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Oilers Mid-Season Review: First Rebuild, Now What?
Yesterday our panel touched on the biggest surprises and disappointments of the 2011-12 season to date. Today, the panel attempts to figure all of this out. First and foremost, General Manager Steve Tambellini will have to deal franchise cornerstone Ales Hemsky or sign him to a long-term deal. ...
Oilers Mid-Season Review: Biggest Surprise & Biggest Disappointment
The Oilers sit 27th in the league at the half-way point of their season with 35 points. They hit the half-way point in 09-10 with 36 points and finished last. They had 33 at the half-way point 10-11 and finished last. Most fans weren't expecting a playoff team this season, but another trip to...
Newspapers vs. Blogs
David Staples over at Cult of Hockey makes reference today to a John MacKinnon article about the differing roles of the mainstream media and that of blogs. Both articles are interesting reads, as is the article that John MacKinnon refers to over at the Globe & Mail. Frankly, though, I think both of...
One
This is Joni Pitkanen. A year ago today, I wrote my first post on this blog, a projection for Rob Schremp. Later that same day I revisited Kevin Lowe's work from the summer of 2000 and guessed that when Pitkanen was traded it would be similar to the Roman Hamrlik deal; an established player leaving...













