“I don’t believe Andy (Sutton) is going to play this season” Steve Tambellini

— Gene Principe (@GenePrincipe) January 14, 2013

That’s not good for Andy Sutton, or the Edmonton Oilers’ blue line.

If Steve Tambellini doesn’t think that Andy Sutton is going to play this year, you can pretty much rest assured that Andy Sutton’s year (and possibly career) is over. Sutton has been recovering from offseason knee surgery and was ruled out from the season opener some time ago.

TAYLOR FEDUN CALLED UP

Taylor Fedun has been called up, while Colten Teubert has been sent down to OKC.  630 CHED’s Dan Tencer says that Fedun will only be up for training camp, so unless things get really wacky, it ought to be a temporary stay.

THEO PECKHAM INJURED

Hours before the Oilers announced the trade for Mark Fistric, Theo Peckham wasn’t seen on ice at training camp.  Later, we hear that his hip is injured, and TSN’s Ryan Rishaug says that Peckham wasn’t able to undergo his physical on Sunday, and that Peckham’s current level of conditioning is unknown.

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The Canadiens have been having a rough go of it so far this season, and perhaps the Oilers could shake things up with a somewhat partisan home crowd.

Through two, it was 2-2.  Then, the beer cans that we’d been using as wheels started to crumple steadily in the third, and all hell broke loose.

Sad trombone. Photo courtesy oilers.nhl.com

It’s gotten to the point where it appears that Gene Principe is no longer writing the punny after-game headline.  “Decision Dropped”?  No line about “Hab and Hab-Nots”?  C’mon, even Mike Brophy can come up with stuff faster than this.

But man, didn’t you see the goals?  They were legit.  None of them were barf.

Okay, the Omark goal might’ve been a little shady. But if this team’s defence could’ve stood up, things likely would’ve been different.

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