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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…

about 2 months ago | 1 read

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…

about 2 months ago | 0 reads

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…

about 2 months ago | 5 reads

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…

about 2 months ago | 6 reads

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…

about 2 months ago | 1 read

Oilers to hold ceremony honouring Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ 1,000th game Sunday

The Edmonton Oilers will hold a ceremony on Sunday ahead of their game against the St. Louis Blues to honour Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ 1,000th NHL game. The 32-year-old will reach the milestone Sunday, where he’s set to become the first player in franchise history to play all 1,000 of his career games with the Oilers. The…

about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Pre-Scout: Canucks reeling in one of their franchise’s worst losing skids

Let me steal a lede for this Vancouver Canucks story. To quote our sister site at CanucksArmy, writer Michael Liu’s words: “Adam Foote is a hockey terrorist and the product on the ice is absolutely horrid.” Of course, every team has won a game in the calendar year of 2026. Right? (Natalie Portman Star Wars…

about 2 months ago | 4 reads

CHN Recruiting Roundup: January

College Hockey News is excited to release its latest monthly recruiting notebook. Stay tuned to CHN’s recruiting page throughout the season for its top 10 list, breaking commitment news and much more...

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Am I An Influencer?

The short answer to the question above is no, I'm not an influencer by any means. The deeper answer is that I neither want to live my life in the public eye nor would I want to have my face and thoughts splashed all over social media. Frankly, it seems exhausting, and I know I could put that time to better use for a plethora of things. That being said, the news to the left today was pretty awesome to see as the Colorado Avalanche went ahead and promoted Kim Weiss to a permanent assistant coach...

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about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Oilersnation Radio: Oilers get goalie’d, goaltending decisions, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ 1000th game

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’ loss to the Islanders, the end of Connor McDavid’s point streak, Edmonton’s goaltending dilemma, line combos, and more. We kicked off the Friday episode…

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Flashback Friday: Looking at the Oilers’ two most recent trades with Canucks

On Saturday, the Edmonton Oilers head on a brief road trip to take on the Vancouver Canucks. The two Western Conference Canadian teams have a shared history. Mark Messier has been the captain of both teams and they’ve played a handful of postseason matchups against one another, the most recent being in 2024. If we’re…

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