Time to Polish Up the Clubs!

Four games left in what can only be described as an abysmal season. As most of you remember, July 3rd, 2006 is when it all went downhill. That was the day Kevin Lowe traded Chris Pronger, but failed to replace his 30 minutes of icetime a night! There's a very interesting debate going on over at Oilfans.com right now, outlining what UFA is on every Oilfans wishlist.

Personally, mine looks like this.

1). Brian Rafalski (NJ)
2). Kimmo Timonen (NSH)

Those are the 2 UFA defencemen I want to see K-Lowe make a hard charge for. They may not be as big as the gaptoothed wonder, but they can move the puck, make smart decisions with and without it, QB the PP, and play top minutes. Plus, it doesn't hurt that they have experience on the blueline, something that has been devastatingly exposed by opposing teams this year.

Forward Wishlist.

1). Scott Hartnell (NSH)
2). Paul Kariya (NSH)
3). Petr Sykora (EDM)

I know that Petr Sykora is already an Oiler, but I would like to see him back in Copper and Blue next season. The only thing that scares me with #71 is that he is absolutely invisible without Ales Hemsky. Scott Hartnell would be a great addition to the club, and Kariya...well that's a Pikey Pipe Dream.

With the cap expected to sit somewhere around $43 Million in 2007-2008, methinks K-Lowe will be allowed to spend $40 M. This will be the season that makes or breaks Kevin Lowe. I just hope he's prepared to spend what is needed to get this club confident and back in the playoffs.

Oh yeah, and Calgary sucks.

And just to take a jab at Atypical Albertan...the guy gets a girlfriend and forgets how to return messages. HEY ATA....you can access your voicemail by pressing #98! You can also answer text messages by hitting REPLY! Learn it, use it! Fucker!