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Thoughts on January : January was a big crash back to reality for all our fans and the direction. With a record of 4-7-3 we fell out of a playoff spot. I think the trade of Penner at the start of the month was a big factor for our miserable month. Some players didn’t like the trade and one in particular is very unhappy with me. I’m still convince that we had to make that move for the financial future of the team. With 3 weeks to go before the trade deadline we still have time to get back into a playoff spot but if we continue to fall in the standing we are going to be sellers at the deadline.
Game 53: #11 Edmonton Oilers (24-22-6) vs #4 Vancouver Canucks (32-16-4)
Pre-Game Notes: Khabibulin is back in the net
Goals:
1st 11:11 – VAN – D. Sedin (28) (Edler, Kesler) PP
1st 11:26 – EDM – Giroux (6)
1st 11:45 – VAN – Burrows (18) (Oreskovich, Hodgson)
1st 12:14 – VAN – H. Sedin (26) (D. Sedin, Kesler) PP
2nd 23:27 – VAN – Burrows (19) (Hansen, Malhotra)
2nd 29:35 – VAN – Kesler (29) (H. Sedin, Hamhuis)
2nd 36:46 – EDM – LaRose (5) (Brule, Whitney)
3rd 42:30 – EDM – Pääjärvi (21) (Whitney, Souray) PP
Final Score: Edmonton 3 – Vancouver 5
1st Star: Ryan Kesler
2nd Star: Henrik Sedin
3rd Star: Alex Burrows
February 1 2011: Montreal GM, Pierre Gauthier, has fired head coach Jacques Martin. Montreal are sitting in 14th place in the East.
Game 54: #11 Edmonton Oilers (24-23-6) vs #10 Colorado Avalanche (25-23-5)
Goals:
1st 4:47 – EDM – Giroux (7) (Cogliano, Stortini)
1st 10:25 – COL – Wilson (4) (Stastny)
2nd 20:29 – COL – Stewart (20) (Stastny, Fleischmann)
2nd 31:47 – COL – Fleischmann (23) (Stastny, Wilson) PP
2nd 32:01 – EDM – Hemsky (32)
2nd 32:13 – EDM – Omark (10) (Gagner, Foster)
3rd 44:39 – EDM – Hemsky (33) (Vandermeer, Foster)
Final Score: Edmonton 4 – Colorado 3
1st Star: Paul Stastny
2nd Star: Ales Hemsky
3rd Star: Kurtis Foster
February 5 2011: Carolina trade Joni Pitkanen to Florida for Stephen Weiss and a 2nd round pick in 2011.
February 6 2011: Carolina trade Tuomo Ruutu and a 4th round pick in 2011 to Tampa Bay for James Wright, a 4th round pick in 2012 and a 4th round pick in 2013. In my opinion this trade is excellent for TB, Ruutu is a solid 2nd liner and can play on the 1st line. James Wright is a 20 year old player who will never play higher than on a 3rd line of a very bad team.
Game 55: #4 Vancouver Canucks (34-16-4) vs #9 Edmonton Oilers (25-23-6)
Goals:
1st 11:36 – VAN – D. Sedin (29) (Kesler) PP
1st 12:48 – VAN – Kesler (30) (D. Sedin, Ehrhoff) PP
Final Score: Vancouver 2 – Edmonton 0
1st Star: Roberto Luongo (37 saves)
2nd Star: Daniel Sedin
3rd Star: Ryan Kesler
February 7 2011: Carolina trade Joe Corvo to Detroit for Brendan Smith and the rights to Brooks Macek.
- Tampa Bay trade Dan Ellis to Montreal for a 3rd round pick in 2011.
- Montreal trade Alex Auld to San Jose for Jason Demers.
- Columbus trade Kristian Huselius to the Rangers for the rights to Christian Thomas
- Philadelphia trade Chris Pronger to Buffalo for the rights to Marcus Foligno and Matt Mackenzie.
Game 56: #5 Chicago Blackhawks (30-19-6) vs #10 Edmonton Oilers (25-24-6)
Goals:
1st 2:37 – CHI – Sharp (26) (Seabrook, Toews) PP
2nd 26:49 – CHI – Shelley (4) (Hossa, Keith)
2nd 33:52 – EDM – Horcoff (25) (Omark, Stortini)
2nd 37:30 – EDM – Hall (18) (Gagner, Omark) PP
3rd 41:02 – CHI – Johnson (2) (Henderson, Cullimore)
3rd 47:28 – EDM – Cogliano (13) (Whitney)
3rd 48:38 – EDM – Hall (19) (Gagner, Gilbert)
3rd 49:52 – CHI – Bolland (9) (Kopecky, Sharp)
Shootout: Chicago 2 – Edmonton 0
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Edmonton 4 SO
1st Star: Tom Gilbert
2nd Star: Shawn Horcoff
3rd Star: Taylor Hall
February 10 2011: Minnesota trade José Théodore to Phoenix for a 1st round pick in 2011.
- Montreal trade Brian Gionta to Toronto for the rights to Josh Nicholls.
- Columbus trade Fedor Tyutin to Florida for Jacob Markström and Michal Repik
- Pittsburgh trade Brooks Orpik to Florida for Bryan Allen and the rights to Joonas Donskoi.
- Carolina trade Tim Gleason to Florida for Steve Reinprecht and Jason Garrison.
- Atlanta trade Ron Hainsey to Anaheim for the rights to Jake Gardiner and Sami Vatanen.
- Minnesota trade Marek Zidlicky to the Rangers for Michael Del Zotto.
- Los Angeles trade Vyacheslav Voinov to Minnesota for Kyle Brodziak.
Game 57: #10 Edmonton Oilers (25-24-7) vs #8 Boston Bruins (27-21-6)
Goals:
1st 10:31 – EDM – Gagner (18) (Hall, Pääjärvi)
1st 12:49 – EDM – Horcoff (26) (Giroux, Whitney) SH
1st 14:23 – EDM – Hall (20) (Pääjärvi, Gagner)
2nd 22:46 – BOS – Ryder (13) (Seidenberg, Paille)
3rd 50:46 – EDM – Stortini (5) (Omark, Whitney)
Final Score: Edmonton 4 – Boston 1
1st Star: Taylor Hall
2nd Star: Ryan Whitney
3rd Star: Magnus Pääjärvi
February 15 2011: Pittsburgh trade Paul Martin to Toronto for Brett Lebda and a 3rd round pick in 2011.
Game 58: #10 Edmonton Oilers (26-24-7) vs #3 Buffalo Sabres (30-22-5)
Goals:
1st 16:36 – EDM – Hemsky (34) (Cogliano)
2nd 31:27 – EDM – Hall (21) (Souray)
2nd 39:14 – BUF – Roy (19) (Stafford)
3rd 40:29 – EDM – Horcoff (27) (Hemsky, Omark)
Final Score: Edmonton 3 – Buffalo 1
1st Star: Sheldon Souray
2nd Star: Ales Hemsky
3rd Star: Shawn Horcoff
February 17 2011: Pittsburgh Owner, Mario Lemieux, has fired Ray Shero. I think it’s a weird move since Pittsburgh is tie with Boston in 8th place in the East.
- Montreal trade Mike Cammalleri to Minnesota for Martin Havlat.
Game 59: #8 Edmonton Oilers (27-24-7) vs #11 Toronto Maple Leafs (26-26-6)
Goals:
1st 14:54 – EDM – Pääjärvi (22) (Hall, Gagner)
1st 17:57 – EDM – Pääjärvi (23) (Smid, Gilbert)
2nd 38:34 – TOR – Kelly (10) (Kulemin, Finger) PP
3rd 43:20 – TOR – Grabovski (21) (Phaneuf, Kessel)
3rd 54:40 – EDM – Hemsky (35) (Omark, Gilbert)
3rd 58:16 – EDM – Horcoff (28) SH
Final Score: Edmonton 4 – Toronto 2
1st Star: Magnus Pääjärvi
2nd Star: Tom Gilbert
3rd Star: Shawn Horcoff
February 19 2011: Columbus trade Rostislav Klesla to the Islanders for Mikko Koskinen.
- Columbus trade Antoine Vermette to Phoenix for Viktor Tikhonov and the rights to Mark Visentin.
Game 60: #7 Edmonton Oilers (28-24-7) vs #9 Ottawa Senators (27-23-9)
Goals:
1st 0:33 – OTT – Michalek (26) (Alfredsson, Spezza)
1st 4:14 – OTT – Spezza (34) (Alfredsson, Lee)
1st 11:14 – OTT – Spezza (35) (Michalek, Keller)
1st 14:57 – EDM – Brule (11) (Cogliano, Vandermeer)
2nd 23:41 – OTT – Keller (5) (Kelly, Regin)
2nd 29:48 – OTT – Alfredsson (22) (Michalek, Campoli)
3rd 43:58 – EDM – Whitney (8) (Brule)
3rd 55:28 – EDM – Cogliano (14) (O’Marra, Brule)
Final Score: Edmonton 3 – Ottawa 5
1st Star: Milan Michalek
2nd Star: Jason Spezza
3rd Star: Gilbert Brule
February 21 2011: Columbus claimed off waivers Brian Rolston from the New Jersey Devils.
- Florida trade Steve Staios to New Jersey for Anssi Salmela.
- Dallas trade Brad Richards to Buffalo for the rights to Mark Pysyk and Steven Shipley. (Not a great return for a player like Richards)
- Dallas trade Brenden Morrow to Minnesota for Pierre-Marc Bouchard.
- Ottawa trade Brian Lee and a 6th round pick in 2011 to Columbus for Kyle Wilson and a 4th round pick in 2011.
Game 61: #8 Edmonton Oilers (28-25-7) vs #12 Columbus Blue Jackets (26-30-4)
Goals:
1st 1:19 – EDM – Souray (9) (Whitney, Horcoff) PP
1st 2:06 – CLB – Moreau (8) (Hejda)
1st 13:58 – EDM – Cogliano (15) (O’Marra, Gilbert)
2nd 23:09 – EDM – Horcoff (29) (Hemsky, Pääjärvi) PP
2nd 24:36 – EDM – Omark (11) (Vandermeer, Horcoff)
2nd 32:26 – EDM – Horcoff (30) (Pääjärvi, Hemsky) PP
3rd 44:46 – EDM – Horcoff (31) (Hemsky, Pääjärvi) PP
3rd 55:57 – EDM – Horcoff (32) (Hemsky, Pääjärvi) PP
Final Score: Edmonton 7 – Columbus 1
1st Star: Shawn Horcoff
2nd Star: Ales Hemsky
3rd Star: Magnus Pääjärvi
February 23 2011: Edmonton trade Kurtis Foster to Montreal for Josh Gorges and a 3rd round pick in 2012. (Foster was unhappy here so I decided to grant his wish to leave. With Gorges we get a solid stay-at-home d-men and he’s cheaper than Foster, the pick was a bonus)
- San Jose trade Kent Huskins to Ottawa for Peter Regin.
- Ottawa trade Chris Campoli to Detroit for Jakub Kindl.
- Pittsburgh trade Aaron Asham to Washington for a 3rd round pick in 2011 and a 4th round pick in 2012.
- Atlanta trade Fredrik Modin to Buffalo for a 3rd round pick in 2011 and a 5th round pick in 2012.
- Dallas trade Tom Preissing to the Rangers for the rights to Scott Stajcer.
- Anaheim trade Andy Sutton to the Rangers for Derek Stepan
- Carolina trade Erik Cole and a 5th round pick in 2011 to Anaheim for Kyle Chipchura, a 4th and 5th round pick in 2011.
- Carolina trade Ian White to Phoenix for Jonas Ahnelov and the rights to Philip Lane.
- Columbus trade Mike Commodore to Phoenix for Maksim Goncharov
- Montreal trade Tomas Plekanec to Philadelphia for Oskars Bartulis and the rights to Joacim Eriksson.
- Buffalo trade Patrick Kaleta to Los Angeles for Peter Harrold and Andrei Loktionov.
- Chicago trade Kyle Beach to San Jose for a 3rd round pick in 2011.
- Toronto trade François Beauchemin to Dallas for a 4th and 5th round pick in 2011.
Game 62: #7 Edmonton Oilers (29-25-7) vs #1 Detroit Red Wings (41-14-6)
Pre-Game Notes: Gorges is replacing Foster on 3rd pair of defense and on the 2nd PP Unit.
Goals:
1st 3:21 – EDM – Hemsky (36) (Giroux, Hale)
1st 6:04 – DET – Rafalski (9) (Rasmussen, Hudler)
1st 8:51 – EDM – Horcoff (33) (Cogliano, Whitney)
1st 14:59 – DET – Corvo (9) (Bertuzzi, Cleary) PP
1st 18:24 – EDM – Hall (22) (Gagner, Gorges) PP
2nd 31:49 – DET – Datsyuk (42) (Fedoruk, Franzen)
2nd 36:41 – EDM – Cogliano (16) (Brule, O’Marra)
3rd 59:51 – EDM – Gagner (19) (Omark, Hall) PP
Final Score: Edmonton 5 – Detroit 3
1st Star: Andrew Cogliano
2nd Star: Shawn Horcoff
3rd Star: Sam Gagner
Game 63: #7 Edmonton Oilers (30-25-7) vs #13 Minnesota Wild (25-32-5)
Goals:
1st 0:54 – EDM – Gagner (20) (Pääjärvi, Smid)
1st 5:12 – MIN – Koivu (15) (Latendresse, Barker)
1st 9:10 – EDM – Stortini (6) (LaRose, Giroux)
1st 12:35 – EDM – Cogliano (17) (O’Marra, Whitney)
2nd 26:31 – EDM – Gagner (21) (Omark)
2nd 32:30 – EDM – Omark (12) (Gagner, Hall)
2nd 37:02 – EDM – Horcoff (34) (Hemsky, Pääjärvi) PP
2nd 38:03 – EDM – Giroux (8) (LaRose)
3rd 40:33 – MIN – Madden (6) (Miettinen, Brunette)
3rd 49:06 – EDM – Hemsky (37) (Souray) PP
3rd 53:50 – EDM – Horcoff (35) (Gilbert, Hemsky)
Final Score: Edmonton 9 – Minnesota 2
1st Star: Sam Gagner
2nd Star: Ales Hemsky
3rd Star: Shawn Horcoff
Game 64: #6 Phoenix Coyotes (32-24-6) vs #7 Edmonton Oilers (31-25-7)
Goals:
1st 3:07 – PHO – Wolski (29) (Doan, Jovanovski)
1st 9:04 – PHO – Wolski (30) (Hollweg)
2nd 24:56 – EDM – Horcoff (36) (Gilbert, Souray) SH
2nd 31:58 – EDM – Pääjärvi (24) (Gagner, Vandermeer)
2nd 39:17 – PHO – Lepistö (4) (Commodore, Doan)
Final Score: Phoenix 3 – Edmonton 2
1st Star: Wojtek Wolski
2nd Star: Shawn Horcoff
3rd Star: Ilya Bryzgalov
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