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Distance did not make the heart go stronger for Edmonton Oilers hockey. While noticeable improvements were made for players like Matt Savoie and Trent Frederic offensively, we were quickly reminded just how poor this team is in the defensive zone. In the category of Just Oilers Things, how do you score 17 goals on a…
The Edmonton Oilers, despite the return of assistant coach Paul Coffey behind the bench, still need to address their defensive concerns ahead of Friday's trade deadline. This much is clear. They have been linked to a couple of candidates. We know that their interest in Toronto Maple Leafs' puck-mover Oliver Ekman-Larsson "is real." But according to insider Frank Seravalli, the Oil are also "fixated" on Blues top-four d-man Justin Faulk. According to Frank Seravalli Oilers are fixated on ...
The Edmonton Oilers’ attempts to trade Andrew Mangiapane have failed, thus far, to find him a new home. And with the Oilers going 1-2 out of the Olympic break with disappointing losses to the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks, the team has taken the drastic measure of placing the disgruntled winger on waivers. Joining…
The Edmonton Oilers have been having plenty of trouble finding a trade partner to take Andrew Mangiapane's $3.6 million cap hit (this year and next) off their hands. They've now placed him on waivers. The Edmonton Oilers have placed Alec Regula & Andrew Mangiapane on waivers. pic.twitter.com/pR2zuvekmG — PuckEmpire (@puckempire) March 1, 2026 Alec Regula also hits the waiver wire. The moves are to hopefully create cap and roster flexibility as we head towards the trade deadline on ...
Fresh off a regulation win over the Edmonton Oilers , the San Jose Sharks are back on the ice and ready to welcome the Winnipeg Jets into town. The Jets are one of six teams that did not play yesterday and so the team is in town and well rested for today’s game. Winnipeg was in Anaheim on Friday and lost to the Ducks 5-4 in overtime. Connor Hellebuyck was in the net for the loss, his first game back since winning the gold medal for Team USA at the Olympics. While not mathematically elimin...
The Edmonton Oilers’ Jekyll-and-Hyde season continued on their past three-game road trip. They gave up yet another lead to lose to the Anaheim Ducks in the first game, looked like men among boys in a dominating 8-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, and just when you thought they had turned the page, they came…
One step forward, one step back. After an 8-1 win over the Kings in Los Angeles that felt like the team’s most complete effort of the season, the Edmonton Oilers followed it up Saturday with a 5-4 loss to a San Jose Sharks team that came in riding a five-game losing streak. Macklin Celebrini opened…
With the NHL Trade Deadline less than a week away, the Edmonton Oilers have recently been linked to defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson of the Toronto Maple Leafs. “I do think Edmonton’s interest in Ekman-Larsson is real,” said Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts podcast. “And I think it’s just going to be really interesting to see…
Edmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman has two jobs before the trade deadline approaches on Friday. 1 - trade Andrew Mangiapane, and 2 - find a third-line center. The Oilers have been involved in trade talks for weeks as they look to make some changes up front before the deadline, and they've also been linked to a depth defenceman, who can play the right side. Bowman's been as active as anyone the past couple of weeks, and Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman feels there's some potential for the...
The San Jose Sharks put together a team effort to beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 today, and in doing so, the Sharks helped keep the team’s playoff hopes alive. While San Jose clearly has a lot of ground to make up after that five-game losing streak, the regulation win over a division rival and a team ahead of it in the standings certainly helps. Better yet for Sharks fans, the team achieved the win by committee, with five different players scoring goals and 12 different players registering point...
After beating the wheels off the L.A. Kings on Thursday night, the Edmonton Oilers wrapped up their California road trip with one last stop in San Jose to face the sliding Sharks. The Sharks came into the game on a healthy losing streak, and that meant an opportunity for the Oilers to keep building momentum…
It’s safe to say that the Edmonton Oilers aren’t playing their best hockey at the moment. On Saturday afternoon, the Oilers headed to Northern California to play the San Jose Sharks for the second time this season, falling 5-4 in another high-scoring game. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. The…
The Edmonton Oilers wrap up their California road trip with a final stop in San Jose to face Macklin Celebrini and the sixth-place Sharks. I know I don’t have to tell anybody reading this how important these two points are, but it’s worth mentioning that the Oilers absolutely need to figure out a way to…
For the first time since forming a dominant line together at the Winter Olympics, Connor McDavid and Macklin Celebrini will face each other as opponents. With the 2024 first-overall pick riding shotgun, McDavid led the Olympic tournament with 13 points in six games, earning MVP honours despite Canada falling to the United States in the…
One defenceman that the Edmonton Oilers have been linked to is Oliver Ekman-Larsson. Ekman-Larsson is one of the last remaining players in the National Hockey League who was a part of the Phoenix Coyotes (before the name change). He’s a well-travelled defenceman, as he was drafted sixth overall in the 2009 draft and has played…
There have been two Edmonton Oilers to hit games played milestones this season. For the first time in franchise history, a player played their 1,000th game with the Oilers, as Adam Henrique reached the quadruple-digit game mark on October 21st against the Ottawa Senators. On January 18th, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins became the first Oiler to play…
It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of off-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ post-Olympic return, Connor McDavid’s latest 100-point season, the NHL Trade Deadline, line combinations, trade targets, and more. We kicked off the Friday episode…
The Edmonton Oilers scored 13 goals in two games, and in five of six periods, they dominated the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings. It is a very small sample size, but the systemic changes Knoblauch made had the Oilers playing with better puck support, more pace, fewer stretch passes, and they were less reliant…
One of the best third-line centres available ahead of March 6th’s trade deadline is Ryan O’Reilly. The 35-year-old has the rare distinction of being a second-round pick who immediately made the National Hockey League. He’s since gone on to have a Hall of Very Good career, scoring 323 goals and 880 points in 1,209 career…
With just a week to go before the NHL Trade Deadline, the Edmonton Oilers seem destined to make a move to bolster their lineup, in hopes of making another deep run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. As has been the conversation for the past several years, many expect the Oilers to add to their blue…
After a thrilling few weeks of Olympic hockey, the NHL is back underway, and for an Edmonton Oilers squad that limped into the break, there’s a heightened sense of urgency. They sit third in the Pacific Division, but only four points separate them from the playoff line. HockeyStats’ analytics model has them at a 60…
The Edmonton Oilers welcomed us all back in classic Oily fashion. They gave us a glimmer of hope Tuesday night, and then left us with nothing at all. Despite holding two separate two-goal leads, the Oilers managed to leave Anaheim with nothing but a bitter taste. Arguably with more questions as to why the team…
The Edmonton Oilers snapped their four-game losing streak emphatically, handing the Los Angeles Kings an 8-1 beating in their home barn on Thursday night. Coming off a frustrating 6-5 loss to the Anaheim Ducks in which they surrendered three separate leads, the Oilers delivered their most complete performance of the season to get back in…
Toronto has been linked to Edmonton plenty this winter, but one proposed one-for-one never got off the ground. On his latest trade board, Nick Kypreos reported the Edmonton Oilers were “prepared to send” Andrew Mangiapane to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Matias Maccelli , and “the feeling is the Leafs weren’t too interested in it.” Why Toronto Said No to the Oilers’ One-for-One Offer Mangiapane’s season hasn’t popped, with seven goals and 14 points in 51 games, and the Oilers have been...
If you’re wondering what exactly is going on with the Edmonton Oilers right now, you’re not alone. After coughing up three separate leads in Anaheim and turning a winnable game into a 6-5 mess, the Oilers rolled into Los Angeles for the second half of a back-to-back, looking less like a contender and more like…