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The clock is ticking on the Edmonton Oilers getting healthy. While the team placed defenceman Alec Regula on the injured reserve on Sunday ahead of their afternoon matinee with the Detroit Red Wings, the Oilers are also expecting some key players to get healthy in the coming week. Zach Hyman can return from the Long-Term…
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The best thing about a back-to-back weekend is that you don’t have time to sit around and feel sorry for yourself. After another disappointing loss on Saturday afternoon in New Jersey, the Oilers get an immediate chance to redeem themselves in Detroit, and I’ll be looking for a much better effort. Yesterday’s 5–3 loss to…
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A real Canadian flavour to the Sunday Scramble this week (Go Blue Jays), and after giving my thoughts about our Edmonton Oilers in my column on Saturday, let’s capitalize on the neighbourly doom permeating provincial borders… This will be a big test for Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy. Will he make the panic move…
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Through five games of the 2025-26 season, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are both averaging over 23 minutes of time on ice (TOI). Not only does that lead the league for forwards, but it’s a higher rate than any forward has averaged in a season over the past decade. While the two superstars absolutely should…
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Are the Jets set to participate in their third Heritage Classic and host their second one?
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The Edmonton Oilers remain among the older teams in the NHL. In fact, in 2024-25, they were the oldest team in the league. Their aging roster can be attributed to a variety of different factors, such as the frequent trading of draft picks during cup contention years, debatable drafting decisions with the picks they did…
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There was a pile of excitement in Greenboro, North Carolina tonight as the ECHL's 2025-26 expansion franchise opened the season. The Greenboro Gargoyles were hosting the Jacksonville Icemen tonight as they began writing their history in the ECHL, and there was obvious hope that the home team would send the fans home with a celebrated and historic win. That would also mean that the team had to score some goals, so the opportunity to write one's name into the Gargoyles' history was waiting for s...
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On its surface, the idea of the Edmonton Oilers being a team that struggles to score is a laughable one. They have perennial 100-point man Connor McDavid. One of the best goal scorers in the league in Leon Drasiatil. A premier offensive defenceman in Evan Bouchard. A jack-of-all-trades Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who at his peak a…
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Keeping you up-to-date with all the latest pro hockey news in Manitoba.
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Recap of the game.
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The weird thing about matinee weekends like this one is that you never really know what you’re going to get. Will the change in routine throw the players off and open the door for more chaos? Will one team show up sharper than the other? Will we forget the game’s even on? Between the odd…
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Few hockey teams are good enough to pass up shooting in key scoring areas like the slot. Few hockey teams can overcome poor puck management. Few hockey teams can actively avoid chipping pucks to create a strong forecheck, create turnovers in the offensive zone, and be successful in scoring. Few hockey teams can play with…
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Well, that was ugly. On Saturday afternoon, the Edmonton Oilers faced off against the New Jersey Devils, falling 5-3 to move their record to 2-2-1. Let’s take a look at what went on in this game. The two teams remained scoreless after the first period, but it was the Devils who opened the scoring just…
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Devan Dubnyk found himself at a crossroads when he was dealt from the Edmonton Oilers to the Nashville Predators. 27 years old at the time, he was faced with playing for a new organization after spending a decade in Edmonton’s system. And while things didn’t quite work out in the Music City, it didn’t take…
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Canada West men's hockey is one of those sports where there are different levels for teams based on how aggressively they recruit, their own expectations for their season, and the people running the programs. We've seen the Alberta Golden Bears hold a standard that few teams could meet, but the recent emergence of the Saskatchewan Huskies, the Calgary Dinos, and the Mount Royal Cougars gave brought a little more parity to the conference. Tonight, though, the Huskies reminded everyone why they'...
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The Edmonton Oilers are going with Calvin Pickard between the pipes for Saturday’s matinee against the New Jersey Devils. It wasn’t the only notable change in the Oilers’ lineup, as rookie forward Issac Howard will watch the game from the press box, allowing Curtis Lazar to make his team debut against his former club. Lazar,…
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TSN's hockey analyst joined Hustler to talk about the NHL club of Winnipeg.
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We’ve got a Saturday matinee in New Jersey on deck as the Edmonton Oilers look to rebound after a sloppy 4–2 loss to the Islanders on Thursday night. What’s tricky about this first afternoon game of the season is that 1) we’re all traumatized from weird losses in daylight hours, even though the Oilers have…
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The Jets centre goes 1-on-1 with Elliotte Friedman in this sit down chat.
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Guests: Mike McIntyre at 12:55 and Chris Mason at 1:28:05.
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Ever since Connor McDavid announced his two-year contract extension worth just $12.5 million per season, social media has been ablaze with discussion on how the Oilers will spend the extra cap space at their disposal this summer. Last week, amidst the Buffalo Sabres’ disastrous start, names like Alex Tuch and Tage Thompson started to pop…
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The captain joins the team for the first time since offseason hip surgery.
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A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
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Three things are certain in life: Death, taxes, and the Buffalo Sabres being awful. It may be a new season for the 32 teams in the National Hockey League, but it’s the same script for the Sabres. Through four games, the Sabres are 1-3-0, scoring just 10 goals, tied for the third-fewest in the league….
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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. Vincent Damphousse comes in at No. 69 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 56 on Brownlee’s original list. Vincent Damphousse may be one of the most under-discussed top players of…
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