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The Power of 3 Brings Mike BabcockTo The Oilers
Things, stuff, life, sports, happen in threes, right? Three Strikes, 3Outs, 3Periods, 3Stars,3 Forward Positions, 3 Zones, in hockey The mystery of 3 is ingrained, in life, myth, legend, and religion. So the reason Mike Babcock will join he Edmonton Oilers, is the power of three. Ten days...
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Things, stuff, life, sports, happen in threes, right? Three Strikes, 3Outs, 3Periods, 3Stars,3 Forward Positions, 3 Zones, in hockey The mystery of 3 is ingrained, in life, myth, legend, and religion. So the reason Mike Babcock will join he Edmonton Oilers, is the power of three. Ten days...
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Perspective On The New Oilers
Business is difficult. Finding it. Managing it. Financing it. Changing it. Oilers Owner, Daryl Katz, even as accomplished, as he is, is learning that, the hard way, when it comes to the hockey business. Ultimately, he is responsible for for the ineptitude of his hockey team. He tried somet...
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Business is difficult. Finding it. Managing it. Financing it. Changing it. Oilers Owner, Daryl Katz, even as accomplished, as he is, is learning that, the hard way, when it comes to the hockey business. Ultimately, he is responsible for for the ineptitude of his hockey team. He tried somet...
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Let’s Make a Deal
There’s nothing like a little arm chair General Managing to wile away the rest of the hockey season. With some gumption and strategic planning, it’s possible to turn the Oilers around, faster than most pundits and fancy stats guys believe. The glass is half full because the sal...
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There’s nothing like a little arm chair General Managing to wile away the rest of the hockey season. With some gumption and strategic planning, it’s possible to turn the Oilers around, faster than most pundits and fancy stats guys believe. The glass is half full because the sal...
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Bold Moves Like the Islanders
Conventional NHL journalistic wisdom, says the Oilers are doomed to several more years of mediocrity. That consensus comes from the perception, there are two many roster holes to fill, quickly. Bold Moves There are holes to fill of that there is no question. […...
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Conventional NHL journalistic wisdom, says the Oilers are doomed to several more years of mediocrity. That consensus comes from the perception, there are two many roster holes to fill, quickly. Bold Moves There are holes to fill of that there is no question. […...
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The Cap, Escrow, And Free Agent Prices
Trade speculation is rampant, as the NHL deadline looms, on March 2. Nowhere is it more rabid than Edmonton. There’s speculation, the Oilers, have engaged, in a last minute effort to sign pending unrestricted free agent, defenceman, Jeff Petry. The rumour has been, variously, dismissed as ...
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Trade speculation is rampant, as the NHL deadline looms, on March 2. Nowhere is it more rabid than Edmonton. There’s speculation, the Oilers, have engaged, in a last minute effort to sign pending unrestricted free agent, defenceman, Jeff Petry. The rumour has been, variously, dismissed as ...
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Energy Trends: Two Reasons To Bet Against Canada and Alberta
Trend One: Renewable Energy has now entered the early adopter stage. When Warren Buffett and Goldman Sacks start making bets in solar financing, that’s a road map to follow! Trend Two: Geography: The US Sunbelt, it comprises the southern tier of the United States including the states of Ala...
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Trend One: Renewable Energy has now entered the early adopter stage. When Warren Buffett and Goldman Sacks start making bets in solar financing, that’s a road map to follow! Trend Two: Geography: The US Sunbelt, it comprises the southern tier of the United States including the states of Ala...
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EDMONTON’S ICELAND FISH ODYSSEY
Find a problem and solve it. That’s the adage for a successful business. Three pilots, in Iceland, decided to do just that for Edmonton, last spring. While we were thinking about places to go, the three aviators, turned fish exporters, spawned a plan to help us eat better. The fledgling en...
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Find a problem and solve it. That’s the adage for a successful business. Three pilots, in Iceland, decided to do just that for Edmonton, last spring. While we were thinking about places to go, the three aviators, turned fish exporters, spawned a plan to help us eat better. The fledgling en...
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News Hacking- ICE Bucket Challenge- Lac Megantic Report
When there is story to tell silence is neither responsible or sustainable. It is standard operating procedure, when the Oilsands are faced with a controversy like the Lac Megantic report. In light of #LacMegantic report, how sustainable & responsible are #oilsands trains? http://t.co/6DknkaH...
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When there is story to tell silence is neither responsible or sustainable. It is standard operating procedure, when the Oilsands are faced with a controversy like the Lac Megantic report. In light of #LacMegantic report, how sustainable & responsible are #oilsands trains? http://t.co/6DknkaH...
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Actionable Intelligence MIA, in Latest Oilsands GHG Debate
One tragic aspect, in the discussion of Oilsands’ environmental impacts, is the scarcity of actionable intelligence. That’s an ability, provided by analysis, to act quickly to situations and issues. This report, Keystone Impacts Worse than Thought by the Stockholm Institute created a...
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One tragic aspect, in the discussion of Oilsands’ environmental impacts, is the scarcity of actionable intelligence. That’s an ability, provided by analysis, to act quickly to situations and issues. This report, Keystone Impacts Worse than Thought by the Stockholm Institute created a...
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Analytics Driving Actionable Intelligence in the NHL
Two recent hires by NHL teams have set tongues waggging, in the ice playpen. Statistics practitioners, Kyle Dybas and Tyler Delllow, have been hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers, to ply their trade, in professional hockey. Applying analytics, in sports for strategic and ...
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Two recent hires by NHL teams have set tongues waggging, in the ice playpen. Statistics practitioners, Kyle Dybas and Tyler Delllow, have been hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers, to ply their trade, in professional hockey. Applying analytics, in sports for strategic and ...
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The ‘Nicholson Effect’ Emerges for the Oilers
Bakersfield Condors’ new coach, Jean Francçois Houle is the first manifestation of the Bob Nicholson effect, on the Oilers organization. Nicholson is a month, into his Chairmanship of the Oilers Entertainment Group. His rollodex and relationships, built at Hockey Canada, are his calling ca...
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Bakersfield Condors’ new coach, Jean Francçois Houle is the first manifestation of the Bob Nicholson effect, on the Oilers organization. Nicholson is a month, into his Chairmanship of the Oilers Entertainment Group. His rollodex and relationships, built at Hockey Canada, are his calling ca...
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INFLUENCERS SILENT AS OIL SPILLS GOING TO MARKET
There’s too much oil on the ground, out of the pipe, off the track. Crude Oil Spill #Virginia: "We get all of the risks and no benefits.”http://t.co/NluNzI9sIw @NRDC @JRAVirginia @mountainkeeper @Earthjustice — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) May 1, 2014 In an industry driven regulatory vacu...
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There’s too much oil on the ground, out of the pipe, off the track. Crude Oil Spill #Virginia: "We get all of the risks and no benefits.”http://t.co/NluNzI9sIw @NRDC @JRAVirginia @mountainkeeper @Earthjustice — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) May 1, 2014 In an industry driven regulatory vacu...
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OIL SPILLS as ECONOMIC BENEFITS
So social media is soft, eh? Social media ROI is hard to measure, right? Sentiment influence not a corporate priority. Well read on. “Spill response and clean-up creates business and employment opportunities for affected communities, regions, and clean-up service providers,” the rep...
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So social media is soft, eh? Social media ROI is hard to measure, right? Sentiment influence not a corporate priority. Well read on. “Spill response and clean-up creates business and employment opportunities for affected communities, regions, and clean-up service providers,” the rep...
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On Earth Day: OilSands,Tech Giants, Different Paths
Tough week for the Oilsands. Tripped up on GHG emission claims by a study released by the Pembina Institute. Flabbergasted by yet another Keystone pipeline delay. With emissions soaring, there’s not much for the Oilsands to say on Earth Day. Try this and see if it makes you a...
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Tough week for the Oilsands. Tripped up on GHG emission claims by a study released by the Pembina Institute. Flabbergasted by yet another Keystone pipeline delay. With emissions soaring, there’s not much for the Oilsands to say on Earth Day. Try this and see if it makes you a...
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Oilsands Mute on Emissions
Remember Neil Young? No doubt you do for many reasons. Three months ago, he raised the ire of the OilSands industry, prompting outrage and vitriol. One of the challenges that we’ve experienced here is that some of the special interest groups and celebrities have been making very sensationa...
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Remember Neil Young? No doubt you do for many reasons. Three months ago, he raised the ire of the OilSands industry, prompting outrage and vitriol. One of the challenges that we’ve experienced here is that some of the special interest groups and celebrities have been making very sensationa...
Published at Bruce Winter
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