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Edmonton Oilers Report Card: 1/3 Season Complete

By Stephen Kaczmar December 7th, 2011

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Grade

Eric Belanger Oiler fans scratching their heads because of all the PP time, but it’s mostly due to the injuries and lack of production from Paajarvi. He’s a productive in the face-off circle.

B

Ben Eager Doesn’t play a lot, only averaging 7:34 TOI. A crasher & banger and that’s about it.

C

Jordan Eberle He’s been absolute gold this season, he’s making everyone around him better – it’s what great players do. He’s got 3 game-winning goals good for 5th in the league in that category

A

Sam Gagner After a slow start to forget, he’s been hot since Taylor Hall went down. He’s a top 6 forward, not a bottom 6 guy. He’s still a great talent. Since he’s bounced back I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.

B-

Taylor Hall This kid plays with so much passion that it landed him on the injured reserve. You feel like he can score or make a goal any shift he’s on. He’s the real deal.

A

Ales Hemsky As is always the case with Hemsky, “When he’s healthy, he’s good”. Well such is the case again this season. Overshadowed by the rise of the kids may have been a good thing.

B+

Shawn Horcoff For the first time since signing his contract extension, we can finally say… “He’s earning his pay check”. Yes it’s true. He leads all forwards in ice time and has a cool 20 points in 27 games.

A-

Darcy Hordichuk Same story as Eager, but he’s got more character.

C+

Ryan Jones He’s the ultimate third line player, last season’s breakout was no fluke. He could get 20 goals this season.

B

Anton Lander The rookie from Sweden is adjusting to the game, and it could take a while until we see real offensive production from him

C+

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins What can we say about this kid? He’s 9th in the league in scoring and a force to be reckoned with already. The Nuge may be the best of all the kids in the system.

A+

Magnus Paajarvi He’s been a ghost out there. 2 points in 23 points is embarrassing for the sophomore Swede that had 34 last season. Now just getting into double digit points seems like an uphill battle

F

Lennart Petrell The 27 year old out of Finland has had a pretty good season all things considering. The surprise out of training camp looks to stick around all year

B-

Ryan Smyth What a season he’s had thus far. So much heart, so much passion. He’s been everything and more since the Oilers reacquired Smytty.

A+

   

Defence  

Grade

Cam Barker He’s just not very good

C-

Tom Gilbert He’s been a horse for the Oilers back-end. Averages 24:38 per game, which leads the Oilers. He could even get to the 40 point mark this season, maybe.

B+

Theo Peckham Theo has had some consistency issues, he seems lost at times. He’s just your average 5/6 blueliner.

C

Jeff Petry I like his emergence this season, the Oilers have begun trusting him with more ice-time. Only time will tell if he can be more than a depth d-man

B-

Corey Potter It’s a shame he went down with an injury, he was enjoying the breakout he’s been waiting for his entire career. He’s been a great story thus far and needs to get back into the line-up

B+

Ladislav Smid The shot blocking machine is has been a workhorse along with Gilbert on the blueline. Averaging over 20 minutes a game, it’s crucial he stays healthy

B+

Andy Sutton Did anyone see the soft hands of Andy Sutton? Well if you didn’t, you probably won’t see it again. A solid character player

B-

Ryan Whitney What’s up Ryan? All the Ryan’s are playing great except you. Still injured or something? 1 point in 10 games, it’s been a season to forget.

C-

   

Goalies  

Grade

Devan Dubnyk It was supposed to be Dubynk’s starter’s job to lose, well he lost it. You never know what you’re going to get. He’s put up some gems but more stinkers.

C+

Nikolai Khabibulin Dubnyk’s loss is Khabibulin’s gain. He’s asserted himself as the clear number one goalie in Edmonton. He’s stolen some games for the Oilers and is sitting at a nice .932 SV%

A-

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