a·cu·men [ak-yuh-muhn] noun: keen insight; shrewdness

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Monday 25 February 2013

02/25/13 Road Trip Questions


The fabled nine game road trip began with an overtime loss on Monday night, and the Oilers are left with more questions than answers. Nuge snake-bitten? Yakupov with 9:05 of ice time? Khabibulin stealing the starting job? Where did I leave my keys?

Monday 11 February 2013

02/11/13 Confidence Waning


A 14 shot effort on Sunday evening is something that the Oilers should not allow from themselves, but it's a symptom of a larger problem. Players that were shooting at the beginning of the season have stopped doing it. No really, it's bad.

Thursday 7 February 2013

02/05/13 NHL Standings By Shots On Goal



As of this writing the Oilers are sitting in 15th in the NHL's overall standings, but they are 22nd in another important category: Shots On Goal per Game. It's a decent indicator of how things will go in the long term. I'll show you how.