Reasonable Expectations Review: Forwards 09-10

I'm tempted to suggest that the Oilers are an experiment gone terribly wrong at forward, but that would imply planning and a template. The fact is that the Edmonton Oilers appear to have gathered a bunch of guys with little regard to things like duplicate skills, range of skills, situation skills.The result is a bunch of small players (more small players than I can recall in decades, maybe the original Oakland Seals had this many small forwards) and most of them still trying to establish themselves in the show. Small, same spot in the development curve, most of them ideal for the 5-7 slot in the batting order despite being ideally suited to play first base defensively.Lordy. What a mess.Hemsky: Predicted- 75gp, 24-66-90 (1.20)Hemsky: Actual- 22gp, 7-15-22 (1.00)The projection isn't far off but of course the injury ended his season. Hemsky has missed almost 40 games now and is still tied for 6th in scoring among Oiler forwards. He was playing mid-level competition with good l...