The real experts (professional gamblers) don't see the Oilers as a playoff team
In recent days, all kinds of hockey experts have been weighing in on the Oilers chances this year. Most notably, The Hockey News rated the Oilers as the 11th best team in the conference, out of the...
View ArticleTop secret projections: thumbs up to Gagner, thumbs down to Khabibulin
It seems that everywhere you go, hockey writers are lining up to take shots at the Edmonton Oilers, and the stats guys at Puck Prospectus are no exception. Tom Awad, a writer for the cerebral,...
View ArticleThe Oilers will make the playoffs, predicts veteran hockey insider
In his predictions column, veteran hockey writer Kevin Allen of USA Today says Jarome Iginla will be traded this year, Jonathan Huberdeau will be rookie of the year, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby...
View ArticleHow many points will Taylor Hall, Nail Yakupov and Ales Hemsky get in 2012-13?
Predictions for Oilers wingers point totals for 2012-13 Taylor Hall. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Jordan Eberle. Ales Hemsky. Nail Yakupov. Sam Gagner. Justin Schultz. With the arsenal of offensive talent the...
View ArticleThe Hockey News predicts the Oilers will finish 13th in the West in 2012-13
Will the additions of Nail Yakupov and Justin Schultz push the Edmonton Oilers into a playoff spot in 2012-13? According to The Hockey News, the answer to that question is no: they released their...
View ArticleWhen it comes to making predictions on Edmonton Oilers point totals, the math...
For the second straight year, Tom Awad’s Vukota system for predicting the point totals of Edmonton Oilers players did the best compared to other prediction systems and crystal ball-gazers. In my...
View ArticlePredicting the point totals of Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Ryan...
How Tom Awad’s Vukota system does it better year to year It’s optimism time again, that time of year when various hockey prognosticators paint a rosy pictures of exactly how many points various...
View ArticlePrediction makers don't think much of the Edmonton Oilers
* Two different crystal balls show dark future for the Oilers, but I’m not seeing it, at least not in the short term. Two different hockey prognosticators have come out with bleak predictions about the...
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