This is Oil Country

[Ichiroooooo]

Quote: Originally Posted by goosedennis

This will be my only '12 dynasty. I am starting with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2011-12 season.

[bthomp05]

Keeping the 500 train going eh.

[goosedennis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ichiroooooo

It could be worse. If this was over the summer, I'd have started 15 dynasties from the beginning of GDFH to right now

[goosedennis]

Hall's First Period Goal Wins it for the Oilers

Edmonton Oilers at Montreal Canadiens
Nov 8, 2011 1 2 3 F EDM (7-7-0-0) 1 0 0 1 MON (5-6-2-1) 0 0 0 0 Three Stars Nikolai Khabibulin 29 SV, SO Carey Price 26 SV, .963 SV% Taylor Hall GWG	Team Stats Comparison EDM MON Shots on Goal 27 29 Hits 12 9 Faceoffs Won-Lost 24 17 Penalty Minutes 9 11 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 2 1 Time on Attack 4:31 4:54
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD EDM 2:44: Taylor Hall (2): Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Edmonton Oilers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Nikolai Khabibulin 29 29 100% 1.81
Edmonton Oilers - Skaters SKATERS TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Cam Barker 22:22 0 0 +1 2 0 Eric Belanger 7:02 0 0 E 0 0 Gilbert Brule 7:34 0 0 E 0 0 Jordan Eberle 18:36 0 0 E 0 0 Sam Gagner 13:40 0 0 E 3 0 Tom Gilbert 21:45 0 0 +1 1 0 Taylor Hall 25:13 1 0 +1 7 2 Ales Hemsky 16:32 0 0 +1 3 0 Shawn Horcoff 24:10 0 0 E 2 0 Darcy Hordichuk 6:16 0 0 E 2 5 Ryan Jones 9:16 0 0 E 0 0 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 21:29 0 1 +1 3 0 Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson 10:32 0 0 E 1 0 Theo Peckham 16:02 0 0 E 0 0 Ladislav Smid 20:16 0 0 E 0 0 Ryan Smyth 20:33 0 0 E 2 0 Jason Strudwik 16:31 0 0 E 0 0 Ryan Whitney 16:05 0 0 E 1 0
Montreal Canadiens - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Carey Price 27 26 96% 1.98

[goosedennis]

Edmonton Oilers at Boston Bruins
Jan 1, 1 2 3 OT F EDM () 1 2 0 0 3 BOS () 1 0 2 1 4 Three Stars Milan Lucic, BOS 1 G, 6 HITS Shawn Horcoff, EDM 1 G, 1 A Nthan Horton, BOS 1 G	Team Stats Comparison EDM BOS Shots on Goal 27 28 Hits 16 15 Faceoffs Won-Lost 23 21 Penalty Minutes 27 23 Power Plays Converted 2 2 Power Play Opportunities 4 6 Time on Attack 4:36 5:55
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD EDM 1:54: Shawn Horcoff (3) BOS 2:33: Daniel Paille (2): Marc Savard SECOND PERIOD EDM 10:42: Taylor Hall (3) PP: Shawn Horcoff, Sam Gagner EDM 16:26 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (5): Cam Barker, Sam Gagner THIRD PERIOD BOS 2:00: Nathan Horton (7) BOS 19:31: David Krejci (3) PP: Johnny Boychuk, Ron Peverley OVERTIME BOS 3:05: Milan Lucic (4) PP: Marc Savard, Zdeno Chara

[goosedennis]

Oilers Acquire Lindback From Nashville

The biggest fear for an NHL team is that their best player may be leaving them towards the end of the season, and this rule does not skip by the 7-7-1-0 Edmonton Oilers. Their MVP so far this season has been, without question, Nikolai Khabibulin. The 38-year old netminder has started 11 games this season, and has allowed just 22 goals on 299 shots, good enough for a .926 save percentage which, assuming he keeps on pace, will be the highest in his career. HE also has allowed just 2.00 goals in each 60 minutes he has played. Despite the otherworldly statistics, he isn't even top-10 in any list for goaltending stats, due to goal scoring being down around the league.

However, the statistics from this year will not mean anything, assuming that he retires at the end of the season, which is more than likely. Devan Dubnyk has not developed at the pace anyone has wanted him to, and has been traded away. Earlier today, reports broke out that the Edmonton Oilers were in the midst of a trade for young centre Colin Wilson. About 2 hours later, the reports were changed to the Oilers trading for goaltender Anders Lindback. It turns out that the reports were both right. About 10 minutes after the speculation that the Oilers were making a deal for Lindback, Oilers' GM Steve Tambellini had a press conference just outside of his office to announce a trade:

ACQUIRE:
LW Linus Omark
C Andrew Cogliano
G Devan Dubnyk
2012 1st round Draft pick (EDM) (CONDITIONAL)

ACQUIRE:
C Colin Wilson
G Anders Lindback

Both Wilson and Lindback have been assigned to the Oilers' AHL affiliate, the Oklahoma City Barons. To have a reasonable replacement for Dubnyk, the Oilers signed goaltender Erik Ersberg to a 1-year deal.

[goosedennis]

Sorry for not updating over the last two games. Anyways, we lost the one vs. the Red WANGS 5-1 (RNH had a game misconduct) and the one vs. the Hawks 4-2.

Ottawa Senators at Edmonton Oilers
Nov 17, 2011 1 2 3 F OTT (8-12-0-0) 1 0 0 1 EDM (8-9-0-1) 0 0 2 2 Three Stars Nikolai Khabibulin 26 SV, .963 SV% Craig Anderson 30 SV, .936 SV% Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1 G (GWG)	Team Stats Comparison OTT EDM Shots on Goal 27 32 Hits 19 30 Faceoffs Won-Lost 23 19 Penalty Minutes 11 19 Power Plays Converted 1 1 Power Play Opportunities 3 6 Time on Attack 4:45 4:43
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD OTT 5:00: Daniel Alfredsson (7) PP: Erik Karlsson, Milan Michalek THIRD PERIOD EDM 9:49: Shawn Horcoff (4) PP: Taylor Hall EDM 15:42: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (6): Ryan Jones, Ryan Whitney
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 32 30 94% 2.73
Edmonton Oilers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Nikolai Khabibulin 27 26 96% 2.08

[goosedennis]

Oilers Topple Western Conference Leaders

Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Final Score
	0	0	1	1
	0	2	3	5

TEAM COMPARISON

23	SHOTS	29
21	HITS	23
5:01	TIME ON ATTACK	5:27
75%	PASSING PERCENTAGE	70%
11	PENALTIES IN MINUTES	7
0-for-1	POWERPLAY	1-for-3
19	FACEOFFS WON	17

Penalty Summary

Period	Team	Player	Time	Infraction
1	Chicago		6:16	Hooking (minor)
1	Edmonton		11:12	Hooking (minor)
1	Chicago		18:10	Slashing (minor)
2	Edmonton		20:00	Fighting (major)
2	Chicago		20:00	Fighting (major)
3	Chicago		9:09	High-Sticking (minor)

Goal Summary

Period	Time	Team	Goal Scorer	Situation	Assists
2	8:10	Edmonton		EV	Ryan Jones, Tom Gilbert
2	9:13	Edmonton		EV	Darcy Hordichuk, Cam Barker
3	1:56	Edmonton		EV	Tom Gilbert, Taylor Hall
3	6:33	Edmonton		EV	Jordan Eberle, Michael Nylander
3	10:41	Edmonton		PP	Gilbert Brule, Cam Barker
3	13:33	Chicago		EV	Brent Seabrook

Three Stars
3rd star - D Tom Gilbert, EDM - 2 assists, 4 hits
2nd star - F Michael Nylander, EDM - 1 goal, 1 assist
1st star - C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM - 2 goals on 3 shots

HIGHLIGHTS

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scores his second goal of the game on a one-timer setup from Gilbert Brule


Michael Nylander scores his first goal in the orange & blue


Nylander celebrating