We all are probably thinking the same thing here. Oilers suck and that the Ducks absolutely must come up with a way to win. Oilers season didn't start that good, when Ales Hemsky suffered a shoulder injury only 22 games into the season, and they've also have lost more key players to injuries this season. Nikolai Khabibulin and now more recently, Sheldon Souray (who has been officially on the trading block for quite some time), to name a few. So, how bad Edmonton has really sucked since the start of 2010 calendar year? Here is a look at the numbers:
Oilers started the 2009-2010 season by making a 16-21-4 record in 41 games, while averaging 2.78 GF/G and 3.27 GA/G. Then came in the year 2010, and since then Oilers have registered really depressing numbers: 2-13-2 record in 17 games, while averaging 1.82 GF/G and 3.82 GA/G. Their home record is 11-16-4 and their road record stands at 7-18-2. Their Powerplay is clicking at 18.7% and their Penalty Kill stands, as of now at 75.5%. And their overall goal differential in this season is -54, which is league's worst at the moment.
So in conclusion, this is a must win for the Ducks, if they want to climb up the standings and keep their playoff hope's alive. These are the type of games in my books, that the Ducks should win with or without Ryan Getzlaf. Speaking of Getzlaf, it looks like the Ducks have survived by a scare, as he looks to return to the line-up hopefully on the upcoming weekend. It's not yet fully known how serious the injury is, however, or can Getzlaf make it to represent Team Canada in the Winter Olympics.
For now, i'm not going to speculate the Ducks lines to the game, but i will tomorrow update this post, or add another post if i feel there is more things left to be mentioned before the game. Still couple more things to wrap this up:
- Dustin Penner is back in town, and so far, he's been one of the few bright spot's on Oilers this season. Here is a good statistical analysis of Penner's performances in goal-scoring department on this season. (Link leads to a fantastic Oilers Blog at SBN. Check it out if you're interested about the Edmonton Oilers)
- James Wisniewski is apparently not too concerned about the trade rumours surrounding him, as he openly joked to the OC Register Ducks Blog's Eric Stephens about it. Wiz really seems like stand-up guy, but still, with what he have seen from him this season, i figure we all can agree that he isn't going to be worth the raise he's likely to be looking.
- Quite old news already, but i forgot to mention about the fact, that the former Ducks GM Pierre Gauthier has taken over reigns from Bob Gainey, as he was named General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens. We all obviously wish Pierre to succeed and...wait, what? This guy found himself again a GM job? :D
But yeah, that's it. Feel free to post any thought's at all to the 'comments' section :)
GO Ducks!
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