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Roundtable: What are your favourite memories of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins?

In just a few short hours, the Edmonton Oilers will honour Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ahead of his 1,000th game. We’ve been celebrating Nuge Week the last number of days, leading up to tonight’s game against the St. Louis Blues. Jason Gregor did a great one-on-one interview with Nugent-Hopkins this week, while there’s a plethora of other…

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TBC: We Want Fish Sticks

If you've followed this blog for any length of time, you likely know that I'm a fan of the infamous New York Islanders' Fisherman jersey. That's not to say that I'm not fan of the traditional Islanders jersey nor am I trying to compare the two in terms of which one is better, but I always thought the Islanders were ahead of their time when the Fisherman debuted. The fact that the jerseys lasted for just two seasons after Islanders fans demanded the team go back to the original logo didn't get ...

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Scenes From Morning Skate: Oilers adjusting to life without Leon Draisaitl

The Edmonton Oilers did pretty well without Leon Draisaitl against the Vancouver Canucks. They won 6-0, looked dominant, and made it seem like maybe life without their second-best player isn’t the disaster everyone thought it would be. Sure, those were the Canucks — a team looking for draft picks instead of wins. But a 6-0…

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The Rundown - Week 12

There were all sorts of playoff implications in the games featured this weekend in Canada West as eight teams looked to strengthen their chances for playoff spots and the related benefits that come with those playoff berths. The only team who wasn't participating was the MacEwan Griffins, and they needed a few teams to help them out by beating the teams they were chasing. Some teams will only have six games remaining on their schedule after this week, so the push for points has to be now if te...

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Nuge Week: Former Oilers teammate Ryan Jones believes Nugent-Hopkins will retire as ‘one of the best’ all-around players to ever play

One of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ former teammates believes he’ll retire as one of the greatest all-around hockey players ever to play the game.  Great Edmonton Oilers fan favourite Ryan Jones joined Oilersnation Everyday on Friday. Jones played with Nuge for four seasons, from 2011 to 2014, and watched the first overall pick transition from junior to…

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How should the Oilers deploy their defensive pairings?

As we near the 50-game mark of the 2025-26 NHL regular-season, the Edmonton Oilers rank second place in the Pacific Division. However, their overall performance certainly has significant room for improvement, particularly for the standards of a cup contender.  This season, the Oilers rank 23rd in the NHL in five-on-five goal differential, having been out‑scored…

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Letters to the Editor: ‘The NHL scheduler sucks!’

Got your coffee? It’s time to dig into this week’s Letters to the Editor. Fix the start times! The NHL scheduler sucks! We play a late 8:00 game out west Saturday night, and then a 6:00 home game Sunday! Why couldn’t they have the Oilers play their game today at 1:00, and you’re home in…

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Hockey East Suspends Boisvert, Eddy 2 Games

Hockey East has suspended Boston University's Sacha Boisvert and UMass Lowell's Connor Eddy an additional two games for their fight during this past Friday's game...

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Oilers pour it on the Canucks in 6-0 win: Recap, Reaction, and Highlights

Everyone loves a good, old-fashioned butt-kicking. On Saturday evening, the Edmonton Oilers played their penultimate road game ahead of the Olympic break, smashing the Vancouver Canucks 6-0 to move their record to 24-17-8. Let’s take a look at what happened in this one. In the first period, it looked like it was going to be…

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Scenes From Morning Skate: At least the Oilers aren’t the Canucks

Scenes Morning Skate: At least the Edmonton Oilers aren’t the Vancouver Canucks Life’s tough right now for the Edmonton Oilers. Connor McDavid’s historic point streak ended on Thursday, the team still hasn’t won three consecutive games, and it’s cold in Edmonton. But at least they aren’t those guys. The Vancouver Canucks are fully embracing the…

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Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl takes leave of absence due to family illness

The Edmonton Oilers will be without Leon Draisaitl for the next number of games. The club announced that Draisaitl would be taking a leave of absence from the team to attend to a family illness in Germany. Draisaitl is expected to return to the team later next week. “On behalf of Leon, the club asks…

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