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The Edmonton Oilers are approaching the midpoint of their seven-game road trip, and with two wins in their last three games, that’s quite alright in the eyes of Oilers fans for a team that’s struggled with consistency this season and on the current trip. Zach Hyman’s return to the lineup gave the club a nice…
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The Edmonton Oilers’ need for a new netminder tandem continues. There is a solution that doesn’t involve trading Stuart Skinner. Admittedly, the hometown goaltender has been okay this season, posting an .891 save percentage and 2.77 goals against average in 14 games. Among netminders with 14 or more games played, Skinner’s 2.7 Goals Saved Above…
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Good morning, everyone, and a happy Monday to you all. As per tradition, I’ve got a brand new mailbag set to go after taking your questions and sending them to the crew for their takes. This week, we’re discussing if the Oilers protect Connor McDavid enough, the tight NHL standings, Ken Holland vs. Stan Bowman,…
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The biggest story through the season’s first month or so was that nobody knew anything. OK, sure, there were a few teams that stuck to the script. The Avs were good. The Predators were bad. But in between, it was chaos. Teams that nobody thought would be all that good were dominating. Teams we thought would be terrible were competitive, or better. And so many presumed contenders were struggling that you could barely hear the goal horns over the sounds of all the windows slamming shut. It seeme...
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Kristoffer Eberly never intended to put on a set of goalie pads when he started playing hockey at 7 years old. In his first season of youth hockey, back in his home state of Michigan in a house league, the team didn’t have a designated individual guarding the cage...
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It's a quieter week than what we normally see as the Alberta Pandas, the Saskatachewan Huskies, and the Manitoba Bisons are all on a bye week for various university-related reasons, but we still had six teams seeking points to improve their chances at a playoff spot this season. Honestly, it's weird knowing that both Saskatchewan and Manitoba have four games in-hand on the Calgary Dinos within the same division, but I'm not in charge of the Canada West schedule. Let's check out the six teams t...
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On November 16th in 2019, Colorado Avalanche winger Matt Calvert took an Elias Pettersson wrist shot to the head. Clearly bloodied and injured by the puck, Pettersson paused and alerted the referees in an effort to stop play.The officials ignored Pettersson's plea and twelve long seconds later Alex Edler scored, pulling the Vancouver Canucks within one goal with less than three minutes to
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On November 16th in 1997, trailing by three goals with 3:30 remaining in the third period of a matinee at MSG, Colorado Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy elected to skate the puck up the ice stickhandling past Wayne Gretzky before crossing center ice where #33 was whistled by referee Paul Devorski.The unorthodox adventure greatly amused MSG color commentator and former
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On November 16th in 2010, Marcus Vinnerborg became the first European born referee to officiate a NHL game. The milestone was made in the Lone Star State during a midweek Pacific Division matchup between the Anaheim Ducks and Dallas Stars. Find full video highlights here. Director of Officiating Terry Gregson elected to add the overseas outsider to the NHL's zeal of zebra six months earlier
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In Part 1, I talked about why I decided to compare the 2025-26 Edmonton Oilers to the nine teams post-1990 that attempted to make the Stanley Cup Final for a third straight year. For more background and other notes, including just how bloody hard it is, read it here. This list compares Edmonton’s start through…
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Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Mike Grier comes in at No. 63 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 49 on Brownlee’s original list. Against so many odds, Mike Grier had quite the career. He…
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Zach Hyman isn’t wearing a letter on his jersey (yet). He’s not the one giving postgame speeches or handling media responsibilities when things go wrong. But what he brings to the Edmonton Oilers goes beyond any official leadership designation. It’s the kind of leadership that shows up in how other players compete when he’s in…
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Good news for the 21-year-old defenseman.
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Typically, in the Sunday Scramble, I take a ripped-from-the-headlines approach to the hot topics across the hockey world. But this week I’ve been thinking about history and how it applies to this version of the Edmonton Oilers. Can we really expect this team to start well? They never seem to do so anyway, but what…
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At the 20-game mark of the 2025-26 NHL season, the Edmonton Oilers have a record of 9-7-4. Overall, it is well below the expectations for this team. On the one hand, underwhelming starts are far from a new phenomenon for Edmonton. After all, they had a horrific record of 2-9-1 to start 2023-24, just two…
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The Oilers rolled into Carolina on Saturday looking for a response after a sloppy loss in Columbus, and the big question I had was whether they could take advantage of a Hurricanes team playing the second half of a back-to-back. This was a test of urgency as much as execution against a very detailed hockey…
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Stops in Raleigh are never easy. For many Edmonton Oilers fans, it invokes unpleasant memories from the 2006 Stanley Cup Final. And while that may be almost 20 years in the past, recent trips to visit the Carolina Hurricanes haven’t always been fun. In the Connor McDavid era, the Oilers had gone 3-6 in their…
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Two seasons ago, RIT represented Atlantic Hockey in the NCAA Tournament after winning the conference tournament. That same season, the Tigers captured their second consecutive regular season title...
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That could be a staple win. On Saturday evening, the Edmonton Oilers made their third of seven stops on the Eastern Conference road trip, this time defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. It took the Oilers just three minutes and 47 seconds into…
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When the Oilers hit the ice tonight against the Carolina Hurricanes, Brett Kulak will officially be suited up for his 600th NHL game. Not bad for an Edmonton kid who had to scratch and claw his way into the league the long way. Nothing has ever been handed to Kulak, and getting to 600 NHL…
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have claimed Edmonton Oilers defenceman Troy Stecher off waivers. The Oilers placed the 31-year-old on waivers Friday, also assigning Isaac Howard to the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors, with Zach Hyman returning from the Long-Term Injured Reserve. Stecher was acquired by the Oilers in March 2024 at the NHL trade deadline from the…
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