Exactly what I've been saying. I was about to lose my mind when they started talking about Karlsson coming over, because it would've been a horrible, horrible mistake. When they got Ekholm, I was over the moon, because he was the EXACT right guy to get: a guy who is great in all areas of the game, and plays a rock solid type of hockey that he can keep up way beyond this year. Plus he is on a very reasonable contract, considering how good he is.
Erik Karlsson is almost at 100 points, but Ekholm has around 30. I would rather take the guy that has triple the amount of points, especially when they also happen to be putting such great numbers on one of the worst teams this year.
@@highmedic2351 Oilers have 3 players with over 100 points (one of them with over 150) they really don’t need more offence. They need a reliable defensemen who’s good in all areas and can shut people down.
Me too! lol I’m always looking for him when he’s on the ice and am always surprised given his size how well he blends in the background and still plays his butt off!
I have absolutely been LOVING him in our team. He’s just such a humble, team player who has serious ability to protect our net. Nuff said, Ekholm, you’re rocking Edmonton!
Mattias is a rock, that one move probably insured a third round series for the Oil. I am leaning toward the Oilers being in the finals. The subtraction of Barry and addition of Ekholm was huge, he is the type of player most folks don't notice. He is setting up goal 5 plays back.
So true. And that's saying something, because I really liked Barrie. He was a great pp quarterback. But Bouchard has filled that role nicely, and now we have a legitimate solid first pair, and Nurse is benefitting as well playing slightly less minutes.
Before Ekholm: 3.8 G/Per Game 3.34 GA/Per Game After Ekholm 4.53 G/Per Game 2.78 GA/Per Game Matthias Ekholm Leads the NHL in +/- at +25 since he was traded to Edmonton. McDavid who was struggling being positive has been #6 in +/- since the trade, Bouchard #13. Three Oilers in the top 15 for +/-. 32-21-8 before the trade, 70 Points / 122 Points Possible (59.0%). The Oilers are 16-2-1 since Matthias Ekholm joined. 33 Points / 38 Points Possible. 86.8%. This has brought them to 48-23-9, 105 Points / 160 Points, 65.6%. They mocked this trade for being awful, yet so far all it’s done is deliver.
Except he's that most rare type of Viking, rarely mentioned in the sagas, who goes out of his way to apologize when he accidently pillages the wrong village.
I saw a very good hockey player doing exactly what he was taught as a defenceman. To always play the man not look at the dangling of the puck. I see a very fit man who knows angles and gets up and down very quickly. I saw a man who passes with precision and shoots with supreme accuracy. I also see a man who shows humility and genuine niceties as a human being in a very violent sport. This man might mean the difference for the Oilers to go all the way. Sometimes it just takes a bandaid to fix the problem and boy is Ekholm quite a bandaid.
I can't remember one player having so much impact for the Oilers, as a deadline pick up... Maybe since Petr Nedved? The Oilers D as a whole, is so much steadier... and that has spread to the forwards now as well. Great pick-up for us! Go Oilers!
I read that over the last 19 games, Ekholm is +25. Over a full season he is projected to be +108, the likes of which mankind has never seen before. Great pickup by the oilers.
Bobby Orr was +124 over an actual full season (78 GP). Ekholm is +26 for the full season so far (77 GP). Larry Robinson was also +120 for a full season (77GP). Ekholm has slotted in nicely, and seems to be a perfect fit for what the Oilers needed....but pump the brakes on the all-time talk.
Thanks for the video! This is the first one I've seen that highlights the little things Eckholm does that people might not notice at full speed watching the game
Whoever made this video, THANK YOU. This video is sick af. Shows exactly what everyone needs to see period Now someone make a video like this of Nurse in the last 15 games.
It could be because Ekholm played with Josi, a star defenceman, and when he was traded to Edmonton, who didn't have a star defenceman (until Ekholm arrived) he got more notice because of the trade.
The Oilers are 16-2-1 since acquiring Mattias Ekholm. To put that into perspective, if Ekholm's first game with Edmonton is Game 1 of Round 1, Edmonton has won the Stanley Cup
Hockey Truffles, best hockey breakdowns out here! Ill say it again, helped Foxy win the Norris! (Yes there could be reasonable disputes about this but the story is nice in my own mind!) You capture a complete picture of how a guy contributes all over the ice. Some highlight clips are just goals or the pass on an assist. Hockey is so much more than that! Keep up the great work! Looking forward to this year’s breakdowns. I think my top choice aside from an obvious like McJesus is Hampus Lindholm. Seems like he is the only real addition; before the deadline, which made such a significance to a team winning as much as they have. Can’t Wait!
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thats just half of what he did and the oilers d are picking up his good habbits like sticks down on the ice when the other team passes the puck i would like to see him on the number 1 pp he would have a career year
yup agreed. Holland made a genius trade for Ekholm. Oilers really needed this guy, remember what Pronger did for the Oilers, almost won them the cup single handedly
As Cole said, he's got three years left beyond this season, which is a huge thing, since now Oilers have all their key pieces locked down for at least three years, Bouchard being the only one who should be getting a noticeable raise in salary after this season (which they should be able to negotiate and figure out pretty easily). Most of the top teams in the league will regress, due to ageing, likely retirements, expiring contracts that they can't afford to renew and so on. But Oilers are looking to be cup candidates for at least three years beyond this year.
Although Reid Schaeffer is no doubt going to come back to haunt us, Ekholm really has transformed the team's defense. - Excellent D-man by himself - Bouchard is transformed somehow - Bouch/Ek taking the heat off Nurse/Ceci makes Nurse and Ceci look way better - Kulak is playing at the level he can handle now (and then Desharnais just pops in outta nowhere...)
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Nashville was selling at the deadline and needed to move large contracts. Ek was 32 and a rebuild was beginning. Now, the Nashville Gallup’s turned out to be pretty good, and they didn’t tank.
Deadmonton is a one dimensional team!! They won't make it past the second round if they even make it that far!! Mcbaby can't carry the whole team again.
