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The Oilers Future is Set in Stone
Oilers future
Yeah, not being in the playoffs sucks. But there is much to look forward to Oilers fans. Read the rest of this entry »
1000 visitors
As of 10:50 PM GMT -7 MTN time in Edmonton, Alberta, we hit 1000 unique visitors.
Yay.
Farewell, season.
The sad part is, nobody is willing to drive the net in the final minutes except Grebeskhov. Way to show that you care, Oilers. Penner spent a substantial amount of time in front of the net too. But only god knows why Hemsky and Horcoff decided to pass off shooting opportunities instead of utilizing the Penner screen.
Say goodbye to the season, Oilers’ fans.
Deadline Steal
Okay, so Erik Cole didn’t draw a plethora of prospects the way the Keith Tkachuk and Ryan Smyth deals did in recent years. But that’s fine, I’m pleased with Steve Tambellini’s moves in that for the price of a pending UFA and a low 5th round draft pick, he managed to get two guys who are ready to step into the lineup right away. Read the rest of this entry »
Suggestions for a Better Oilers Team
Here are 4 simple changes I believe will improve the competitive dynamic on the roster of your Edmonton Oilers, including explanations as to why I think they would be effective changes.
Depth
With the injury to Ales Hemsky it soon became apparent how little depth the Oilers had. Read the rest of this entry »
Added to OilersNation Blogroll
We’ve achieved OilersNation Blogroll status.
Yay!
Perhaps we will not be relocating to Google Blogger after all.
I also felt like organizing a list of my favorite players. It happens to make for good posting material.
Enjoy.
| Ron Hextall Jacques Plante Terry Sawchuk Wayne Gretzky Paul Coffey Ray Bourque Patrick Roy |
Favorite All-time Player(s) |
| Esa Tikkanen Tommy Salo Igor Ulanov Doug Weight Georges Laraque Jason Smith |
Favorite All-time Oiler(s) |
| Alex Ovechkin Niklas Lidstrom Tomas Holmstrom Ilya Kovalchuk Rick Nash Mike Green |
Favorite Current Player(s) |
| Tom Gilbert Andrew Cogliano Ales Hemsky Lubomir Visnovsky Denis Grebeshkov |
Favorite Current Oiler(s) |
| Darius Kasparitis Ryan Smyth Ethan Moreau Paul Kariya Steve Yzerman Carey Price Rob Schremp Anton Volchenkov |
Honorable Mention(s) |
Florida Panthers @ Edmonton Oilers
A Poem of the Oilers Futility
when the Oil outshoot the opponent
but forget to bring their game face
outshooting them was a disguise anyway
if you watched the game
you probably saw how disorganized we were
and the lack of intensity in our game
cole played well
visnovsky was everywhere
but penner, moreau, souray, brodziak, gagner, all sucked
especially Moreau
wtf was wrong with him today
none of his passes went to anybody
and every time he rushed the puck he gave it away
hemsky wasn’t bad either
he shouldnt miss breakaways
Anderson gloved it
probably should’ve deked though
and Gagner, what in gods name did he do to get re-promoted
he sucked hardcore tonight
i would’ve picked both Schremp or Brule to play over him
especially Brule, a small guy who throws crushing hits
wanted speed and rush at the end of the game
Gagner is not a lot faster than Schremp
Brule is faster than Gagner
but I must say, Smid looked composed tonight
and Staios was actually steady for once
good thing Strudwick wasn’t playing
i thought gilbert looked ok
but he let a lot of guys skate by him
he’s usually a lot more physical than he was tonight
and that’s saying something, considering he’s Tom Gilbert
he joined the rush a lot too, which i like
next game the Oil will win big
to make up for this sad excuse for an NHL game
remembering to bring their game face
when the Oil outshoot their opponent
