Natural Disasters vs. Ecological Disasters
7:30pm MST
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After a game where it looked like everyone on the team spent the night before partying on NyQuil and Alka-Seltzer, let's hope the Edmonton Oilers get some jump in their step for tonight's tilt against the Colorado Avalanche. In Denver, Colorado - where the oxygen is both rarefied and scarce....
Something tells me this isn't going to be as easy as it sounds, especially if Hemsky is still a no-show. Opinion Alert! Kids, if you've been surfing the nets and are looking for real Edmonton Oilers news, there is one and only one official source for all your Edmonton Oilers content, and this ain't it. Alert Over.
What's with Hemsky? Is he still injured? Did the surgery affect his confidence and/or ability to dangle and wrist the puck? He's been slow out there, and although he has 4 assists he's just been average and barely that. Is it an illness? Did he catch mono? What gives?
I mean, I can relate to phoning it in, and after a few years of making millions, money would no longer be motivation to perform so I feel for the guy and I hope what's going on is just temporary. If it's not physical, well, maybe Horc's psychologist can help out but something's very off-kilter here. What with Staios' family issue and the Oilers' poor performance last night, I can't help but wonder if something happened to take the wind out of this club.
Well, here's hoping for the best for this squad. If they actually pull out a win, maybe it'll look a little something like this:
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Yeeeeaahhh... come to think of it, what has been with Hemsky? All this time, I was thinking it was Cole who was dragging down the top line's productivity, but in hindsight Hemsky really has been invisible for long stretches already.
A lingering injury could be a horrible turn of events.
Great post.
I don't think Hemsky can be blamed soley for the lack of team performance.
Opinion Alert! Kids, if you've been surfing the nets and are looking for real Edmonton Oilers news, there is one and only one official source for all your Edmonton Oilers content, and this ain't it. Alert Over.
No worries. Jason Gregor is apparently the only person around who can't tell opinion from fact.
Agreed, it's not all on Hemsky, but when he's in the line up, you'd hope he'd be playing to his own level at least.
On a sidenote, the Oilers didn't make thegreat escape. Stop the video at the 22 second mark and that about sums it up.
Also: thanks Chris!
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