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Are The Oilers Rebuilding?
You may have heard the Edmonton Oilers are rebuilding. “It won’t be an overnight fix.” “It’s all part of the process.” “This is a young, fast, exciting team.” These are all true statements that may or may not be distracting us (us, being Oilers...
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Oilers: Mid-season grades
I’ve been absent lately, much like the Oilers. And maybe it’s for the best. Our beloved hometown team, which won eight of their first 12 games, has now won eight of their last 28. And while I haven’t been writing, I have been watching more than I...
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January 06, 2012
Goodbye Esks; Hello Oilers?
Esks check out.The Edmonton Eskimos lost to a vastly superior opponent on Sunday, as the B.C. Lions beat them 40-23 in a game that wasn’t even as close as the score suggests.The game doesn’t require a lot of analysis – B.C. has better players,...
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November 22, 2011
Weekend Roundup: Arena debate, Oilers hot start
Arena Deal.
So, you may have heard the City of Edmonton will be building a new hockey arena for the Edmonton Oilers. If you haven’t, I congratulate you on avoiding the media storm.
I must profess to falling into the “anti-arena” camp - in my...
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October 31, 2011
Midweek Thoughts: Oilers, Danger in Sports, Rugby
Oilers.
It’s only Game 4 of the season, so it would be foolish to draw any major conclusions about the 2011-12 Edmonton Oilers. Fans get too high or too low on a daily basis, and that’ll probably balance out in the coming weeks.
But last night was...
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October 18, 2011
NHL: Western Conference Preview
Who’s going to be great? Who’s going to be awful? If you don’t want to waste thousands of hours watching television to find out, the answers are below… (Update: Yes, I’m a week late with this, but I haven’t changed my picks. I have added a few...
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October 13, 2011
NHL: Eastern Conference Preview
The Eastern Conference is more difficult for a Westerner to predict. We only see teams from exotic locale like Carolina, Florida, and Winnipeg once or twice a year. For all I knew, Cory Stillman retired from hockey back in 2002-03 with the St. Louis...
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October 11, 2011
Weekend Sports Roundup
I’ve decided to return to blogging. Later this week (!!!) I’ll share some poorly researched thoughts on the NHL season, but, for now, a hectic week in sports deserves mention.
One femur, two femur…
It’s been a pretty horrendous NHL pre-season....
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October 04, 2011
Free Agency Folly
Brace yourself for headlines like "Eager to please," "Edmonton's Eager eager to evolve," and "Goon savagely beats star player."
The “free agency frenzy,” as TSN has dubbed it, turned out to be strangely interesting.
And up until a few years ago, we...
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July 05, 2011
Stanley Cup Playoffs: Closing Thoughts
I've been quiet for the past month, as I was bracing myself for the seemingly inevitable Vancouver Canucks victory. Three times I attempted to blog, and three times I failed because it came across as the incoherent, furious ramblings. Now that...
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June 19, 2011
Voters Guide to the 2011 Election
Lost? Looking for guidance? Not sure what the parties stand for? I’d recommend heading elsewhere, but here’s my guide to the 2011 Federal Election.
(Note: I wrote this for fun... please don't mistake it for an attempt to convince you to vote for...
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May 02, 2011
Canucks Win (Alternative Title: Worst Day Ever)
I've gone through the seven stages of grief in a twelve-hour span.
Shock and Denial – There must be a mistake, there is no way God would allow Alex Burrows to score an overtime winner in Game 7.
Pain and Guilt – The thought of listening to...
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April 27, 2011
NHL Suspensions
2007: Steve Downie receives a 20-game suspension.
2011: Steve Downie receives a one-game suspension.
The NHL Wheel of Justice, everyone (and yes, I'm aware the puck is gone earlier in one clip than the other).
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April 19, 2011
Blackhawks down.. and not getting up anytime soon
On Tuesday, or possibly Thursday, the Chicago Blackhawks will check out of the NHL playoffs. What will bother most of their fans is they checked out against a team they were superior to last year (and the year before). It’s probably a bit cruel for...
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April 18, 2011
NHL: Playoff Preview
It promises to be a great playoffs – with a number of really interesting matchups, especially involving the Canadian teams. Let’s take a quick look at each:
Vancouver vs. Chicago
It would have been incredible if Chicago had missed the playoffs with...
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April 14, 2011
Head Hits, and Oilers: Final Thoughts
Grey matter a grey area.
Yesterday, the Canucks/Oilers tilt saw another one of hockey's "borderline" hits, as Raffi Torres laid out Jordan Eberle (fun fact: Eberle has just collected his magical 42nd point... I expect news any day now that his...
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April 06, 2011
Handicapping the East
There are two differences between the West and East race for the playoffs. 1) The West has a lot more teams in contention; 2) The East is a simple battle for the right to get pummeled in Round 1; 3) In one conference, a team like Montreal would be...
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March 17, 2011
Handicapping the West contenders
With the rash of headshots, failing franchises, and the Oilers losing a top-six forward every day, the best playoff race in years has been overlooked recently. With 13-15 games to go, let’s handicap the Western Conference contenders.
3. San Jose (70...
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March 15, 2011
NHL Trade Deadline: What Happened!
What’s that? You have to work today and are going to miss the NHL trade deadline day - the biggest sports media day on the Canadian calendar? Lucky for you, I have have a transcript of Monday’s events before they even happened::
3:30 AM MDT
TSN...
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February 28, 2011
NHL Trade Deadline: What Happened!
What’s that? You have to work today and are going to miss the NHL trade deadline day - the biggest sports media day on the Canadian calendar? Lucky for you, I have have a transcript of Monday’s events before they even happened::
3:30 AM MDT
TSN...
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February 28, 2011
NHL Roundup: Trades, Isles/Pens, and Goal Differential
NHL Trading market opens… four years later.
It's reassuring to see NHL teams make notable trades, after the salary cap has seemingly prevented a number of high-profile moves in years past. Not only have the recent trades we've seen (Mike Fisher,...
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February 16, 2011
NHL Roundup: Penguins, Oilers, and TV Ratings
Apparently Crosby looks alright.
I haven't been writing NHL this year, for one reason above any other: I haven't been following (outside the Oilers). Well, that's changed, and the league has had some interesting talking points lately.
Crosby,...
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February 10, 2011
Are the Oilers really building towards something?
Just 37 games to go.
That’s how Oilers fans must approach the remainder of the team’s season, especially after witnessing yesterday’s horrendous 4-1 defeat. It wasn’t horrendous because they lost, or that they played particularly poorly,...
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January 19, 2011
Theodore Peckham and Tom Gilbert: An Objective Analysis
We're in a pretty bleak stretch during the Oilers "rebuilding" season. The team is miles out of a playoff spot (14 points), a healthy distance behind second-last in the West (seven points) while allowing 3.45 goals per game (second worst is the...
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January 10, 2011
At least your not an Islanders fan...
The Edmonton Oilers season has been a lot of things. At times its been cause for optimism (Taylor Hall... not a bust!), cause for over-the-top Facebook statuses (that would be after Game 1), cause for disappointment (Gilbert, Tom), cause for...
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January 07, 2011
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