OIL BOOM!!!

Ok, there are so many americans who don't give a crap about hockey, it's neat impossible to talk to them about it (although my girlfriend is definately going to hear about this story later tonight). My NHL team, The Edmonton Oilers, have just made three absolutely huge deals with other NHL teams. Between August 1 and today the Oilers have made three deals with other teams. On August 1st, the Oilers traded forward Brad Isbister to the Boston Bruins for an entry draft pick. On August 2nd, the Oilers traded defensemen Eric Brewer, Doug Lynch and Jeff Woywitka to St. Louis for vetran defensemen Chris Pronger. Today, August 3rd, another deal this time with the New York Islanders. The Oilers sent Mike York and a conditional draft pick to New York in exchange for defense vetran Mike Peca. I have had a crazy weekend so I haven't really been following all of this, but I can't believe all of this. Pronger is getting a little more than 6 million a year in his contract. Edmonton will pick up Peca's contract from New York and they will have to pay just under 4 million dollars. This is just nuts. Check out TSN.ca for more details. I'm still in shock, the Oilers are starting to look like a half decent team on paper, something they haven't done in a very long time, GO OILERS!!!