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Oilers’ Trent Frederic trending upward after being healthy scratched

Through the first half of the season, Trent Frederic’s start with the Edmonton Oilers after signing his eight-year deal hasn’t quite lived up to expectations, with only three points through 45 games. As someone on the outside looking in, you can only speculate as to why — perhaps he’s still feeling the effects of the…

26 days ago | 3 reads

We were right doubt to the Jets, and other midseason lessons from the prediction contest

One of my favorite posts of every year is the annual prediction contest, in which I give you ten simple questions about how the upcoming season will go, and you get them wrong. I love that for us, for two reasons. First, it helps me feel better about all of my own bad predictions. (The New Jersey Devils: maybe not elite Cup contenders after all.) But more importantly, it’s a way to remind us all about just how unpredictable the NHL has become. It’s easy to look back at any given season after i...

26 days ago | 3 reads

Cross-Border Sledding

There has only been a handful of times where this blog has been involved in international hockey events with our neighbours to the south, but the arrival of today's news in my email may change that. I know I've had the privilege of covering the World Deaf Ice Hockey Championship back in 2009 and there have been a handful of US-based teams who have played at the Female World Sport School Challenge, but I've never been involved in a series of games between a US-based team and a Canadian-based te...

26 days ago | 0 reads

Oilersnation Radio: “You can’t win if you don’t lead”

It’s Tuesday afternoon, and there’s a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio set, which means the boys were back in the studio to recap the week that was. On today’s episode, the guys discussed Connor McDavid’s heater, Tristan Jarry and Jake Walman’s return, Quinn Hutson’s new contract, and much more. We kicked off the Tuesday episode…

26 days ago | 5 reads

GDB 47.0: Oilers want to continue preying on Nashville (6 PM MT, SN1)

Since the calendar turned to 2020, the Edmonton Oilers have owned the Nashville Predators. The domination began with a 4-2 win on January 14, 2020, and since then, the Oilers are 14-1-1, outscoring the Predators 72-36. Edmonton has scored four-plus goals 11 times while allowing two goals or fewer 11 times. They’ve won nine games…

26 days ago | 4 reads

Oilers injury news: Jake Walman, Tristan Jarry activated from long-term injured reserve, Henrique moved to LTIR

Here comes the cavalry. The Edmonton Oilers have activated defenceman Jake Walman and goaltender Tristian Jarry from the Long-Term Injured Reserve, the club announced Tuesday. The #Oilers have activated goaltender Tristan Jarry & defenceman Jake Walman from long-term injured reserve! The team has also placed forward Adam Henrique on LTIR & moved goaltender Connor Ingram…

27 days ago | 1 read