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By Racki, December 31, 2009 11:22 pm

The solution to our cap issues.. rig the scoreboard to do this during a game

Well, the Oilers have ended this year with a real stinker. It was only a 2-1 loss, but in case you were out partying and missed this one, the Oilers didn’t show up until about the 58 minute mark. It wasn’t as close as the score would have you believe. As they are so famous for doing, they left their goaltender out to dry and attempted to make up for it with a rally in the dying minutes. Not going to work, folks.

Really, Tambellini needs to do something with this team. We’re going to need a stronger group of veteran and complementary players. If there aren’t any moves within the next little while here (even a couple of small deals to shake things up), I’m going to have to assume that Tambellini’s on board with tanking for Taylor as well.

Anyways, look for our Edmonton Oilers quarter 2 review. We should have it up sometime on Monday. I’m going to have to take a guess and say that the 3 of us probably won’t many kind words to say.

Lastly, to close things out… Lubomir Visnovsky left the game with a foot injury. No word on the extent of the injury. I didn’t see what caused it, so I’m not sure what happened.

UPDATE: Happened in the middle of the 1st period… Visnovsky said that he crashed into the boards after being hit and twisted his ankle. He still managed to play a full shift on it, but he says it’s quite painful now. He will go to the doctor tomorrow to get it checked out and “needs a couple of days off” (at minimum). I replayed the game on the PVR, and it happens with 7:05 remaining in the first period. Visnovsky is following beside Prust as he goes behind the goal line. Vis is super low to the ice to block the pass. Prust cuts in front of Visnovsky, and Vis loses his balance and falls and goes feet first into the boards. The miraculous part is Visnovsky still plays nearly a full 2 minutes on that shift after getting hurt, and was already out there for a minute before getting hurt. To top it off, he even prevent a Calgary goal on the play too. What a warrior.

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By Racki, December 31, 2009 10:45 am

Canada	vs.	USA
Game 4 of the WJHC Prelimary Round
Canada Record: 3-0-0
USA Record: 3-0-0
Date: December 31 @ 6:00 PM MST
TV: TSN

This should be the first real test for Canada. Are the Americans up to the challenge though? I think this should be a pretty exciting and physical game. So it’ll be tough to switch over to the Oilers game to watch the BoA part 2 (for the week). But thankfully, through the miracle of PVR, I can watch both games.. just not live.

And remember… the chant is “GO CANADA GO!”, not “Eh, oh Canada Go”. Don’t bow down to Pepsi!

EDMONTON OILERS PROSPECT WATCH
Player	Team	G	A	PTS	+/-
Jordan Eberle		3	5	8	+3
Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson		2	6	8	+5
Anton Lander		2	2	4	+3
Toni Rajala		1	2	3	+1
Teemu Hartikainen		2	1	3	0

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By Steve-O, December 31, 2009 9:11 am

Lets keep it going boys!!

PRE-GAME RANT

Hey, doesn’t victory feel awesome.  Sure it was against the laffs, but it was a beautiful thing seeing the boys shut up all those misguided fans.

And isn’t it nice to see the team play with a little confidence (I’m talking from the point of the second goal until about 5 min left in the game).  Looked good out there.

And have a happy and safe new year’s eve everyone.

Now some Racki-stats:

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By Trogdor, December 30, 2009 11:10 am

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

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By Racki, December 30, 2009 11:01 am

Here is the Team Canada roster for the 2010 Winter Olympics:

TEAM CANADA ROSTER
Goaltenders
Martin Brodeur
Marc Andre Fleury
Roberto Luongo
Defensemen
Dan Boyle
Drew Doughty
Duncan Keith
Scott Niedermayer (Captain)
Chris Pronger (Alternate)
Brent Seabrook
Shea Weber
Forwards
Patrice Bergeron
Sidney Crosby (Alternate)
Ryan Getzlaf
Dan Heatley
Jarome Iginla (Alternate)
Patrick Marleau
Brenden Morrow
Rick Nash
Corey Perry
Mike Richards
Eric Staal
Joe Thorton
Jonathan Toews

Also of note, Denis Grebeshkov was named to Team Russia yesterday, and Lubomir Visnovsky was named to Slovakia.