The Mighty Oil, According to EA Sports
by Jonathan Willis on Aug 13, 2008 1:16 PM PDT
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The greatest indicator of an NHL player’s ability has just been released, and it shows troubling news for the Oilers. I’m not talking about hockey pool guides, or the NHL awards show, or even discussing each player on an individual level with the GMs of all thirty teams. No, I’m looking at rankings that really matter—the ones found on EA Sports’ NHL 09 (thanks to Greg Wyshynski for finding these).It becomes immediately apparent that the Oilers have some areas of concern. Read more...
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Oilers Stats Leaders
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Stat |
Forwards |
Defense |
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TOI/G: |
Horcoff (19:37) |
Souray (22:46) |
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ESTOI/G: |
Horcoff (14:59) |
Grebeshkov (17:23) |
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Points: |
Penner (44) |
Visnovsky (28) |
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Goals: |
Penner (22) |
Visnovsky (9) |
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Assists: |
Penner (22) |
Visnovsky (20) |
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Penner (.190) |
Visnovsky(.137) |
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Shots: |
Penner (153) |
Souray(111) |
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Penner(1.26) |
Visnovsky (.945) |
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Penner (5.347) |
Visnovsky (4.751) |
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Stone (3.364) |
Gilbert (4.284) |
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Penner (.688) |
Visnovsky (.405) |



























