Poor Barrie, if he expected to come here and pad his stats, but ends up with Russell. Bunch of pp points, and an equal amount of minuses?
- Beergu
Of Oilers Dmen with over 500 mins played in the past three seasons, Russell is 2nd in GA/60 with 2.28/60. This includes him playing top-4 minutes for the majority of 2 season. The problem with Russell in top-4 minutes is how much he sinks the offense, not his ability to defend.
That being said, I also don't think it'll work. Rather than two players of different extremes cancelling eachother's weaknesses out, I think it's likely going to be more of a case of cancelling eachother's strengths out.