unicorns Stories - The Copper & Blue
The Mythical Beast
"Power forward" is a term that is thrown about by the average fan and hockey media types alike. The same conversation occurs repeatedly, whether it's Joe Sixpack and John Abusivehockeydad at the bar, or Gord Bobblehead and Craig Flappinglips during an intermission segment on national hockey...
Bring Me Hassenpfeffer
You are the general manager of the Edmonton Oilers. Your roster currently looks like this:C: Kyle Brodziak, Andrew Cogliano, Sam Gagner, Shawn Horcoff, Marc PouliotLW: Jean Jacques, Steve MacIntyre, Ethan Moreau, Patrick O'Sullivan, Dustin PennerRW: Ales Hemsky, Robert Nilsson, Fernando Pisani,...
Prospecting
In my top 10 post, I looked at the cream of the crop in the Oilers organization. I wanted to compare my take against others in the 'Sphere, so I charted them. Using JW, Lowetide and Hockeysfuture in addition to my rankings, the top twenty prospects in the organization are as follows:
The Top 10, with a bullet
Everyone in the 'sphere has there own list of prospects. Lowetide does his top 20 and maintains it every six months. JayDub set out to rank an ambitious top fifty. He's also insane.My list contains only the top ten. I took Jonathan's top fifty and applied some science to it - a formula that...
Ze plane! Ze plane!
So we know that the owner is once again hunting Moby Dick. We know that Sheldon Souray and Lubomir Vishnovsky are being shopped. We now know the new coach thinks Ales Hemsky is a center, and he doesn't like him one bit. We know the general manager wants to ship out the Lilliputians and bring in a...
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