Within every Cinderella story, there is usually a wicked step-sister. With every up, their is a down. With every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Unfortunately for the Edmonton Oilers, the downside of Dustin Penner, Ales Hemsky, Gilbert Brule, Sam Gagner, Nikolai Khabibulin, and Mike Comrie having tremendous starts to the 2009/2010 season, is that Shawn Horcoff seems to be the part of the equation that hasn't fit. Not good for the Oilers most expensive forward.
This isn't to suggest that it's entirely Shawn Horcoff's fault.
Shawn Horcoff has been asked to fill roles on this team that very few Oilers, if any, can fill. Edmonton lacks a number of faceoff capable forwards, which means Horcoff is called upon to take 42 percent of them. Shawn Horcoff has taken 200 face ...
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Shawn Horcoff: Someone Throw Him a Bone; He’ll Pay You For It.
Posted: 24th October 2009 by Jim Parsons in NHLComments Off on Shawn Horcoff: Someone Throw Him a Bone; He’ll Pay You For It.