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Secure in his role as the prototypical fourth liner, Zack Stortini has become an every-game player under Pat Quinn. Stortini has quietly excelled in a recent experiment playing centre, posting a +6 rating over those 8 games.

This is Zack Stortini. To date he is the most successful pick the Oilers have made in the third round under the watch of Lowe/Prendergast, although down the road Theo Peckham may turn into the...

The player pictured is Jean-Francois Jacques, in one of his 53 NHL games. Standing behind him, you can see the hope in Marty Reasoner's eyes, and Dwayne Roloson peering from the other end of the...

I have some time this morning, and I thought it might be nice to have a look at the younger players entering their 2nd/3rd season, and trying to decide what a reasonable expectation for them would...

I attended that game. I remember watching as Stortini came in on Krajicek, and thinking that Krajicek needed to get his head up, and then it was too late, as Stortini absolutely detroyed him. Big...

Perhaps the funniest study I’ve heard about in some time has just been published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. Brock University neuroscience researchers Justin Carre and Cheryl...

Here’s some better-late-than-never analysis of the Oil’s line match-ups on road games against the Hawks and the Avs.ChicagoThe Edmonton Oilers played likely their worst game of this young...

According to one Robin Brownlee (be careful of that link- if it's still early when you may not want to see Marty York's beaming face on the side), Kelly Buchberger has been officially anointed as...