The Dismal Oilers Rebuilding Hits a Snag – A Season In Review

January 31, 2010raventalon40 4 Comments »

I say “A Season in Review” because that’s essentially what it is.
The season has been over for a long time now.
Now, I’m not about to pretend that injuries or bad luck are the most important deciding factor. Nor shall I pretend that the Oilers were so bad a team that they weren’t good enough to [...]

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Boston Trade Proposal

January 12, 2010raventalon40 7 Comments »

To Boston:

Souray or Visnovsky (Souray knows Chara from 2004-05; Visnovsky knows Chara from Team Slovakia: a good fit in either case)
Andrew Cogliano (value player who will undoubtedly be resigned at a great price)
Denis Grebeshkov
Edmonton’s 3rd and 4th Rd Picks in 2011 (our picks in 2010 are just too good to pass up, so we should [...]

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Wherefore art thou Oilers?

January 3, 2010raventalon40 2 Comments »

Wherefore art thou Oilers?

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Penner and the Olympics

December 13, 2009raventalon40 No Comments »

I know you’re curious.

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The Case for Marty Turco

December 4, 2009raventalon40 4 Comments »

All this talk about Marty Brodeur… Roberto Luongo… Steve Mason… Marc-Andre Fleury… where’s the love for Marty Turco?

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Relative Trade Value and Tradeability

December 2, 2009raventalon40 6 Comments »

Which Oilers have the highest trade value right now? Who is their most trade-able asset? Who is the least?

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Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin, Teemu Pulkkinen, Cam Fowler

November 30, 2009raventalon40 No Comments »

Can you say Franchise?

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Arena Update

November 26, 2009raventalon40 No Comments »

I recently wrote an article for The Gateway detailing the progress of the downtown arena project and possible looks for possible tenants. I warn you, there isn’t much new information… since much of what is being proposed is purely hearsay, according to guys like LaForge and on city council. But if these pieces really are [...]

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Suggested Lineup

November 26, 2009raventalon40 No Comments »

Random lineup suggestions for a bored sucker.

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Just when you thought things can’t get worse for the Oilers…

November 25, 2009raventalon40 No Comments »

… Ales Hemsky gets injured. (Player grades from the Cult of Hockey.)

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