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Secondary scorers: analysis by microstat
66 games into this sorry, lost season, the Edmonton Oilers stand, er, lie in 30th place overall, 6 points in arrears of dismal Toronto and fully a dozen points back of the 28th place Islanders. It's a standing they've earned on merit, given the Oilers also rank 30th in Goals Against and 29th in...
Raffi Torres Dealt to Columbus
As per Lowetide (not sure where he got it from), the Oilers have trade Raffi Torres to Columbus in exchange for Gilbert Brule. My take: this is a salary dump.I have talked a lot about Raffi Torres here; I am much sadder to see him dealt than I was to see either Stoll or Greene go. I expected that...
Forwards: Regulars & In The Mix
One of the nicer features on the Edmonton Oilers website is the Depth Chart. It gives us a decent idea of where players sit during the off-season, and what kind of role is being envisioned for them. It also gives us a nice starting point for determining who has an NHL job already, and who needs to...
The Mighty Oil, According to EA Sports
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...
I'll Never Make It As A Detective
As those of you who have been reading this site since its inception know, I am forever making references to two hockey books: Future Greats and Heartbreaks, by Gare Joyce, and King of Russia, by Dave King with Eric Duhatschek, because I think both do an outstanding job highlighting parts of hockey...
Don't Look Now
There were a lot of intriguing players in training camp at the start of this season. Bryan Lerg, a favourite of Lowetide's, impressed but ended up unable to get into action in the AHL, and is now with Stockton of the ECHL. NAHL bruiser Guillaume Lefebvre showed some muscle in his preseason games,...
Springfield Falcons’ Quality of Competition Through 40 Games
This is a continuation of a concept that I test-ran at the end of December – using the AHL website to test quality of competition. I didn’t get a ton of suggestions for improvement, so mostly I’ve gone with the previous format, except with one minor tweak: instead of three categories of player,...
Could Price Become A Better Pick Than Crosby?
A question for a nation of hockey afficianado's: Could Carey Price turn out to be a better draft pick than Sidney Crosby?Seems like a ridiculous notion, doesn't it?Maybe, and then again maybe not!Straight off the top, and honestly, I don't entirely buy my own question - at least not yet, anyways....
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