3 Edmonton Oilers Who Should Be Worried Under Kris Knoblauch
Mattias Janmark
Mattias Janmark is the first player on my list. The reason he is on here has a lot to do with the fact that he really does not do anything special. He is your typical bottom six forward, who for some weird reason was played in the top six under Woodcroft.
That last note is one of the major pieces of evidence that Janmark should be worried about not only his ice time but his spot in the NHL. There was no secret that after being called up last season Janmark worked his way into Woody’s good books.
He was in the good books for good reasons. He is a fairly constant player who doesn’t make any mistakes. Janmark being on the may not help you score any extra goals, but he also isn’t helping the opponent score any either.
If I were Knoblauch though all I see is a bottom six forward who struggles to produce anything offensively. No offense to Janmark, but a bottom six forward who doesn’t produce is very common in the NHL.
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With the cap issues the Edmonton Oilers are having they would be better off just keeping James Hamblin on the NHL team and sending down Janmark the cap saving would only be $200,000, but when you are so tight to the cap $200,000 is $200,000 and every penny counts for this team.
Not to mention during Janmark’s seven games played so far this season he has 0 goals and 0 assists and is a -2. That is pretty underwhelming, to say the least. With those types of numbers and with the potential of saving that money it would make sense to put Janmark on waivers once he is healthy.
Knoblauch is going to be auditioning all the players to find his reliable players. There is a chance that it could be Janmark, but I am just not too sure that it will be.