zack-stortini Stories - The Copper & Blue
Small number Stortistics
I find myself strangely reluctant to write a full-blown article about Zack Stortini. I'm a fan of "Zorg" and am not shy about commenting elsewhere, frequently in his defence, but here on C&B he has mostly flown under the radar, as good fourth-liners should. Make no mistake, though, Stortini is...
Edmonton Oilers 3rd Round Picks, Since 2001
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 better player. He's also a testament to willpower. Some players have all the talent and go nowhere with...
RFA Prospects
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 ice; the two veterans united in the thought that maybe, just maybe, tonight Jacques gets a point. It was...
I Don't Believe in the "Sophomore Slump"
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 be next year. This is a very, very young team (did you realize Ales Hemsky will still only be 25 by...
Zack Stortini
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 cheer from the crowd for his first NHL goal, too. Of course, the Oilers also lost the game, so it...
From the moment she first held his oversized head, Stortini’s mother knew he’d be trouble
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 McCormick claim that the number of penalty minutes a player receives can be predicted by the size of his face....
Line Matching: October 22nd and 23rd
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 season in a 3–0 loss to Chicago. Joel Quenneville’s Blackhawks dominated the entire game, and despite not...
We Are Pleased to Promote...
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 saviour assistant coach of the Oilers, dooming Rob Daum to haunts unknown, and allowing Jeff Truitt...
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