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vhockey.blogspot.com - 10 days ago
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There once was a prolific commenter on the
Oilogosphere who used the Internet pseudonym 'slipper'. I don't...
know what has happened to him, presumably he has drifted away from Oiler fandom while he waits for the organization to become a bit less ...
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I Hate You For Making Nilsson Our Best Winger
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alt. title: This Probably Isn't Going To End Well The information in the table below speaks for itself, though your definition of "playing to the score" may vary with mine. I've included the data for the first nine games as well, just to put an explanation point on Tyler's Irrational ...
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Edmonton Oilers
There has been much conversation over the past year regarding this line. Derek Zona has shown, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that when they played together at even strength last season they got terrific results to go along with terrific underlying numbers. So if you had any of these three guys in ...
NHL
Edmonton Oilers
Following up on the 'Shots On Net' post below, this is a chart showing the NHL's most dubious shot counters from the 08/09 season. Click to enlarge. Calgary and Edmonton are fringe qualifiers, but they are teams of interest around here, so I included them. All this information is for when the ...
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Edmonton Oilers
Calgary Flames
Gabe Desjardins recently listed the five worst teams that outshot their opponents in the history of the modern NHL. He ranked the post lockout Leafs as #2 on that list. It's worth looking into why that happened, beyond the obvious (poor goaltending and PK, shooters who couldn't finish, bad ...
NHL
Edmonton Oilers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Detroit Red Wings
Shots on net is a terrific statistic, especially at the NHL level. We know that as early as the 1980s that the big three of Roger Neilson's "second generation stats" for individual players were: ice time scoring chances shots on net[Team] All broken down by situation, of course (5v4PP, 5v5, EN, ...
NHL
Edmonton Oilers
There is much talk about high event and low event players around the Oilogosphere. In truth there isn't much in it beyond coincidence driven by on-ice shooting and save percentages. That's why it is so volatile from season to season. Below is a chart with total shots on net that happened when a ...
NHL
Edmonton Oilers
In this post, I intend to use reason in order to make you believe in clutch hitting ability in major league baseball. Seriously. Bill James, who is quite famous in the world of baseball, is an engaging writer and a critical thinker. Nobody has done more to get baseball fans thinking, though I ...
