy Flames causing a two many men on the ice penalty and another PP goal.
I was wondering if Lee would get the score right. I can understand though; it's hard to see that big ass thing hanging from centre ice.
ReplyDeleteMan is that Jokinen/Staal/Skinner combo of Carolina a beauty.
ReplyDeleteAh and on a happy sidenote:
ReplyDeleteZorg has made the club with the Preds.
@fpb,
ReplyDeleteYa, saw Zork take a bad penalty in the Preds game.
And that tying goal in CAR/WAS game by the Skinner was textbook perfect.
Reg: Did you see the first goal? Puck wizardry.
ReplyDelete@fpb, no didn't see the first one. will need to look for hightlights. once the Pens finish off the last 38 secs.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing display of heat by Feliz.
ReplyDeleteSpoiler: So few can pitch like that without breaking their arm.
ReplyDeleteGernat schooled by Saskatoon tonite. 0-0 and -3
ReplyDeleteMarincin and Davidson zeroes.
Musil coming into his milk 1+1.
watching highlights of the lames game. they looked real bad
ReplyDeleteSarich got jobbed. That hit isn't a penalty and the referee should be ashamed. He waited a full 3 seconds before he saw cooke (a great representative of sportsmanship) grab at his face and then raises his arm.
This slippery slope is already encouraging diving. Stoll took a BS penalty too...and they're talking suspensions....
Just take checking out of the game completely...like pee wee hockey.
Bleech :P
PunjabiOil said...
ReplyDeleteThey were both second assists, and on this side of the the ''Whoops, the puck brushed off my stick'' assist variety.
And this is relevant because....? This is the NHL's first year to hand out second assists, or someone has a desperate need to have "their" first choice in the 2010 draft recognized as the ONLY choice?
FTR, Skinner had 3 assists last night, has 4 points in 2 games, and remains, for now, the best player taken in the 2010 draft.
While on topic, Joffrey Lupul is +3 in 2011.
prefunox prior to bovine amusement