Revisiting the 2011 Draft vol. 3

Samu Perhonen

I'm not even going to list these stats.
Samu Perhonen is big, 6'5 big. His hair is bigger, but man, the ladies must line up to sniff it and feel it. PUURRRRRRR. Size as a goalie helps now-a-days because of the style. Goaltending now is all about the percentages. "I'm taking away the easy shot, try and pick a corner, bro". That's all it really comes down to, if the NHL wants scoring up they need to shift goaltending style back to the 80's days. That won't happen though. Anyway, Perhonen plays in Finland and was drafted 62nd overall. He is struggling this year, but goalie development, as we all know, is a crap shoot. Most goalies taken in last year's draft were in the 6th round, you think we could have waited a little longer to take him? Probably, this doesn't look good for Stu, his decision to draft this guy so early...

Regarding the Oilers

I'm not a Gagner fan, I'll admit, but damn... that was a stupendous show he put on against Chicago. To me, it seems, some nights he struggles to make and take a pass, like many Oilers over the years who are not with us anymore (thank god), and other nights he plays a pretty effective game. Last night was history, 1980's history. Props to Gagner, and lets hope he can continue to roll. This just made the trade deadline much more interesting. ;)

Revisiting the 2011 Draft vol. 1.5

Revisiting the 2011 Draft vol. 2

2nd round selection - 31st overall

GP40, G1-A16-P17

This is David Musil, the Oilers 2011 2nd round pick. He has had a solid season for Vancouver this year, he looked good in rookie camp and he played for his country (see photo above) at this years WJC.

Revisiting the 2011 Draft vol. 1

Today, and in the future, I'll go back to last year's draft and look at the Oilers selections and then the players taken a few picks after and make comparisons on the early returns. We'll try and see which players show the most promise and if Stu's Crew is doing a formidable job.

Deadline Day Approaching

Going into the All-Star break the Oilers sit 29th in the NHL, with 41 Pts. The Lottery looks like this....

26 - Buffalo

27 - Carolina

28 - Anaheim

29 - Oilers

30 - Columbus

THE PLAN – CHICAGO OR PITTSBURGH. PART III of III

Our Beloved Team

Our three part special concludes today, looking at the supposed plan in place and how the team is trying to emulate Chicago or Pittsburgh. We'll take a look at the Oilers journey and see how we're progressing and compare to the aforementioned teams above.