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A Defense Of Steve Tambellini and Kevin Lowe
Full disclosure: I'm not an Oilers fan. I have, however, become all too aware of the Oilers over recent years because of their intelligent and passionate fan base - if I want to read smart writing on hockey, places like here and mc79hockey and Irreverent Oiler Fans is where I've got to go. These...
Number That Should Interest Everyone: 1
GP P 2011-12 47 38 2010-11 47 36 2009-10 47 37 The Edmonton Oilers have improved by one win in the standings in two years. Through all of the buster and blather, the fluster and dither, the Oilers are still flat-lining. The President has talked about restoring the franchise to it's...
Quick Indirect Praise of Al Arbour and the 1980-84 Islanders
...he seems spent. He said the summer has been overwhelming. "Winning the Stanley Cup takes more emotional, physical and mental energy than I would have ever believed," Thomas said. "I mean, I’ve been tired after seasons before, but after this run, it’s a hard...
Duane Sutter Joins the Oilers Scouting Staff
In 1977 Brian Sutter joined the St. Louis Blues and from that point forward – a span of 34 seasons – at least one member of the Sutter family has been a player, head coach, or general manager in the NHL. Brian, Brent, Darryl, Duane, Rich, and Ron have now been followed to the NHL by...
We Miss You Kevin Lowe
This was originally scheduled to be an article about the penalty kill. I was going to do some additional analysis, show a really funny screen cap of the Vancouver game where Theo Peckham was charging at the point defenseman and two seconds later Vancouver scored. But I'm getting tired of harping...
Oilers' Roundtable - The Misery Of Another Lottery Season
Nineteen games in and the good news is the Oilers aren't in last place in the NHL. They aren't even second-to-last. Right now, the Oilers are on pace for sixty points, eleven more than both the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders. There's more good news in that Devan Dubnyk is playing well...
Darryl Sutter - Decidedly Average
Darryl Sutter has been the General Manager of the Calgary Flames for seven years and six months. In his first full year as General Manager the Flames made the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons and made a stunning run to the Stanley Cup Finals. In the five seasons since, the Flames have...
Steve Tambellini, Communication, and Yakety Sax
via Wikimedia Commons, Copyright expired. These are the Keystone Kops. If you look closely, you will notice Steve Tambellini and Kevin Lowe in the back, behind Allan Watt, seated at the desk. At one time, the writers here at The Copper & Blue thought that the Oilers' communication...
Taylor Hall Chooses To Wear #4, Riles Up Traditionalists - A Copper & Blue Roundtable
There are times when news breaks, but it's just not a story that requires a recap or in-depth analysis, and that's how we felt about yesterday's news that Kevin Lowe handed the #4 jersey to Taylor Hall. But after we started reading fan reaction, including the many curves of the Oilogosphere, we...
The Edmonton Oilers, Their Fans & External Attribution
John Tauer, a Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology and Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at the University of St. Thomas, penned an article on external attribution in sports. While the author was interested in external attribution in the Rick Pitino "Unfortunate Things" story, the underlying...
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