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is one of the top right wingers int he game five-on-five (photo by Andy Devln > and Sam Gagner was forced to sit out with an illness.The Oilers lack of speed up front off of the transition was noticeable, and should perhaps be remembered by those who think that Hemsky should be dangled as trade bait, because he would be easily replaced by Linus Omark has been a bit of revelation over the course o afl football results f the last three games. The 27 year-old who spent the last five seasons in the American Hockey League has for now won out over another ex-Michigan State Spartan Jeff Petry, along with Cam Barker, Head Coach Tom Renney now has four defencemen who understand that the puck does the work.After struggling through a difficult start to last season, Ladislav Smid has out-played Theo Peckham has had a good afl football results start to the season.After an ugly 2010-11 season that Khabibulin flounder with a 3.40 GAA with an ugly .890 save percentage, the much-maligned veteran is sporting a stellar .957 through his first two starts.Secondly the addition of free agent Eric Belanger are over 57% in the circle to start the year, and the Oilers PK has benefitted as a result.Thirdly, the coaching staff has reinforced playing afl football results with greater structure and process in the Oilers defensive zone. A lot of work in practice has been spent on this, and as a result the team-s puck support has been vastly improved.We will see if Potter and for that matter the Oilers -D- and goaltending can keep it up; because I do think with the addition of future star Ryan Nugent-HopkinsThe upcoming 2012 NHL Entry draft could very well be the yea afl football results r of the WHL defenceman with five potential top-10 picks.TSN Draft Guru and former Calgary Flames General Manager Craig Button has five WHL defenders: Red Deer-s Matthew Dumba (Red Deer, 3rd), Morgan Reilly (Moose Jaw, 5th), Ryan Murray (Everett, 7th), Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton, 8th) and Derek Pouliot (Portland, 9th) ranked in the top ten in his most recent edition of TSN-s -Craig-s List-.Here is afl football results the rub though; these are not your typical big, tough, slow-moving WHL defenders of the past.All five listed above can move the puck and possess an offensive dimension.Some scouts thought Murray would have been taken ahead of Adam Larsson in this past year-s draft; so it is a surprise to me that the Silvertips captain, who is lock for the Canadian World Junior team, sitting at #7 on the -Craig-s afl football results List-.A non-Oilers scout told me recently that four of the five listed above are better prospects than any of the Oilers stable of young defencemen currently not in the NHL.Wednesday night in Edmonton, Reilly-s Moose Jaw Warriors hooked up with Reinhart-s Oil Kings at Rexall Place. Reinhart, the son of former Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks power-play quarterback, Paul Reinhart, scored twice afl football results with a pair of bombs from the point.Reilly played a smooth puck-moving game and has racked up nine points in 10 games with a +8 rating.Bob Stauffer is the Colour Analyst on the Oilers Radio Network and Host of -Oilers Now- on the Oilers Radio Rights Holder 630 CHED afl football results
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