A little Heatley perspective for Oil Nation
Pierre LeBrun...wouldn't fly. Why was Murray so fixated on the Edmonton deal? Because the package of Dustin Penner, Andrew Cogliano and Ladislav Smid was the best offer on the table. I don't blame...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 27, 2009Horcoff, Helm deliver much-needed big games
Pierre LeBrun...you expect from a $5.5-million-a-year man. Back on the top line between Dustin Penner and Ales Hemsky, Horcoff delivered his best performance of the season, a three-point (1-2...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009Penner 'staying classy' in Edmonton
Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.comDustin Penner's time in Edmonton has been filled with controversy since the Oilers signed him two years ago. But thanks to humor ("Anchorman"!) and, yes, better fitness, the power winger is finding his way.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Our season preview lives! Here are 10 things I want to see in 2009-10
Pierre LeBrunAh, the smell of pucks. There's nothing like it. We're inching our way toward the Oct. 1 start of the 2009-10 season, and here today at ESPN.com, we'r...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009Tuesday rumblings: Heatley-to-Oilers deal? Things put on hold
Pierre LeBrun...the Edmonton Oilers. The two clubs had a tentative deal in place that would have seen Dustin Penner as the key Oiler going the other way for Heatley, who asked for a trade in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 30, 2009Remember that Thomas Vanek offer sheet? Oh, what could have been ...
Pierre LeBrun...of the NHL's top snipers on their team in Vanek and would have never offered Dustin Penner a five-year, $21.25 million offer sheet later in the summer of 2007. Penner, when...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009Rumors, scuttlebutt, deals ... trying to separate fact from fiction
Pierre LeBrunThe NHL's trade deadline is exactly one month away from today. Between now and then, the speculation will ramp up, and much of it will be unfounded. B...
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