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We may be a few years away from the next rendition of best-on-best hockey, but that doesn’t mean it’s too soon to start looking at who could make the rosters. Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis, Scott Maxwell, and Matt Larkin dove into the Canadian roster, each projecting the forwards, defencemen, and goaltenders, and all three agreed…
The NHL offseason has been absolute bedlam so far. We’ve seen star players traded, multiple first-round picks moved, and pricey offer sheets signed. Amid all the chaos, the Edmonton Oilers quietly improved their cap situation and added on the margins. Now, they’re on the hunt for a bigger move. Stan Bowman set everything in motion…
In the throes of the NHL off-season, there is Stanley Cup controversy, one with roots back to the Edmonton Oilers’ victory in 1984. Images have been released of the Carolina Hurricanes’ addition to the Stanley Cup band, an honoured tradition of engraving the names of the players and team members onto the trophy to be…
The Edmonton Oilers will have a new alternate jersey for the upcoming season, with little tidbits emerging on what the design is. Each NHL team will have new alternates as part of the league’s “Hometown Remix” jerseys, meant to tie directly to the city, culture, history, and identity of the market. Sports 1440 morning show…
The Montreal Canadiens still haven't addressed their need for a top-six forward. Meanwhile, some observers wonder if Vladimir Tarasenko would be a good addition for the Edmonton Oilers.
The Edmonton Oilers have made it clear this offseason that adding a legitimate top-six right winger remains one of the organization’s final priorities. After reshaping their blue line and stabilizing…
The position group the Edmonton Oilers needed to address most in the off-season was goaltending. General manager Stan Bowman was busy adding two goaltenders to push Tristan Jarry next season, who needs a reset instead of a rebound. Whether Frederik Andersen or Devon Levi is a true solution can only be determined by the games,…
One of the Edmonton Oilers’ head coaching candidates during this recent cycle talked about his experience on a recent podcast. On Leafs Morning Take on Wednesday, they interviewed outgoing Toronto coach Craig Berube, who was an early candidate in Edmonton’s coaching search before they eventually decided to hire Mike Babcock. He said on The Leafs…
The Edmonton Oilers weren’t expecting to be eliminated in round one of the playoffs last season. In fact, fans were hoping they could make another deep playoff run and have…
Most of the Edmonton Oilers’ moves this off-season, particularly the more significant ones, have focused on improving the back end and the goaltending. One signing that flew under the radar amid the flurry of activity on July 1 was the addition of forward Mathieu Joseph. Joseph, a 29-year-old left-shot winger from Laval, signed for one…
With Darnell Nurse now with the San Jose Sharks, the Edmonton Oilers have at least a couple of things left to figure out for next season. For one, who’s taking over the music? Nurse has long been known as the Oilers’ locker-room DJ, getting the team fired up before games. But more importantly, who will…
A flurry of moves to start the new league year means an abundance of decisions ahead for the Edmonton Oilers. They have a full roster of NHL talent, but we…
Many moons ago, Lowetide coined the term “The Leftorium” when referring to the Edmonton Oilers blue line. A decade ago, the Oilers had a plethora of left-shot defencemen who were competing for minutes: Andrej Sekera, Oscar Klefbom, Brandon Davidson, Andrew Ference, Darnell Nurse, Griffin Reinhart, Nikita Nikitin, and the list went on. Heading into the…
The Edmonton Oilers currently have ten defensemen who played NHL games last season. Most would agree the top five D-men are Evan Bouchard, Mattias Ekholm, Jake Walman, Connor Murphy, and Ryan Shea. Bouchard is their top-pair right defenceman, will run the power play, and he will play the most minutes. Murphy is the second-pair right…
On July 3, 2006, I was in my car listening to Bob Stauffer and Mark Spector on Team 1260 in Edmonton when they announced that Chris Pronger was being traded…
The Edmonton Oilers see Devon Levi as a long-term investment, but his path to a regular NHL role may depend on one important adjustment. The 24-year-old goaltender arrives in Edmonton with elite athletic ability, yet analysts believe refining his style…
Frederik Andersen revealed the injury he suffered during the Stanley Cup Final that kept him out of the lineup for the final three games of the season. On Monday, one of the newest members of the Edmonton Oilers answered questions from the media from his home in Denmark following his one-year contract to come to…
For three and a half weeks of the 2024 offseason, during the most pivotal time of year with respect to negotiations between players and teams, the Edmonton Oilers were without…
The Edmonton Oilers and other teams in the Pacific Division should be sending flowers and chocolates to the Philadelphia Flyers front office. A nice card should read, “Thanks for sending the Anaheim Ducks a poison pill.” Because that’s exactly what they did in signing Leo Carlsson to a five-year, $18 million AAV offer sheet. It’s…
The Edmonton Oilers have been quite active this offseason, making some moves behind their bench as well as with their roster, with some player personnel changes. From trading Darnell Nurse…
Just when you thought the Edmonton Oilers may have fallen asleep at the wheel on the first day of free agency, after a quiet start to the day, a flurry of signings followed the Darnell Nurse trade. Among them was Mathieu Joseph, who signed a one-year contract carrying a $1 million cap hit. If you…
As the salary cap continues to rise, these teams showed there are still ways to spend their money poorly.
The Edmonton Oilers’ free agent signing with the most pedigree is reigning Stanley Cup champion Frederik Andersen. Fresh off a tremendous playoff run where he went 13-2 before Brandon Bussi took over, Edmonton was looking to shore up its crease with a veteran who’s been through the rigours of a Stanley Cup run. Adding Andersen…
On Friday, a trusted hockey insider reported that unrestricted free agent veteran Claude Giroux was headed back to his longtime original team, the Philadelphia Flyers . So why hasn't it happened yet? It appears there is one major reason. Reports are that several other teams were also in on Giroux, including his incumbent team, the Ottawa Senators , in addition to the Edmonton Oilers and the Toronto Maple Leafs . In fact, the Leafs, according to insider Elliotte Friedman , made the bigges...
The dust is starting to settle on free agency, and cheers and jeers for teams across the NHL are getting released. Our own Lane Golden gave his grades for the major signings the Edmonton Oilers made as free agency opened on Wednesday, but as we do every year, it’s time to see how those outside…