{"id":78932,"date":"2020-07-01T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=78932"},"modified":"2020-07-11T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T22:24:00","slug":"edmonton-oilers-one-hit-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/07\/01\/edmonton-oilers-one-hit-wonders\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers One-Hit Wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Last Word on Hockey\u2019s One Hit Wonder series. Each day, we will take a look at a new team\u2019s three biggest one-hit wonders. These are players that had one great season or playoff run but never did anything like that again. Join us every day for a new team! Today we take a look at the <\/span><\/i>Edmonton<\/i> Oilers <\/i><\/a>One-Hit Wonders.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The Edmonton Oilers Top Three One-Hit Wonders<\/span><\/h2>\n

Jimmy Carson<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The first on the Edmonton Oilers One Hit Wonders list is Jimmy Carson. <\/strong>Carson was the Los Angelas Kings<\/a>\u2019 second overall pick in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft and was perhaps most famous for being part of the Wayne Gretzky<\/a><\/strong> deal.\u00a0He put up incredible stats as Junior player, including a 153 point season for the <\/span>Verdun Junior Canadiens<\/span> in 1985-86.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Carson continued to produce early in his NHL career. As a 19-year-old, he had 55 goals and 107 points season for the Kings in 1987-88. At that time, Carson had scored more goals than any other teenager in NHL history, including Wayne Gretzky<\/a>. Carson was deemed as one of the best young goal scorers in the game and an elite scorer in the NHL for a long long time.<\/span><\/p>\n

One Hit Season<\/span><\/h4>\n

Carson\u2019s first season with the Oilers (1988-89) was an exceptional hit. He scored 49 goals and 100 points in 80 games and finished second on the team in scoring. At only 20, he was also a top ten player in the NHL in scoring. He looked like an important franchise piece for the Oilers for years to come. <\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Edmonton, Carson demanded a trade out of Edmonton in November 1989. He was then traded to the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> along with Kevin McClelland<\/a> and a fifth-round draft pick for Adam Graves<\/a>, Petr Kl\u00edma<\/a><\/strong>, and Joe Murphy<\/a><\/strong>. In retrospect, trading Carson was a good move for the Oilers. As the pieces, they got back in the deal were a huge part of helping them capture the 1990 Stanley Cup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Wonder<\/span><\/h4>\n

After leaving Edmonton, Carson still managed to put up good numbers in Detroit. In his first season, he scored 20 goals and 36 points for Detroit in 44 games in 1989-90. It was still early in his career, but that was Carson’s lowest point per game average (0.818) as a pro. Little did we know, that was the start of a gradual decline for Carson\u2019s production in the NHL.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From 1989-90 on, Carson never scored more than 34 goals and 69 points in a single season. He was also never a point-per-game player again. He played for three more seasons for Detroit before moving onto play for Los Angelas for two more seasons. <\/span><\/p>\n

Despite getting an opportunity to play with Gretzky, Carson never seemed to have regained his scoring touch again. His second stint with LA only saw him score 16 goals in two seasons. Shortly after that, he would play 11 games for the Hartford Whalers<\/a> in 1995-96 before leaving the NHL good at only 27.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fernando Pisani<\/a><\/h3>\n

Fernando Pisani<\/a> <\/strong>was the Edmonton Oilers eighth-round pick in the 1996 NHL draft. In many ways, he beat the odds as a low pick and wasn’t a full-time NHL player until the age of 26. As a late bloomer, he managed to play in eight NHL seasons and almost 500 NHL regular-season games. He was considered as a depth forward for most of his NHL career but managed to score at least 13 goals or more in four consecutive seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One Hit Season<\/span><\/h4>\n