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IF INERTIA WERE A SKILL, TAMBELLINI WOULD BE GRETZKY
Shawn Horcoff was injured February 4th and we heard he’d be gone a month; this means that Horc should be ready to roll early next week. Right? Well, no. For the first time in history, an injury...
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OILERS HIRE HOWSON
The Edmonton Oilers added to their managerial “murderer’s row” this week by adding former Columbus GM Scott Howson. He has plenty of experience–including a run with the Oilers as asst GM–and is...
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ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THAT?
It’s been a long, long road for the trio of Nuge-Hall-Eberle and they’ve played a lot of hockey. Last night suggests there’s gas in the tank and some willingness to burn up the blacktop this spring....
View ArticleLITTLE DID HE KNOW….
Last night’s victory leaves Edmonton solidly in playoff contention (21.6% chance of making the post-season) and that won’t change between now and the deadline Wednesday aft. I believe the Oilers should...
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MOTEL MATCHES
With the Oilers giving it away like motel matches, terms like “must win” and “playoff chances” are put away for another year and we can move on to buyouts, blame and the draft. Again. at game 29, we...
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TELEGRAM SAM
I think most Edmontonians could give you 5 names for next season’s team and identify several “targets” for the NHL team. Why? How? It’s always been this way. If I mentioned the following names, how...
View ArticleSTART AGAIN FROM ZERO
We’ve got all spring to look at this thing all different ways, but the bottom line is this: the Oilers have their jacks and kings, but need those 6′s and 7′s and 9′s in the right amount. How many...
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BOB GREEN NEW DIRECTOR OF AMATEUR FREE AGENT SCOUTING
The Edmonton Oilers announced Bob Green as the head of amateur scouting this morning in a confusing press release. The release says “he will work closely with the Oilers’ hockey operations department...
View ArticleDEADLINE TRADE VALUE
Earlier this season, Craig MacTavish dealt Ladislav Smid to Calgary for Laurent Brossoit and Roman Horak. That’s not a trade we can really call “true value” and so it’s very hard to justify. We can...
View Article50 MISSION CAP
After the deadline, we get our first look at the problems that will need to be solved during the offseason and the room available to make it happen. Edmonton has quite a bit of cap room, but have to...
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