News and Blog Report: 4/13/12

[BlueBelle]

What makes a No. 1 pick?
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?...id=DL|EDM|home

Principe's Blog: That's It, That's All
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?...id=DL|EDM|home

MacKinnon: Playoff berth next step in Oilers rebuilding plan (video)
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sport...437/story.html

Oilers Notes: Omark reaches out to other teams on Twitter
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sport...400/story.html

RNH's adventure just starting
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/04/1...-just-starting

Oilers’ GM unapologetic
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/04/1...m-unapologetic

Barons: Teemu Hartikainen back with Barons after impressive stint ...
‎http://newsok.com/article/3665803

Oil Kings turn streak around
‎http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/04/1...-streak-around

Barons: Division champion Barons host Houston in final regular ...
‎http://newsok.com/barons-division-ch...rticle/3665749

OMARK TWEETS FOR NHL JOB
‎http://www.sportsnet.ca/fantasy/hock...ockey_hearsay/

Stockton Thunder eager to battle defending Kelly Cup champs
‎http://www.examiner.com/hockey-in-st...lly-cup-champs

[BlueBelle]

How did Shea Weber escape a suspension?
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/201...-a-suspension/

Vancouver Canucks live and die with Alexander Edler’s puck possession
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/201...ck-possession/

The Edmonton Oilers and “Character”
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/201...and-character/

Vancouver Canucks blow home ice advantage in parade to penalty box — Game 1 Neilson Numbers
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/201...ilson-numbers/

The CHL's Undefeated Duo
http://thepipelineshow.blogspot.ca/2...eated-duo.html

The Oilers' Secondary Blueline Targets
http://www.coppernblue.com/2012/4/13...-trade-targets

Revisited: The Wonderful World Of Doc Emrick's Vocabulary
http://www.coppernblue.com/2012/4/12...-game-call-nbc

Looking Ahead to Next Year: Reasons For Optimism
http://www.coppernblue.com/2012/4/12...s-for-optimism

MATH SPEAKS OUT ON 2012 DRAFT
http://oilersnation.com/2012/4/12/nh...cies-for-2012s

In Nikolai Khabibulin, He Trusts
http://oilersnation.com/2012/4/12/in...ulin-he-trusts

Softening the ground for a Yakupov trade?
http://oilersnation.com/2012/4/12/so...-yakupov-trade

A New Dawn
http://oilersnation.com/2012/4/12/a-new-dawn

RE 11-12 ALES HEMSKY: OUT OF THE BLUE AND INTO THE BLACK
http://lowetide.ca/blog/2012/04/re-1...the-black.html

Possible trades and UFA market are the best options for the Oilers to upgrade D
http://www.ourhometown.ca/sports/RS0205.php

Draft Lottery Dynasty... more thoughts
http://oilersrepublic.blogspot.ca/20...-thoughts.html

Patience Oiler Fans-The Defence are Coming
http://oilersaddict.com/wp/2012/04/1...nce-oiler-fans

Weber should have been suspended
http://oilersaddict.com/wp/2012/04/1...been-suspended

04/12/12 Is P.K. Subban The Guy?
http://oilacumen.blogspot.ca/2012/04...ubban-guy.html

Nail Yakupov And The Oilers
http://oilsoup.blogspot.ca/2012/04/n...nd-oilers.html

Relying On The Shootout
http://www.stazesrant.com/2012/04/re...=Google+Reader

COLUMN: Spector on Canucks: Solving King Richards
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2012/...mike_richards/

Crouching Tigers
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.ph...uching_tigers/