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How Does Tom Renney Use His Forwards?
Get the full-sized chart here. The horizontal axis shows qualcomp, specifically Corsi relative quality of competition taken from the venerable and terrifying Gabriel Desjardins' behindthenet.ca. The vertical axis shows percentage of percentage of faceoffs taken in the defensive zone, again from...
Tom Renney Loses To The Sabres 4-0, Oilers Win 3-0
One of the great thing about the Oilers' "little teams that could" on the late 90's and early aughts was how hard they played, even when they were severely outmanned from the opening drop. They had good coaches, great speed and played with more desperation than a drunken fat man looking for a...
Tom Renney's Trust
Though the Edmonton Oilers are but 1/10 of the way through the 2011-12 season, two things are for certain: Ryan Whitney isn't a reliable option for the Oilers on the backend and Tom Renney only trusts two of his other six blueliners. Sure, Ryan Whitney might take a pill from Miracle Max and shake...
The Shortage Of Right-Handed Defensemen In Edmonton
Tom Renney addressed the media this week and the conversation turned to Corey Potter. The transcribed exchange is below: Media: Potter. It's a little early, an early sampling, but when you watch him play you're thinking how come this guy hasn't been playing in the league?Renney: It's a question...
On Ryan Smyth Bobblehead Night Who Else Would Lead The Way?
Given the buzz surrounding Ryan Nugent-Hopkins since his hat trick Saturday night versus the Canucks in front of a national TV audience, I half expected my Ryan Smyth bobblehead to have a head shot of the Oilers newest rookie sensation to be taped to it. To say that Edmonton is in the grips of...
Predicting Oilers' Milestones In 2011-2012
A number of Edmonton Oilers are on the verge of achieving significant career and club milestones in the 2011-12 season. As long as the team stays healthy, and this is Edmonton so this is a very long "as long as", Ales Hemsky, Shawn Horcoff and crew should start piling up the records in the first...
Tom Renney - Storyteller
A couple of weeks ago Tyler Dellow complained about Tom Renney's interview with Bob Stauffer. He felt that Renney was either delusional or disingenuous with some of his comments, pointing specifically to Renney's comment about how the season could have been different if only the team won more of...
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