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Ryan Garner
Edmonton Oilers
Location: Edmonton, AB
Joined: 10.26.2006

Nov 13 @ 12:46 PM ET
Ryan Garner: Improvement is in the Eye of the Beholder
Oilfan19
Edmonton Oilers
Location: "Hodgson is a future #1C" - hanleyaj, AB
Joined: 02.16.2012

Nov 13 @ 12:49 PM ET
Before I read this, is this oiler emo?
VanHockeyGuy
Location: “Who are we to think we’re anybody?” - Tocchet. Penticton, BC
Joined: 04.26.2012

Nov 13 @ 12:50 PM ET
Sure, but you have also been missing you're best player.
Oilfan19
Edmonton Oilers
Location: "Hodgson is a future #1C" - hanleyaj, AB
Joined: 02.16.2012

Nov 13 @ 12:53 PM ET
They just need to get the monkey off there back with beating a western team. I think it's (frank)ing with them a little bit.
Ryan Garner
Edmonton Oilers
Location: Edmonton, AB
Joined: 10.26.2006

Nov 13 @ 12:54 PM ET
Sure, but you have also been missing you're best player.
- VanHockeyGuy


True, but the record has been the same with and without Hall.

With Hall: 4-6-1
Without Hall: 2-3
Salvo
Edmonton Oilers
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 02.13.2009

Nov 13 @ 1:35 PM ET
True, but the record has been the same with and without Hall.

With Hall: 4-6-1
Without Hall: 2-3

- Ryan Garner


Yeah I've been getting tired of hearing "process" from Mr. Eakins. It was actually nice to see him own the win/loss column after a recent defeat.

Your blog is indeed timely after what we saw in Nashville coming off one of their best efforts of the year in New York.
LeftCoaster
Location: Valley Of The Sun
Joined: 07.03.2009

Nov 13 @ 1:51 PM ET
Aerchon
Joined: 10.14.2011

Nov 13 @ 2:29 PM ET
Great blog.

I personally think the Oilers have not improved much if at all. Our schedule has been ridiculously easy and is smoke screening the fact that any decent team can dominate us when they want/need to.
sfrizz
Edmonton Oilers
Joined: 10.05.2010

Nov 13 @ 2:52 PM ET
Ryan,
Are you close to Clarendon
Morris
Edmonton Oilers
Location: Hall looks disengaged, NS
Joined: 07.18.2007

Nov 13 @ 4:09 PM ET
I find it sort of peculiar that the anti-advanced stat crowd who lob wave after wave of "watch the game, nerd!" at Corsi junkies will often do analyses like this and conclude we've made little to no improvement.

That's certainly not what we've seen in terms of our style of play. Many facets of our play are better, and some are worse, but mostly different seasons against different opponents with different rosters will be different. And I don't think you can say much conclusive about how much better or worse we are.
Ihatebrianburke
Edmonton Oilers
Location: edmonton, AB
Joined: 12.19.2010

Nov 13 @ 4:41 PM ET
Fart
OilHorse
Edmonton Oilers
Location: EKolb..ChiRef..Dnozzlesupreme, BC
Joined: 10.12.2010

Nov 13 @ 9:19 PM ET
Wait. You had a problem with Sabrina, the teenage witch?

You sure you are not gay? Not that there would be anything with that.