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Bumps on a Log
This fellow was really smart. Lots of people (including me) have managed to have some degree of success in life without much heavy lifting because of his fertile mind.Every generation has a few men and women who see things a different way. It's the little extra thing that made...
Devan Dubnyk- The Quotes
A recent interview with Guy Flaming on the Team's Pipeline show gave us an indication about just how much confidence Devan Dubnyk has in his ability. He basically said he's coming to camp this fall with the idea that he's staying with the big club until someone tells him...
RE: 09-10 Oiler Forwards
The current group of forwards on the Oilers depth chart is capable of exceptional beauty and moments of extreme consternation. Last season during my reasonable expectations posts I suggested the Oilers forwards would score 215 goals; the idea was that with two scoring lines Edmonton...
RE 09-10: Ryan Potulny
I don't know that a minor league player can do more to get noticed than Ryan Potulny did a year ago. His 38 goals lapped the field in Springfield, with the second place finisher (Gilbert Brule) a full 25 goals behind him. Aside from that, there was only one other Falcon in double...
RE 09-10: Zack Stortini
I hate like hell writing about Zack Stortini. Why? Everyone thinks I don't like the guy and that just isn't true. Stortini has exceeded expectations beyond a shadow of a doubt and represents a rip double to the wall for the scouting department as they delivered a solid pick...
RE 09-10: Gilbert Brule
Let's agree we're never going to mention where Gilbert Brule was taken in the draft ever again.Ever.Gilbert Brule had an average season in the American Hockey League. Don't take my word for it, Jonathan Willis told you here.PLUS the "saw him good" crowd have chimed...
10 Reasons Why the Oilers will Make a Move before October 2
At some point this fall, Pat Quinn will see Dustin Penner rumbling down the wing and be reminded of the Big M, Frank Mahovlich. History tells us it won't happen often.In a post below several people asked me to explain the reasoning behind my contention this team will make a trade...
Stone Soul Picnic
The Edmonton Oilers have signed winger Ryan Stone to a 1-year, two-way contract for 2009-10. Capgeek reports the number for NHL time at $600,000.Stone is in a good position to see some NHL action this season. Above him on the depth chart (LW) are Dustin Penner, Andrew Cogliano (apparently...
Tambellini Interview
A note of thanks to oilerdiehard who posted below about a Steve Tambellini interview that is on the front page of the team's website tonight.Tambellini's last face to face media conference took place in a NASCAR wind tunnel and his most recent phone conference featured the...
Perfect
It's really all about presentation. The Edmonton Oilers have spent to the cap without ever once worrying about balance, but the bottom line is the masses are excited about the future.And why not? There's an owner who spends to the cap, who hasn't threatened us once about...
Oilers Sign Brule
The Edmonton Oilers have signed Gilbert Brule to a 1-year, two-way contract. Reports have the dollar amount at a very friendly $800,000. Brule can apparently be sent down and not clear waivers, although the CBA's language seems to contradict that statement. I think it's also...
Oilers Sign Smid
The Edmonton Oilers have signed restricted free agent Ladislav Smid to a 2-year contract. Rumor has it the contract is in the neighbourhood of 1.5M which means it's an overpay based on what he brings every night.Smid's scouting report suggested he would bring more offense...
Matty's Update
A day after Jason Gregor gave us some mid-summer info, the Edmonton Journal's Jim Matheson chimed in. Matty is the gold standard amongst the men who cover the Oilers although we're uncertain whether he gets his info from Quinn/Tambellini, Kevin Lowe, Glen Sather or the ghost...
Rear Window
Being an Oiler fan this summer is kind of like spying on Raymond Burr in the Hitchcock classic "Rear Window." People are acting strange, there's desperation everywhere, all the major events seem to be happening just outside the rear window and if you listen closely there...
RE 09-10: Jean-Francois Jacques
The Edmonton Oilers promised fans a team with more grit in 2009-10, a team that will be tougher to play against. Although the major moves have been flipping the coaching staff and bringing in Nikolai Khabibulin, it's also true JF Jacques has a top 12 role waiting for him this...
Tall Tree from Minnetonka
During the 2009 entry draft the Edmonton Oilers were doing their usual job of drafting people who weren't well known in the third round. Colin McDonald was that kind of player, Jeff Petry too believe it or not, and Troy Hesketh would certainly fall into that category.I promised...
RE 09-10: Marc Pouliot
It looks as though the Edmonton Oilers organization believed in Marc Antoine Pouliot all along. Despite fits and starts and trips to the minors and benchings and healthy scratches, even the head coach admitted MAP was making progress as a player during MacT's final exit interview...
Rajala Injured
Young Finn Toni Rajala has suffered his a significant injury at an under-20 tournament. The extent of the injury has been slow in coming, partly because Finnish-to-English translations are a weakness of the internet highway. The play came in a game against Switzerland and was a harmless...
RE: Ethan Moreau
It was a crazy year for Ethan rifles. The captain came under fire for taking a higher-than-usual number of harmful penalties (he's always been good at it) and for comments that were either taken the wrong way or were not consistent with what we associate with leadership.On the...
RE 09-10: Fernando Pisani
Fernando Pisani played a prominent role (when healthy) for the Edmonton Oilers in 2008-09. The results were decidedly uneven and a healthy, effective season is vital to this club's chances for the second season.Pisani is an icon in Edmonton sports and if Fernando quits the game...
RE 09-10: Andrew Cogliano
In his first two seasons as an Edmonton Oiler Andrew Cogliano has scored 36 goals. In the last decade, two-season totals from NHL newcomers include Mike Comrie (41), Jarret Stoll (32), Sam Gagner (29), Ales Hemsky (18), Jason Chimera (18), Shawn Horcoff (17).Cogliano scored 14 even...
RE: Robert Nilsson
There are times in a team's history when they end up with a bunch of players who have very similar skill sets. I often mention the Houston Astros who collected a generation of first basemen who could hit homers, got on base alot via base-on-balls, hit for a little lower batting...
RE: Sam Gagner
As a teenager, Sam Gagner scored 90 points in 155 NHL games with the Oilers. In team history it's a very rare item. The Oilers list of total points by teenagers in the last 15 seasons include Ales Hemsky (30 points in 59 games as a teenager), Ryan Smyth (11 points in 51 games...
RE 09-10: Patrick O'Sullivan
Today's post is brought to you by the number 259. That's the number of shots Patrick O'Sullivan posted this past season in the National Hockey League. That's 74 more shots than Ales Hemsky managed (Hemsky's total led team forwards); the last time the Oilers had...
RE 09-10: Dustin Penner
The curse of the big man in hockey is that his stride makes him look lazy. A little imp like Tie Domi used to excite the crowd with choppy little strides and a grimace, while Dustin Penner looks like he is lollygagging or that the wind just blew him in the right direction. Dustin...
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