D-Day Approaches

25	BUFFALO	NE	60	26	27	7	59	21	150	176	-26	15-11-7	11-16-0	5-4	5-3-2	WON 2
26	NY ISLANDERS	ATL	60	25	27	8	58	21	140	176	-36	13-14-5	12-13-3	4-3	4-5-1	LOST 2
27	CAROLINA	SE	61	23	26	12	58	23	160	184	-24	16-12-4	7-14-8	0-5	5-2-3	OT 1
28	MONTRÉAL	NE	61	24	27	10	58	21	160	167	-7	11-14-8	13-13-2	3-8	5-4-1	LOST 2
29	EDMONTON	NW	60	24	30	6	54	21	161	178	-17	16-10-4	8-20-2	3-4	5-4-1	WON 2
30	COLUMBUS	CEN	60	18	35	7	43	15	142	198	-56	11-16-3	7-19-4	3-5	5-4-1	WON 1

Don't look now, but the Oilers are 4 points away from being out of the lottery! Don't get your hopes up though, we'll finish firmly in the bottom 5. Maybe win win and pick first!? Anyway...



I had a whole post about how stupid Tambellini would be if he didn't sign Hemsky. I'm glad I had to delete it. Hemsky is a beauty, taking a pay cut AND less term to be with us. He must love it here even though the media takes big steamers on his chest everyday because of his posture and because he "doesn't care". Tambellini actually made a good signing, why can't he do that with bottom tier NHLers?

5 mil per is a very good deal for an elite RWer. Someone who plays the toughs every night and wins the day at 5 is fine with me. Him and Hall have formed a very formidable pairing and has helped transition Hall into a guy that can play the power vs power matchup nightly.

You win some and you lose most, the Oilers actually won today, thanks to 83.

Ales Hemsky, I want to shake your hand.