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HEAD COACH
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Ron Low
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ROSTER
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C - Doug Weight, Todd Marchant, Rem Murray, Boyd Devereux,
Josef Beranek LW - Dean McAmmond, Mats Lindgren, Ryan Smyth. RW -
Bill Guerin, Mike Grier, Andrei Kovalenko, Pat Falloon, Kevin Brown.
D - Sean Brown, Roman Hamrlik, Craig Millar, Boris Mironov, Frank
Musil, Janne Niinimaa, Tom Poti, Marty McSorley. G - Bob Essensa,
Mikhail Shtalenkov.
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INJURIES
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Mats Lindgren, lw (dislocated shoulder, indefinite);
Josef Beranek, c (charley horse, indefinite); Marty McSorley, d
(dislocated left shoulder, six weeks).
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TRANSACTIONS
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Signed Group 2 free agent Doug Weight, c, to a
two-year contract; signed free agent Brad Norton, d, terms not
disclosed; placed Daniel Lacroix, c, and Bill Huard, lw, on
waivers; Daniel Lacroix, c, and Fred Lindquist, rw, were sent down
to Hamilton (AHL).
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GAME RESULTS
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10/13 Toronto L 2-1
10/14 at Vancouver W 4-1
10/17 at New Jersey W 4-2
10/20 at NY Rangers L 3-2
10/21 at NY Islanders W 4-2
10/24 at Colorado L 6-4
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STANDINGS
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Northwest Division GP W L T PTS GF GA
Vancouver 7 4 3 0 8 19 14
Edmonton 7 3 4 0 6 21 19
Calgary 7 2 4 1 5 19 25
Colorado 7 1 5 1 3 17 29
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team news:
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by Aubrey Chau, Edmonton Correspondent
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Doug Weight Signs!
Well, they took my advice, but did anyone really need to tell them?
Doug Weight, the Oilers' franchise player, was finally welcomed
back into the fold after missing 10 days of the regular season.
With Smyth and Weight back on the team, the Oilers look more like a
legitimate threat. The two-year deal will see Weight receiving
$3.45 million this year and $4.3 million next season and around
$400,000 in incentive bonuses.
Now other teams can't laugh at us for having Joe Beranek as our top
centre. Weight has played three games since returning and has
looked impressive. He has collected four points in those games.
He played between Dean McAmmond and Pat Falloon in his first game
back against the New York Rangers; but Joe Beranek suffered a
charley horse courtesy of a hit from Brian Leetch, so Weight then
ended up playing with Andrei Kovalenko and Billy Guerin after that.
Oh no, Bo!
Boris Mironov left the team during the road trip in New York deeming
he had personal problems to tend to, and flew back to Edmonton. He
missed the last three games on the road trip without pay. The rumour
on the street was that the Russian Mafia was leaning on him for cash.
Extorting him through his mom, who lives in Russia, but the local
papers say that simply isn't the case. Apparently, his personal
problems have something to do with his wife. So we can imagine it's
marriage troubles, even though it's none of our business, so butt
out! Boris should be returning to the ice Wednesday, when the Oilers
face Bobo's big bro Dimitri and his Washington Capitals.
The Oil did alright
The Oilers didn't look too bad on their road trip and came out over
.500, with a 3-2 record. Not bad at all. Mikhail (I can never
spell his name) Shtalenkov has impressed during his time in net
during Bob Essensa's injury. He looked pretty good until Saturday
night's first-period barrage leaving the Oilers gasping for life
after a 4-0 first period against the Colorado Avalanche.
Who's wearing number 51?
Andrei Kovalenko? Doesn't look like the No. 51 from last year.
It's a contract year, so Andrei (the Russian Tank) Kovalenko has
taken his head out of the toilet and started playing hockey again.
It's payday, and the Tank wants the big bucks. Let's see how long
it takes him to start taking it easy again. The Russian Tank
sometimes looks like the Russian Lada on some nights and it's just
a matter of time before it happens again. Notes and other
stuff:
Boyd Devereaux is looking to become one fine player, even though
he's on a line with Kelly Buchberger and Kevin Brown. Brown, by
the way is looking to be one sweet deal, as the Oilers signed him
for cheap and he has already netted three goals. He could be this
year's Scott Fraser. Speaking of which, the Rangers shelled out
big bucks ($1.4 million) for Scott (the Fluke) Fraser and boy are
they regretting it now big time! ...
Rumour is that the Oilers will move one of the top three defencemen
in a three-way deal between the Oil, Leafs and the Habs, which
would see the Oilers getting Jocelyn Thibault. ...
Man, up until he was injured, Big Bad Joe Beranek was the Oilers'
top player. Weird isn't it?
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