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Kris Hansen

BLH Edmonton Oilers Weekly Recap Nov 30th-Dec 5th

Hey, the Oilers are not doing bad this week! They managed to go 2-1, losing a stinker in Toronto, winning in a shootout against Boston and winning in overtime against Dallas.

To be fair, I didn’t really expect the Oilers to be 2-1 this week. I had them going 1-2 with the win going against Toronto.

The Boston game was my second game of the season I had the chance to watch the Edmonton Oilers live and it was my first original six team and my first NHL shootout. Plus, this time, nobody broke their clavicles!

Edmonton Oilers Three Stars

3) Jordan Eberle . Eberle gets the third star this week because of his shootout winner and over time winner. That said, he has not played the greatest so far. However, both goals were just beautiful. Top corner, both goalies had no chance. It was vintage Eberle.

2) Taylor Hall. Hall right now has leveraged himself above Leon Draisaitl for best current Edmonton Oiler skater. He continues to drive the plays and is the heart of the Oilers offense. He had a very solid showings all week, including a goal in the game against Dallas.

1) Anders Nilsson. Could the Edmonton Oilers finally have a decent goaltender? He’s been rock solid these past few games. While all summer I was on board with Cam Talbot (I STILL AM!), it’s refreshing to see Nilsson, the guy who was seen as fighting for the backup spot with Ben Scrivens, taking the starting position. He stopped a whopping 42 shots out of 43 against Dallas. It’s not often we have an Oilers goalie stealing games for the team but we had one on Friday night.

Dishonorable mention: Mark Fayne. Boy Fayne looked god awful against Dallas. Oilers Nerd Alert has a solid blog post about how badly Fayne struggled.

Edmonton Oilers News and Rumors

The Oilers don’t have a lot going on. Travis Hamonic is still a New York Islander. Mark Spector had a very obvious article that the Edmonton Oilers are bound to make a move by the NHL draft.

Yesterday, The Hockey News had an embarrassingly bad article about how the Edmonton Oilers must not get the First Overall pick yet again. I wrote a response over at Oilonwhyte.com but my goodness. When the author is the former Editor in Chief of the Hockey News and he can’t even get simple names right (Scott McLellan) or facts (Blues drafted Erik Johnson, not the Blue Jackets) its’ very hard to take something like that seriously. You should read it and treat it like part of the funnies section of the news paper.

Around the League

 

Highlights

Mike Condon made an outstanding save

 

Erik Karlsson is deadly in Overtime. Bonus: Bob Cole!

Best Radio Calls

 

Cool moment: Cammalleri ties the game up with Dad watching on.

This Wild fan watched the game in her wedding dress. What a keeper.

 

Finally, Eberle’s beauty in the shootout that sealed the Oilers win.

 

The Week ahead

The Oilers have three games this week all at home as they conclude a five game home stead. Tonight they face the Buffalo Sabres, what could have been McDavid vs Eichel round one, Wednesday against San Jose and Friday the Rangers visit for Glen Sather’s night at Rexall.

That’s the week that was, follow me on Twitter! Have a good one, Oil Country.

 

Kris Hansen

Edmonton Oilers Weekly Round Up Nov 22nd-28th

This week, the Edmonton Oilers played four games, dropping three, including one in overtime and had a thrilling shootout win over Pittsburgh last night.

I predicted the Oilers would take 6 points this road trip and are now below that. Still, if they can win against Toronto on Monday, they could end up with five points. Which I’d be alright with. Close enough.

Edmonton Oilers Three Stars

3. Andrej Sekera: I’m giving Sekera his first appearance on the three star list. He has struggled early on, yet slowly and surely, he’s improving. Sure, he has some odd passing choices but he can at least move the puck (here’s looking at you Andrew Ference and Eric Gryba). He had a Power Play goal in both games against Detroit and Pittsburgh. It’s great to see that he’s at least somewhat turning the corner.

2. Iiro Pakarinen: Iiro the Hero also makes his debut! He scored his first career two goal game against Detroit on Friday. He’s a fourth line player and he’s just perfect for the role: both his goals were hard working goals that did not come easy. I love his nick name. Also, don’t look now, but he has matched Jordan Eberle’s point and goal total this season (granted played five more games and I’ll talk about Eberle in a bit)

1. Anders Nilsson: Anders the Giant was HUGE this week (ignoring the Carolina game). Cam Talbot also looked respectable against Detroit, but Nilsson looked awesome in games against Washington and Pittsburgh, where he posted 39 saves in a shootout win. He’s been a revelation this season and is posting very respectable numbers. I’d still like to see Talbot find his way but right now it’s all Nilsson. You have to ride the hotter hand.

Edmonton Oilers News and Rumors:

The biggest trend was how angry the local media has been. Notables include Bob Stauffer, Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal and Mark Spector of Sportsnet.

Speaking of rumors, there were two big names: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle. Spector says that the Oilers will trade eventually one of their soft skilled players .

My opinion: Trading Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would be a mistake. A very dear one, especially considering the other two (McDavid and Draisaitl) aren’t even 21 yet. Also, why would it be such a bad thing to have three scoring lines? Nugent-Hopkins is also one of our most effective two way forwards on the team.

Now Jordan Eberle on the other hand, I’d be fine with moving. Sure, he was injured, but three goals and points in 11 games? That’s a pretty big let down. It’s not like he’s playing with scrubs either.

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That’s nice to see. I think Chiarelli will get it done, but he’s being cautious. He had his state of the union address and expressed his disappointment in the team. However, he said he would not be shaking the team up for the sake of shaking the team up. He acknowledged talks with teams and you have to figure that Travis Hamonic is the number one target. I believe Chiarelli will find a way and he will find it soon.

That’s the best news of the week, by far. The Edmonton Oilers badly need Connor McDavid back. January could not come soon enough.

Around the League:

 

Highlights

Goals of the Week

 

Saves of the Week

 

Probably the Goal of the Year against the Oilers last night was Malkin. My goodness!

 

The Week Ahead

The Oilers have three games this week, wrapping up their road trip against Toronto on Monday, Boston visits on Wednesday and the mighty Dallas Stars stop by on Friday.

That’s the week that was. Follow me on Twitter!