Edmonton Oilers: An in-depth look at the third line for the team

Warren Foegele

Left-winger Warren Foegele has covered the bet we made when we traded away Ethan Bear for him. Both players have fit in well with their new teams (Ethan Bear is playing on the top pairing in Carolina next to Jacob Slavin).

Foegele has contributed 2-2-4 in eight games of offence for the Oilers. That equates out to 0.5 PPG, which at this point would be 41 points in a full 82 game season.

That’s probably asking a bit much of a third liner, especially since he’s currently riding a 16.7% shooting % which is higher than his career average of 10.8%. That means he’ll cool off a bit as the season progresses but that’s just fine, considering that he’s already at half of the minimum amount of points you’d want a third liner to get.

All while sporting a -2, which while not ideal isn’t exactly disastrous and something that will likely improve with time as he gets more playing time with his linemates and develops more chemistry with them.

He’s not listed as a regular on the PP, but he does get about 29 seconds a game there and does have one of his two goals on the PP. That ice time, by the way, is good enough for 10th on the team.

Ditto for the PK, he’s not a regular but gets about 37 seconds a game there (12th on the team).

He also mixes it up physically, currently third on the team in hits with 16. He uses his 6’2″ 198 lb frame well in that regard. He only has one blocked shot on the season, so not much there yet but who knows? If Dave Tippett challenges him maybe he does more.

All in all a solid addition to the third line. Think depth power forward, that’s the best description for Foegele as a player.