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Five Bees For A Quarter We Used To Say

Found November 25, 2011 on Black Dog Hates Skunks:
PLAYERS: Ryan Smyth,  Tom Gilbert,  Jordan Eberle,  Shawn Horcoff,  Nikolai Khabibulin,  Ryan Jones,  Taylor Hall,  Corey Potter,  Devan Dubnyk,  Ales Hemsky,  Andy Sutton,  Jeff Petry,  Anton Lander,  Sam Gagner,  Eric Belanger,  Lennart Petrell,  Linus Omark,  Ben Eager,  Darcy Hordichuk,  Ryan Whitney,  Tom Renney
TEAMS: Edmonton Oilers

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A quarter of the way through the season and the Oilers look to be a club that may be in the playoff race this season despite injuries to Hemsky, Gagner and Whitney, a decimation of the D corps and a lack of production up front from anyone outside of the top six. The special teams are humming, the goaltending has ranged from good to great, Smid and Gilbert have been dreamy and they have become a very good home club. If they can put it together on the road (and for all of the angst there they are 4-6-1 away from Edmonton) and Whitney can actually stay healthy then this may very well be a playoff club. Wow. Can't believe I said that.A quick look at the club at the quarter pole:A+Ted - Nugent Hopkins is eighteen years old and is averaging over a point per game. He has been sheltered, sure, but really who gives a ****. Lets say it again. 18. Over a PPG. And on top of everything he can take the physical play, he can play in his own zone and he has fantastic instincts. Oh yeah, he can ...
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