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It's Time To See What We Have For Next Season
Back in the day when I was a helicopter pilot in the Army and Air Force (Oh boy, here we go) we had two cardinal rules concerning weather: 1) Never fly into a thunderstorm. Only bad things can happen. 2) If you violate rule number 1, you're an idiot. Be that as it may, never turn around once...
The Mythical Beast
"Power forward" is a term that is thrown about by the average fan and hockey media types alike. The same conversation occurs repeatedly, whether it's Joe Sixpack and John Abusivehockeydad at the bar, or Gord Bobblehead and Craig Flappinglips during an intermission segment on national hockey...
Bring Me Hassenpfeffer
You are the general manager of the Edmonton Oilers. Your roster currently looks like this:C: Kyle Brodziak, Andrew Cogliano, Sam Gagner, Shawn Horcoff, Marc PouliotLW: Jean Jacques, Steve MacIntyre, Ethan Moreau, Patrick O'Sullivan, Dustin PennerRW: Ales Hemsky, Robert Nilsson, Fernando Pisani,...
Prospecting
In my top 10 post, I looked at the cream of the crop in the Oilers organization. I wanted to compare my take against others in the 'Sphere, so I charted them. Using JW, Lowetide and Hockeysfuture in addition to my rankings, the top twenty prospects in the organization are as follows:
The Top 10, with a bullet
Everyone in the 'sphere has there own list of prospects. Lowetide does his top 20 and maintains it every six months. JayDub set out to rank an ambitious top fifty. He's also insane.My list contains only the top ten. I took Jonathan's top fifty and applied some science to it - a formula that...
Ze plane! Ze plane!
So we know that the owner is once again hunting Moby Dick. We know that Sheldon Souray and Lubomir Vishnovsky are being shopped. We now know the new coach thinks Ales Hemsky is a center, and he doesn't like him one bit. We know the general manager wants to ship out the Lilliputians and bring in a...
Ramblings of a Hopeful Man
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This kind of work and look into the A's organization deserves front page status. Excellent work again, Taj. - Blez] There's something about the 2007 Sacramento River Cats that has brought out the best of the Oakland organization and has reminded me a lot more of Oakland teams of...
Open Thread - Game 3
Rich Harden!!!!!!!!!!!!! takes the mound tonight as the A’s try to salvage the last game of this opening series against Seattle. The season hasn’t exactly opened as A’s fans would have hoped, and I’m certainly not one to call the third game of the season a ‘must win’, but after watching the Angels...
Open Thread: Game 2 - A's at Seattle (cont.)
The A's need to get their hitting shoes on, because a blip in the pitching and fielding has extended Seattle's lead to 4-1 after 5 innings.
Open Thread: Spring Training Game 13
I'm no longer in Phoenix because I had to come home early to take care of my daughter, who is sick (daycare is hell on infants, but supposedly it helps them build up immunities - I'll just hold out hope for THAT day). Unfortunately, I have to travel again tomorrow, so I'll be putting up a couple...
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