[Sylvanfan]

GOALTENDING CONTROVERSY IN FULL FLIGHT
Caron runs record to 6-1 as an Oiler

When nutcase GM Sylvanfan first took over the Edmonton Oilers his first move was to upgrade the backup goaltender. The first player he brought in to fill that role was Jani Hurme from the Hawks. Although Hurme played well as an Oiler posting a 3-0 record and 2.33GAA and a shutout, he was moved out to Columbus to bring in Sebastian Caron. Caron got off to an inauspicious start with the Oilers losing his first game 4-3 to the Florida Panthers in a game where he could not stop Dmitri Afanisenkov. But The young goaltender from Quebec has rebounded nicely winning his last six games now, and thanks to him the Oilers actually won games this week.

Today Caron turned in another solid performance turning aside 26 Coyote shots and helping the Oilers kill all 9 Coyote powerplays in a 3-2 win today. Recently aquired Michael Handzus and Dimitri Kalinin combined on the game winning goal when the latter fired home a shot from the point on the powerplay in the third to give the Oilers the win. Marcus Nilson and Radek Dvorak also scored for the Oilers who snapped a disgusting two game losing streak. Handzus was named second star of the game and posted 2 assists for his first two points as an Oilers. The other Oiler newcomer Brendan Shanahan looks like a ghost these days, and no doubt Sylvanfan should hear some cat calls from the critics on that deal (yeah, it's brutal I know, I'm shamed). Still suffering from the injury bug the Oilers were without top centre Vincent Lecavalier, and only allowed Kristian Huselius spot duty for two minutes. Bobby Holik is still slow to recover from a chest injury and is also being monitored closely. The Oilers will take a couple days off now before heading to Nashville to play the Preds who trail the Oilers by one point for top spot in the Howe conference.