September 8, 2010
Continuing on with my series of Break it Down posts. The others can be found in the following location. Next up, special teams. Last year I had these in separate posts, but this year I decided to combine them. The Oilers last year had a average powerplay (18th) but got just hammered on the penalty ...
September 2, 2010
And I finally get around to continuing on with the break it down series. The others can be found at the following location. This one will specifically talk about the goaltending situation, and what a clusterfuck it is. Our starting goalie, one might say our “MVP”, is a drunk felon (not to mention injury prone ...
August 27, 2010
Continuing on with my series of posts that break down the Oiler’s different areas, today we look at the defense. Last year I mentioned how I thought that we had a really strong D-core, and how we had positioned ourselves going forward as well with lots of good youngsters. Well, there are 3 players that ...
August 26, 2010
Well considering that it looks as though the GM has finished making his moves for the year, and that training camp will be starting sooner than later I figured that I should get on this and take a look at the team in the coming year. Again, much like I did last year, I am ...
September 10, 2009
Note: Both Steve-O and Racki are away on vacation. We’ve left the ship on autopilot. So if some kick ass news happens like trading for Kovalchuk, pretend like you heard it here first, and pretend like this post still makes sense Racki is back September 10th. This is the last among a few recurring posts ...
Tags: Break it down!, Coaching, Management, OilersBreak it down!, Oilers
September 7, 2009
Note: Both Steve-O and Racki are away on vacation. We’ve left the ship on autopilot. So if some kick ass news happens like trading for Kovalchuk, pretend like you heard it here first, and pretend like this post still makes sense Racki is back September 10th. This is the fifth among a few recurring posts ...
Tags: Break it down!, Oilers, PKBreak it down!, Oilers
September 4, 2009
This is the fourth among a few recurring posts where I break down and discuss different parts of the Oilers and how I think they are going to perform this coming year, their strengths and weaknesses and where we could use some help. They are here, here and here.
Tags: Oilers, powerplayBreak it down!, Oilers
August 26, 2009
This is the third among a few recurring posts where I break down and discuss different parts of the Oilers and how I think they are going to perform this coming year, their strengths and weaknesses and where we could use some help. The others are here.
Tags: Break it down!, goalies, OilersBreak it down!, Oilers
August 24, 2009
This is the second among a few recurring posts where I break down and discuss different parts of the Oilers and how I think they are going to perform this coming year, their strengths and weaknesses and where we could use some help. First one is here.
Tags: Break it down!, defense, OilersBreak it down!, Oilers
August 20, 2009
This will be the first among a few recurring posts where I break down and discuss different parts of the Oilers and how I think they are going to perform this coming year, their strengths and weaknesses and where we could use some help. If you have not read it already, Lowetide has done in ...
Tags: Break it down!, forwards, OilersBreak it down!, Oilers