There's a big rumor floating around that the Edmonton Oilers are going to introduce a third jersey this year that is a throwback to the bright orange and blue of The Great One's day. This is great news. Be excited Oiler fans.
The Edmonton Oilers
To the exciting crop of young talent on this team add psuedo vets Erik Cole and Lubomir Visnovsky. Both come with their problems but both are perfectly tailored to Edmonton's style of play.
Cole is fast and fearless. But he's an injury risk and will never get you the points you'll draft him to get you. Cole adds secondary scoring, which is what he was drafted to do, and he'll play with a talented center in either Gagner or Shawn "turn your head and" Horcoff. He will make THEM better by taking attention off of them and creating plays, but he should still top off somewhere in the mid-50's as far as points go.
Visnovsky gives the Oilers a double threat on the point. He and Souray should provide just the right mix of heavy shot and puck movement to improve both of their point totals this year (assuming Souray stays on the ice.) When drafting I would safely assume Visnovsky gets you about 45 points with 25 or so of those coming on the powerplay.
I think Edmonton stands a good chance of being competitive this year, assuming that Gagner is the real deal and Horcoff rebounds and Souray stays healthy and Garon didn't use up all of his magic goalie dust last season and... well I know its a lot of ifs but I had to be positive about SOME Canadian teams didn't I?
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