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Break it Down! – PP/PK  (2010/11 Edition)

Break it Down! – PP/PK (2010/11 Edition)

September 8, 2010 1 Comment

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 ...

Break it Down! – Goaltending (2010/11 Edition)

Break it Down! – Goaltending (2010/11 Edition)

September 2, 2010 27 Comments

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 ...

Break it Down! – Defense  (2010/11 Edition)

Break it Down! – Defense (2010/11 Edition)

August 27, 2010 8 Comments

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 ...

Break It Down! – Forwards (2010/11 Edition)

Break It Down! – Forwards (2010/11 Edition)

August 26, 2010 32 Comments

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 ...

Break it down! – Management/Coaching

September 10, 2009 4 Comments

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 ...

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Break it down! – PK

September 7, 2009 6 Comments

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 ...

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Break it down! – PP

September 4, 2009 12 Comments

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.

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Break it down! – Goaltender

August 26, 2009 11 Comments

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.

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Break it down! – Defense

August 24, 2009 11 Comments

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.

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Break it down! – Forwards

August 20, 2009 11 Comments

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 ...

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