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How Much Should Sam Gagner Cost?

How much cap space should the Oilers be using to sign Sam Gagner to a new contract?

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How Much Should Magnus Paajarvi Cost?

How much cap space should the Oilers be using to sign Magnus Paajarvi to a new contract?

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Position and Shot Attempt Differential

What is the relative importance of forwards and defensemen for shot attempt differential?

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How Much Should Sam Gagner Cost?

How much cap space should the Oilers be using to sign Sam Gagner to a new contract?

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How Much Should Magnus Paajarvi Cost?

How much cap space should the Oilers be using to sign Magnus Paajarvi to a new contract?

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Position and Shot Attempt Differential

What is the relative importance of forwards and defensemen for shot attempt differential?

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RNH Out For Season With Torn Labrum

Just like Hall in 2012, this injury should have been taken care of months ago.

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Binges and Droughts

Is recent scoring performance predictive of future performance?

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It's the system. Again.

The Oilers's struggles at centre are all based on a systemic flaw.

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Dual Offer Sheets - 2013 Edition

Could the Oilers, or any other team for that matter, use dual offer sheets to snag top young talent with the salary cap on the way down?

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Does Size Matter?

Oilers fans and Edmonton sportswriters make a big deal about size - but does it matter?

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Can We at Least Look Forward to Next Year?

The Edmonton Oilers have a terrible shot differential this season. What might that imply for their performance in 2013-14?

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After 4,000 Shots, How Does Dubnyk Look?

On Monday night Devan Dubnyk faced shot number 4,000 in his career. That volume of shots, not to mention having played in 133 games, starts to give us an idea of just exactly who the real Devan Dubnyk is. The signs are encouraging.

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Ryan Whitney: Bled Man Walking

Ryan Whitney's a likable enough fellow. He's the proud owner of a charming New England accent that would endear him to the entire cast of Good Will Hunting. He likes to rib his teammates on...

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Wild Optimism

The Edmonton Oilers may be 9th in the Conference, but they're still a very bad team.

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Oilers Playoff Chances

It'll be a tough task for the Oilers to make the playoffs, but that doesn't mean it can't happen.

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The Oilers and Wasted Contracts

The Oilers seem to give anyone and everyone a contract. This is a problem. Seeing the mistakes of their past I would have hoped the Oilers would have learnt something and not made the same mistake again. Instead they signed Ewanyk.

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The Worst Possession Teams in History

Something special is brewing in Oil Country, and I wanted to fill everyone in on the fun. The Oilers are currently sitting dead last in the NHL for 5 on 5 Corsi percentage -- they've only recorded...

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Ranking NHL Scouting Departments

Is amateur scouting part of the Oilers problem?

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Rebuild: No guarantees

Things can go wrong... very wrong.

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