Update !

Lose Oilers Lose !
I still propose we tank the season, and go for the highest draft pick possible. 6 games to go, and I want to see an "L" in the win/lose column for each game !
16 Tampa Bay @ L 3-1
15 @ Anaheim L 5-1
14 @ San Jose L 3-0
13 @ Los Angeles L 5-1
12 Minnesota @ L 2-1
11 St. Louis @ L 3-2 OT
10 Vancouver @ L 2-1
09 Colorado @ L 5-1 Way to go Guys !
08 Colorado @ W 4-3 SO Oops
07 Nashville @ L 4-0 Back on Track !
06 @ Nashville L 4-3 Lose... to Gain !
05 @ St. Louis L 5-2 Four to go !
04 @ Chicago L 2-1 Can you say top 3 pick ?
03 @ Minnesota L 3-0 Way to stink it up !
02 @Minnesota L 3-0 As good as planned !
01 @ Calgary W 3-2 Could hurt our pick status.

The streak is done !

I hate to have to post this but... the Oilers put an end to their 12 game losing streak last night with a 4-3 shoot out victory over the Colorado Avalanche.

Marty Reasoner scored the only shoot out goal over Peter Budaj.

There are still 7 games remaining for the Oilers to lose. I am saying this with hope because the worse the finish, the better the first round draft pick.

Draft lottery goes April 10
March 23, 2007

NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League Draft Drawing, a weighted lottery system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2007 Entry Draft, will take place Tuesday, April 10, at 12 p.m., ET, at the NHL's New York office.The result of the Draft Drawing, and the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2007 Entry Draft, will be announced immediately after the drawing.

Clubs that did not qualify for this season's Stanley Cup Playoffs, or clubs that acquired the first-round picks of those non-playoff clubs, will participate in the Draft Drawing. The club selected in the Draft Drawing may not move up more than four positions in the draft order. Thus the only clubs with the opportunity to receive the first overall selection are the five clubs with the lowest regular-season point totals, or those that acquired an eligible club's first-round draft picks. No club can move down more than one position as a result of the Draft Drawing. Under the weighted lottery system, the club with the fewest regular-season points will have the greatest chance (25per cent) of winning the Draft Drawing and will pick no lower than second at the 2007 Entry Draft.

The current percentage chance of being selected in the Draft Drawing is as follows, based on team finish:

30th........... 25.0 per cent

29th........... 18.8 per cent

28th........... 14.2 per cent

27th........... 10.7 per cent

26th.............8.1 per cent

25th.............6.2 per cent

24th.............4.7 per cent

23rd.............3.6 per cent

22nd............ 2.7 per cent

21st.............2.1 per cent

20th.............1.5 per cent

19th.............1.1 per cent

18th.............0.8 per cent

17th.............0.5 per cent

The 2007 NHL Entry Draft will take place at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. The first round will take place on Friday, June 22 commencing at 7 p.m. (Columbus time) and the subsequent rounds (two through seven) will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 23.

LOSE BABY LOSE !

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Friday, March 09, 2007

My kid sister is a real sweaty !

Lose Oilers Lose !

I'm convinced that Oiler management has given up on the season , so here's me saying if it's true ... "then burn, baby burn !" I propose we tank the season, and go for the highest draft pick possible. 16 games to go, and I want to see an "L" in the win lose column for each game !

16 Tampa Bay @ L 3-1

15 @ Anaheim L 5-1

14 @ San Jose L 3-0

13 @ Los Angeles L 5-1

12 Minnesota @ L 2-1

11 St. Louis @ L 3-2 OT

10 Vancouver @ L 2-1

09 Colorado @ L 5-1 Way to go Guys !

08 Colorado @ W 4-3 SO

07 Nashville @ L 4-0 Back on Track !

06 @ Nashville

05 @ St. Louis

04 @ Chicago

03 @ Minnesota

02 @Minnesota

01 @ Calgary

Here are some of the possibilities for newest Oiler !

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=10631&hubname=

the Oil have 3 picks in the first round and surely they can make some great picks with some smart thinking. If the season were to end today we would have the

27th pick from Anaheim

18th pick from the N.Y. Islanders

8th Edmonton

Team Russia's Alexei Cherepanov, bottom left, is hugged by Vyacheslav Buravchikov (9), top, and Alexander Bumagin bottom right, after Russia's second goal (AP Photo/Anders Wiklund, Scanpix)

What a turd !

Not enough hate for a "Battle of Alberta !" and where was the blood ?
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Well a few players showed up and actually played, Pisani, Roloson, Jacques and Pouliot. The rest were not very high in the impact department ! Not naming any names, Nedved, Smith, Lupul and Horcoff were basically turds out there. the rest of the gang was mired in sub-par mediocrity ! Final score Flames 4 Oilers 2, what a disappointment to end the week.
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Ryans hockey poll of the month !
Should the Oilers...
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a) Play their hearts out for the rest of the season (Pride) and miss the playoffs in 17th place overall ?

b) File a bogus lawsuit with the N.Y.I. claiming one of the traded players we got for Ryan Smyth is actually dead and nullify the deal so we can have Ryan back ?

c) Coax Mark Messier out of retirement to play the rest of the season giving him a chance to score his 700th goal (he's at 694) ?

d) Tank the rest of the season to try for the 2nd or 3rd overall draft pick in the '07 entry draft ?

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Incidentally Ryan Smyth scored in his second game with the Islanders, in my books that's Ryan Smyth 2 Edmonton Oilers 0


Way to go Smytty !

Battle of Alberta !

Sat., March 3, 8:00 PM MST

TV: CBC

Live @ Rexall Place

For the seventh time this season and fourth time at Rexall Place, the Edmonton Oilers meet up with provincial rivals the Calgary Flames tonight. Edmonton has dropped each of its last three games and now sits 11 points back of the eighth and final playoff spot. However, the team they're catching will be their opponents tonight, Calgary!

Smyth helps N.Y.I. in losing cause !

This is not a site I expected to see this week !

10 mins 16 secs - all it took to get his first point, an assist, on a goal by Sillinger in the first period. The Islanders lost the game 3-2 in overtime to St.Louis

Game Day !

Thu., March 1, 7:00 PM MST

TV: Sportsnet

Team-P#-GP-W-L-OT-Pt

Min.-8th-64-35-23-6-76

Edm.-9th-64-30-28-6-66

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It's a new month, and hopefully we can put the night-mare behind us and do some damage, at least we can play the roll of spoiler...pride is still on the line !

Go Oilers Go !

Ohhh the shame !

This is how I feel !
...the season is jeopardized !

Psalm 6:4 -Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
(please intervene for the Oilers')

Tainted Night !

I miss those days !

Moose's Banner

It was supposed to be about Mark Messier and it should have been, instead this day will be remembered for many things, none related to the greatest hockey captain in the history of the N.H.L. I think I woke up in a parallel universe, or I'm living in a nightmare ! Ryan Smyths' contract was supposed to be signed, sealed, and delivered for 5 years, and 5 million dollars to the Edmonton Oilers'. Mark Messier was supposed to come out on the ice with the Stanley Cup and inspire Lupul, Hemsky, and Pisani. In return my Oilers' were to pummel Wayne Gretzkys' hapless Phoenix Coyotes into a thorough butt kicken ! Instead we lose Smyth to the New York Islanders, likely for good. Mark did not inspire the boys to greatness, and in return the hapless Coyotes shut out my beloved Oil 3-0.
Cool to see those retro jerseys, lets not use them ever again !

Good bye my friend !

To : New York Islander's

To Edmonton: F Ryan O'Marra - F Robert Nilsson - 2007 1st RD pick

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If you think we're gonna re-sign him in July... forget it ! The N.Y.I. have very deep pockets and I believe we can afford him, but wont pay ! K-Lowe is an idiot in my mind, and the ownership has bailed on our season. I say this because the return on the 2 trades (the M.A. Bergeron trade 10 days ago) moves our best offensive defense man, and our leading goal scorer in Ryan, and we didn't even get players to step into the line-up this season ! The team has gone from long shot to make the playoffs... to Game-Over !

Kevin Lowe better not show up to Messiers' jersey retirement tonite for obvious reasons !

Good-bye to the man who's always the first player on the ice, the man who bleeds oil, and the man who's the last player off the ice ! A Franchise Player indeed ! A deal that is an insult to Oiler's fans everywhere !

#11 joins the rafters !

Tue., February 27, 7:00 PM MST

TV: Sportsnet

Worth the risk!

Messier's career was a gamble, he says, because he was a late bloomer

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By BROOKES MERRITT, SUN MEDIA

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He won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers and became the king of New York when he promised the Rangers their first Cup in 54 years, and delivered.
Yet Mark Messier says his pro hockey career began as a gamble. He admits he was a mediocre player who didn't really blossom until his junior years.
Any of the 1,000 Edmontonians who attended the city celebration honouring Messier at Churchill Square yesterday would scoff at the notion.
"But it's true,"Messier said. "I was drafted the Oilers' third pick in the fourth round. Dozens of guys had gone before me.
"I was probably a gamble." If he was a gamble, it was the best one the Oilers franchise ever took, team chairman Cal Nichols told the shivering crowd, as they drooled over highlight reels of Messier's most memorable plays.

"The history he created with this team will probably never be repeated. Mark is the best hockey player Edmonton has ever produced," Nichols said.
"He made the Oilers legendary and helped bring the franchise to greatness - especially when he ran around town taking the Cup to all the local bars and restaurants."
The crowd cheered "Moose, Moose, Moose!" as Messier crossed the stage, accepted a memorial plaque from Mayor Stephen Mandel and shed a tear as the Mark Messier Trail road sign was unveiled to a backdrop of fireworks.
"I can't think of a better way to be honoured," Messier said of the portion of St. Albert Trail between 137 Avenue and the city border rebranded in his honour. "St. Albert Trail was my link to Edmonton during all the years I lived here."

Family Fun Day !

In liu of our small group meeting tonight, our cell had family fun day at the snow-mobile pits ! We even got to ride Pauls sled !

Here's Laura and a bunch of the kids getting transferred to the toboggan hill !











Top Left- the hike up

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Right - Keith the mighty !









Top Left-the girls and I
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Right- Gabe and Warren

Like lemmings doing the trail thing !
Barry and I atop the hill waiting our turns to go down ! Barry and Mike starting the fire for the wiener roast !
Emma and a friend waving to a passing train !

Take That !

Oilers win 4-3 in a shoot-out ! Smytty does the damage !

Keith asked me when I want to come on board the Canucks band wagon, and I said "No-can-do !" "I'm driving the Oilers wagon !"

Game Day !

Edmonton at Detroit Feb. 23 - 5:30 PM

TV: Sportsnet

SHUT_OUT !

Edmonton Oilers Ryan Smith, left, congratulates goalie Dwayne Roloson after a shutout of the Columbus Blue Jackets in an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The Oilers won 4-0. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
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Here's hopping we see more of this scene for the rest of the season, and Smytty with the Oil for years to come ! Horcoff got 2 G's Smyth had 1 G and Smid had the other.

Trade winds are breezey !

http://www.thefourthperiod.com/trade_deadline/topnames.html

True Blue Calgary Fans !

Way to Be !

Why...I don't know ?

Oilers obtain Denis Grebeshkov
Edmonton Oilers Press Release

The Edmonton Oilers have obtained defenceman Denis Grebeshkov from the New York Islanders in exchange for defenceman Marc-Andre Bergeron and a third round choice in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.Grebeshkov, a 6’1”, 200 pound native of Yaroslavl, Russia, is currently playing with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian Super League. Signing as a free agent with his hometown team on July 10, 2006, the 23-year-old defenceman has scored six goals and seven assists for 13 points in 39 games and is +3, while registering 65 penalty minutes.

View Grebeshkov's bio and career statistics

The 2006-06 season is his third season in the Russian Super Leauge as he previously played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in 2001-02 and 2002-03. He has scored 7-16-23 with 101 PIM in 114 games.Originally Los Angeles’ first choice, 18th overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, Grebeshkov made his NHL debut with the Kings in 2003-04. He scored one assist in four games with Los Angeles and averaged 18:29 minutes of ice time.He began the 2005-06 season with Los Angeles, splitting time between the Kings and the Manchester Monarchs, their American Hockey League affiliate. He scored two assists with 12 PIM in eight games with Los Angeles and had 2-25-27 in 48 AHL games before being traded to the Islanders on March 8, 2006.Following the trade to New York, that also saw the Islanders obtain Jeff Tambellini in exchange for Mark Parrish and Brent Sopel, Grebeshkov tallied three assists with 8 PIM in 21 games. He averaged 17:11 of ice time with the Islanders. He has scored 0-6-6 with 20 PIM in 33 career NHL games.Prior to beginning his NHL career, Grebeshkov played four seasons in Russia and made three appearances at the IIHF World Junior Championships. He was a member of the Russian National Junior Team that won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 tournaments in Pardubice, Czech Republic and Halifax, respectively. In 20 career tournament games, Grebeshkov has scored 3-5-8 with 6 PIM.