Two Games Is Too Early To Panic
by Jonathan Willis on Oct 7, 2009 10:53 AM PDT
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The season is two games old.
Last year, the Oilers had a 100% winning percentage four games into the season and we all saw how that worked out; in other words, it's far to early to read anything into the Oilers numbers so far. That said, let's take a quick look at three items I've been concerned about:
- Nikolai Khabibulin: .855 SV%
- Oilers' penalty-killing percentage: 55.6%
- The Oilers First Line (with Jean-Francois Jacques): 6GP - 0G - 1A - 1PTS - -5
It's early. It's early. It's early.
Two of those items have a good chance at turning around.
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Quit being such a pessimist, JW. I have every confidence that over time our PK will get to at least 60%.
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I’m actually confused in regards to which two stats will improve. It’s the PK and Khabibulin, right?
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by Derek Zona on Oct 7, 2009 12:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Also Confused
I thought 1 and 3… Hemsky and Horcoff won’t stay off the scoreboard for the season (though as a line I have my doubts it will work out). PK might get better, but good?
by till_horcoff_is_coach on Oct 7, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking it would be Khabibulin and the Oilers First Line (with or more likely without JFJ).
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 7, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Clearing up
I think #1 and #3 turn around. The PK won’t stay that bad but I bet it doesn’t crack the top-twenty in the NHL on the season.
A posse ad esse.
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Oh, and to clarify further: there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that Jacques stays on that first line more than ten games.
A posse ad esse.
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by Jonathan Willis on Oct 7, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Praise the snowball.
He’s just been so bad – not an NHL top 9 player bad.
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How about that
As per Gregor:
Penner will skate with Horcoff and Ales Hemsky if he plays. Quinn moved Penner up to that line in the third because, "The play was stalling with that line. I didn’t think Horcoff had much going early, and Penner was playing well so I moved him up," said Quinn
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by Jonathan Willis on Oct 7, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope that Horcoff and Hemsky don’t drag Penner down with them
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by Derek Zona on Oct 7, 2009 4:17 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
That took…what, two games? How long did it take MacTavish last year? Twenty? Thirty?
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