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December - 2008

Anniversaries VIII: 50 in 39
The Most Interesting Thing I've Written in Some Time
The 82nd Spengler Cup
It's the best game you can name
Tracking Ladi II
Pensky
Stars at Oilers backstory

November - 2008

Defence at the quarter pole
Kings @ Oilers backstory
An interesting comp
Anniversaries VII: Heritage Classic --Saturday
Anniversaries VI: Heritage Classic --Friday
Anniversaries V: Bugsy's new shoes
On Defection
Oilers 7, Blue Jackets 2 -- player gradings
Clogging up the ice -- an NHL directive
Playoff game day -- Eskimos at Montreal
Worth Visiting
Compare & Contrast: Steve Staios and Dustin Penner
The Thing I Hate Most About the Edmonton Oilers
Remembering the Man
Eklund vs. Willis vs. Koules
Peter Schaefer
"Scouting" a Hall of Famer -- two ancient game reports
From the archives: The campaign to elect Glenn Anderson
Who Says P.J. Stock Adds Nothing?
Weekend Oilers Stuff
Now that's a rivalry
Flyers Acquire Matt Carle
Playoff game day -- Eskimos at Winnipeg
Oilers vs. Blue Jackets: November 5, 2008
The Ubiquitous Charlie Huddy
Alexandre Picard On Waivers
Garon or Roloson?
League Goaltending Situation
Live blog: Celtic v. Man U
Line Matchups: Five Games, One Article
Samwise Isn't Worried - And He's Right Not To Be
Line Matching: October 22nd and 23rd
Anniversaries IV: The First Gretzky Sale

October - 2008

Stockton Thunder Update and Around the NHL
Tracking Ladi I
Swing and a miss
A milestone for a personal favourite
Don't Look Now
Vancouver Canucks Update and Misc.
Open Memo to Adam Proteau
Projecting goalie performance
Farm Report
Why I Matter!
Anniversaries III: The Man in Black
Friday Night Battle of Alberta
Oh, Right, The Error
Savard Can't Argue That He Didn't Get A Chance: They Gave Him Four Whole Games
Maintenance Notes & Link
Anniversaries II: Saddledome
Anniversaries I: A special time
Marc-Andre Bergeron Update!
Duck Lines and Flying V's
A Cull of Quotes
A Modest Question For Readers
Edmonton vs. Colorado: Before and After
Game On ... for real, finally
Fun With Garrioch
Ego, or Why We Use Statistics and Videos
Who's the best backstop in the biz?
The Development Myth
Comparables
Mike Gillis Wins One
Apropos of Nothing
The Edmonton Oilers and Their Draft Record: 2002
Well, that was Ugly

September - 2008

How Many Calgary Flames Will Shudder at the Name "Guillaume Lefebvre" After Tonight?
Smid: sink? or swim? Some stats to set the stage
The Edmonton Oilers and Their Record at the Draft: 2001
The Cap Isn't the Problem; A Lack of Restraint is the Problem
A Guy You'll Hear From Next Year
Oilers Cut Roster by 15
A Strapping Young Ladi
Game On
Why Jeff Deslauriers Will Play in the NHL
Bruces in the news
MacOmelette
Crowded Crease
The Forgotten Man
Pouzar
"Forever A Flawed Gem"
Oiler Wannabes 3, U. of A. Golden Bears 2
The Season Begins
Todd Marchant, Anyone?
Three Defencemen and Two Stooges
Maintenance Note (Again!)
I Can Agree On The Problem, But I’m Not Crazy About The Solution
Goalies (Literally) Moving Targets
Veterans In Danger of Losing Their Jobs
By All Means, Let's Dump Some of These Stale Veterans
Don Waddell Reads This Blog!
Something Unexpected
Youthful Exuberance Mostly Just Youthful Exuberance
Smoke, or Smoke and Mirrors?
The Numbers
Maintenance Note
Don’t Tamper With Kevin Lowe and He Won’t Tamper With You
Re-Introducing Andrew Perugini
Fixing Actual Problems

August - 2008

Trivial Oilers News? We Invented Trivial Oilers News
Shooting: What and Where
Room To Grow
Vande Velde: Advanced Statistics
The Flash and The Substance
It's A Small World
Flash In The Pan
One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other
How Do You Like Your Rebuild?
Vishnevski, Visnovsky?
From the moment she first held his oversized head, Stortini’s mother knew he’d be trouble
Outperforming Contracts
Oilers Appoint New Marketing Director
Redundancy
Prospect Musings
Reading Between the Lines
Faceoff Numbers: Things Worth Shouting From Rooftops
Guillaume Lefebvre At Oilers Training Camp
Proof That There's Still Stuff to Talk About in August
How to Make Friends And Influence People: Pocklington-style
I'll Never Make It As A Detective
Target of Opportunity: Tampa Bay
The Mighty Oil, According to EA Sports
An Eventful Day in Springfield
Olczyk Promoted
Tim O'Connell New ECHL Assistant Coach
The New England Journal of . . . Hockey?
Very Interesting Invite
A Closer Look at Cogs
Oilers Win Division!
USA Hockey Magazine: Top Ten Blogs
Bill Ranford Survives
Blogroll Changes
Tambo, Meet MacT
Oilers News! Tambellini Petruic Joins Organization
Tambellini: A Composite Picture

July - 2008

Re-Signing Garon Just Got Easier
Channelling Liam Reddox
Beating the Odds
Minnesota Signs Bouchard
What Happens If I Poke That?
Sonier Evaluations
Next Season, Rob Schremp Will Be An NHL Player
A Soft Landing for Mike York
Interview with the Minister of Defense
Well, I Realize It's Still July...
All the things I'm missin'… Are waiting at the end of my ride
Pavel Kubina
Sheldon Souray: Is He Really the Player You Think He Is?
Glen Murray: Less Washed Up Than You Might Think
Original Content! (Taken From Others)
You Want The Numbers? You Can’t Handle The Numbers!
Edmonton Oilers Powerplay: 2008-09
Update on the Mystery Men of the 2007 Draft
Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers Extended
Forwards: Regulars & In The Mix
Farewell to Marty
Shawn Horcoff- 6 More Years
Zack Stortini
Catnip for Columnists
Players Too Obscure for TSN
Don Waddell Makes a Good Decision
MacT and the Goalies
I Don't Believe in the "Sophomore Slump"
Who Would Be Interested In Nilsson?
Indefatigable
Jason Strudwick
Goaltending Tandems Worse Than Conkkanen
Patrick Thoreson Returns to Europe
T.J. Kemp: No Longer Homeless
The Glaring Weakness Almost Nobody's Talking About
Complete Rebuild
Things Worth Keeping Track Of
Meet Ryan Potulny: First In Line for 14th Forward
What Really Happens Behind The Bench
Burke: "An underachieving wannabe"
Bottom-Six Options
Leaving Town
A Couple of Days Late...
The Grousing Gets Old After a Time
Marian Hossa Signs In Detroit
There Is a Market for Sheldon Souray
Rating the Free Agent Transactions So Far
Updated Lineup
Erik Cole an Oiler
Raffi Torres Dealt to Columbus
Terry Jones on Saying Stupid Things
Market for Defensive Defensemen
UFA Compendium

June - 2008

Kevin Lowe, Stay Clear, Please.
Assuming Pitkanen Stays...
Where Are We Going?
Visnovsky to Edmonton
UFA Option: Brian Rolston
UFA Option: Mike Commodore
Low-Risk, High-Reward Gambling
Sanity Check
Vincent Lecavalier Sentenced to 9 Years
Dodging Bullets
Things I Shouldn't Have To Say
Roloson Update
This Gretzky Character May Know Something About Coaching
UFA Option: Marian Hossa
RFA Prospects
Another Stop for Dwayne Roloson?
Dustin Penner Fallout: The Final Tally
2008 NHL Entry Draft - Day 2
2008 NHL Entry Draft - Day 1 Review
Crushing the Opposition
UFA Option: Jaromir Jagr
The Halcyon Nature of NHL Ownership
2008 Entry Draft Bric-a-brac
UFA Options: Markus Naslund, Brendan Morrison, Byron Ritchie & Brad Isbister
UFA Options: Kristian Huselius, Owen Nolan & Stephane Yelle
Department of Obvious Statements: Plugger Coaches Don't Automatically Hate Skill
UFA Option: Michael Ryder
No Experience Required
For this relief much thanks
UFA Option: Cory Stillman
UFA Option: Ladislav Nagy
UFA Option: Sean Avery
UFA Options: Brooks Orpik and Mark Eaton
Resisting Temptation
UFA Option: Marek Malik
UFA Option: Ryan Malone
How to Win With Unrestricted Free Agents
UFA Option: Wade Redden
In Defense of Raffi Torres
Oilers Forwards by Quality of Opposition, 2007-08
UFA Options: Miroslav Satan
2007-08 Team Statistics
UFA Options: Jeff Finger & Kurt Sauer
The Case for Another Defenseman
Bad Assumptions and Lazy Journalism
UFA Option: Jason Williams
RFA Option: Valtteri Filppula
Syvret Dealt to Philadelphia
UFA Option: Mattias Norstrom
UFA Option: Dmitri Kalinin
UFA Option: Bobby Holik
The Old, the New, the Surprising
Red Wings Win Stanley Cup
Would You Rather?
Progression?
Undrafted Collegians
It's Hard to Write When Nothing's Happening
May In Review

May - 2008

Plagiarism is for the Lazy- And I AM Lazy
Hrabal Signed
The Edmonton Oilers Lead the League!
Luc Bourdon, Feb. 16, 1987 - May 29, 2008
Every So Often, You Get Surprised
Publicly Funded Arenas Revitalize the Community!
Occam's Razor
Unfashionable People Saying Questionable Things
1983 Oilers vs. 2008 Penguins
The Solution
More Topics! Fewer Paragraphs!
1 Corinthians 10:12
Erik Cole?
I Said NO, Cliff!
We Are Pleased to Promote...
Jeff Truitt to Coach Springfield
Oilers Development Camp - June 1
Georges Laraque in the News
'Tis Just a Flesh Wound!
Something Weird in Vancouver
The Affable and Gregarious Marty Reasoner
Department of Obvious Statements: Bad Comparisons
Because I Don't Want You to Think I Hate Terry...
Chris Pronger Did the Oilers a Favour
Penalties For and Against, 2007-08
Craig MacTavish and High Sticking
Mathieu Garon as a Starting Goaltender
Oilers Sundry From Matheson
Offensive Defensemen
Bryan Pitton Signed
Joni Pitkanen Update #328
The Future of Most Prospects
A Post for David Staples
Department of Obvious Statements: Minor Signings
Chuck Kobasew Resigned by Boston
Sam Gagner to Dress for Canada
Prognosticating
Contracts That Make Dustin Penner Look Cheap
Department of Obvious Statements
Newspapers vs. Blogs
Hope for Ladislav Smid
Fernando Pisani!
Brad Winchester Update
Comparisons - Red Wings/Oilers Scouting Staff
Edmonton Oilers Management
Reason #1,334,354 to Ignore Eklund
Scouting Update
Trades and Signings
Scouting Joe Colborne
Random Notes
Edmonton Oilers 1st Round Picks, 2007
Face-off Percentage, 2007-08
Edmonton Oilers 1st Round Pick, 2005
Oilers Sign Garet Hunt to AHL Contract
Daum Done?
Pitkanen Injured

April - 2008

Edmonton Oilers 1st Round Picks, 2004
The Stockton Thunder
Edmonton Oilers 1st Round Pick, 2003
Calculating the Value of the Dustin Penner Picks
Edmonton Oilers 1st Round Pick, 2002
Edmonton Oilers 1st Round Pick, 2001
Mike Comrie vs. Kevin Lowe
Steve Staios Named Assistant Captain
Edmonton Oilers 2nd Round Picks, Since 2001
NCAA-NHL Meeting
Stephane Goulet Update
Edmonton Oilers 3rd Round Picks, Since 2001
Luongo in Ottawa
Round 2 of the Playoffs (Western Conference)
Edmonton Oilers 4th Round Picks, Since 2001
Canucks GM Luvs Naslund!
Curtis Glencross, Before & After
Chris Vande Velde
Joni Pitkanen- 2002
If I Were Kevin Lowe...
Game 5, PHI/WSH
Edmonton Oilers 5th Round Picks, Since 2001
Shooting Percentage, 2007-08
Lives of Minor Leaguers
Ray Emery
Armchair Coach
Edmonton Oilers 6th Round Draft Picks, Since 2001
Prendergast's Comments
Team Records, post-lockout
Power-play, 2007-08
Penalty-Killing, 2007-08
Three Defencemen
Edmonton Oilers 7th Round Picks, Since 2001
Tom Gilbert, 6yrs, 24 million
Primary & Secondary Assists at EV, 2007-08
Edmonton Oilers 8th Round Picks, Since 2001
Edmonton Oilers 9th Round Picks, Since 2001
Oilers join Team USA
A Caveat
Edmonton Oilers Scouting Staff
Summer of 2000
What is Rob Schremp?

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Northwest Standings

GP W L OTL PT
Vancouver 54 34 15 5 73
Minnesota 54 25 21 8 58
Calgary 55 25 22 8 58
Colorado 55 27 25 3 57
Edmonton 54 21 28 5 47

(updated 2.10.2012 at 7:27 AM MST)

21 - 28 - 5

Lost 2

Clear Victory Standings

Western Conference

  1. Detroit Red Wings (23-7, .767)
  2. San Jose Sharks (13-5, .722)
  3. Vancouver Canucks (18-7, .720)
  4. St. Louis Blues (12-6, .667)
  5. Chicago Blackhawks (16-12, .571)
  6. Los Angeles Kings (10-9, .526)
  7. Nashville Predators (11-10, .524)
  8. Phoenix Coyotes (12-12, .500)
  9. Dallas Stars (11-15, .423)
  10. Anaheim Ducks (10-14, .417)
  11. Colorado Avalanche (9-13, .409)
  12. Edmonton Oilers (11-16, .407)
  13. Calgary Flames (9-15, .375)
  14. Minnesota Wild (7-14,.333)
  15. Columbus Blue Jackets (5-19, .208)

Eastern Conference

  1. Boston Bruins (21-4, .840)
  2. New York Rangers (18-8, .692)
  3. Pittsburgh Penguins (16-9, .640)
  4. Philadelphia Flyers (14-11, .560)
  5. Toronto Maple Leafs (14-12, .538)
  6. Washington Capitals (14-13, .519)
  7. Montreal Canadiens (11-11, .500)
  8. New Jersey Devils (10-12, .455)
  9. Ottawa Senators (10-13, .435)
  10. Winnipeg Jets (10-14, .417)
  11. Carolina Hurricanes (9-13, .409)
  12. Florida Panthers (7-12, .368)
  13. Buffalo Sabres (8-14, .364)
  14. Tampa Bay Lightning (9-20, .310)
  15. New York Islanders (6-14, .300)

Division Standings

  1. Central (52-39, .571)
  2. Northeast (49-39, .557)
  3. Atlantic (45-37, .549)
  4. Pacific (37-36, .507)
  5. Northwest (34-45, .430)
  6. Southeast (33-54, .379)


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