Quarter way through the season and the Oilers have been disappointing. They were expected to be better... with a lot of depth and good talent at forward.

I guess that a sophmore slump should have been expected out of Gagner and Cogliano. And Nilsson. Though all three of those guys also started slow last year and ended with a BANG!

Cole hasn't got the numbers that I thought that he would.

Penner isn't looking like he's justifying his contract. Supposably in MacTavish's doghouse... though he did respond last game with a goal.

I have thought that Souray, Grebeshkov, and Vishnovsky have all looked very good. Grebeshkov has been a surprise.

It was also a bizarre starting schedule... with the Oil playing most of their games on the road to start. Hopefully coming home they can improve on their .500 record.

Some teams have really surprised me! Vancouver for starters.

I also saw where Brendan Morrow of the Stars is out for the year. That should be the death knell for them this season. I love it!