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His Better Half

A lot of people likely recognize the guy to the right as Winnipeg Jets goaltender Eric Comrie. Beside him stands his beautiful wife, Haley, who has to deal with all of Eric's career twists and turns including moving when Eric is traded or signs elsewhere, keeping daily distractions from Eric when he's scheduled to play, and dealing with an unhappy goaltender if he has an off night. I'm not a professional athlete so I'm sure I've left a few details out about some of the stuff Haley does for Eri...

2 months ago | 0 reads

NHL News: Former Oiler Philip Broberg signs six-year, $8-million AAV extension, Hamilton and Devils work on trade

The St. Louis Blues have locked up Philip Broberg. On Saturday afternoon, The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford reported that Broberg and the St. Louis Blues have agreed on a six-year extension worth $8 million annually. BREAKING: #stlblues sign Philip Broberg to a six-year, $48 million contract extension ($8 million AAV) — Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) January 10,…

2 months ago | 9 reads

The Hips Don't Lie

Eight teams were in action today in Canada West women's hockey action, but it was the one team who wasn't that lead to today's discovery. I'll talk more about those other games on The Rundown on Sunday, but it was an exhibition game between the Alberta Pandas and the ACAC's Red Deer Polytechnic Queens that had me checking Alberta's website for scoring information. While I was there, I noticed they had published the boxscore for their exhibition game last week against the NAIT Ooks, so I went a...

2 months ago | 0 reads

Oilers loan Stillman to AHL Condors as Walman, Jarry near return from LTIR

The Edmonton Oilers have loaned defenceman Riley Stillman to the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors, the club announced Saturday. Stillman, 27, was recalled by the team on December 12th, drawing in for four games, most recently Thursday’s against the Winnipeg Jets. He didn’t notch any points, but averaged 12 minutes and two seconds of ice-time, laying seven…

2 months ago | 3 reads

Stripes Are All The Rage

It should come as no surprise that stripes play an important role on the sweaters and jerseys worn throughout hockey history. Stripes can add contrast, be used to separate jersey segments, accentuate logos, or provide a look that others may not have for a touch of uniqueness. We saw the New York Rangers use thicker stripes on their Winter Classic jerseys to help create that old-school look while the Florida Panthers used stripes to really add contrast and a pop of colour to their jerseys. Stri...

2 months ago | 3 reads

Oilersnation wants your Letters to the Editor!

There are a few things I love more in the world than newspapers. They’ve existed for hundreds of centuries as ways to disseminate information to the public, and for nearly as long as they’ve been printed, so too have Letters to the Editor. Those letters serve to give you, the reader, a voice — something…

2 months ago | 0 reads

Ask Dubey: How to deal with the anxiety and pressure of being a goaltender

Welcome back to another edition of Ask Dubey! There were a number of great questions this week, focusing on the mental side of the game, how I dealt with pressure and the mental side of goaltending, and advice that I would give to young goaltenders dealing with the same thing. Let’s jump into a couple…

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The Oilers have one thing left to try with Trent Frederic: killing penalties

Edmonton Oilers one thing left to try with Trent Frederic: killing penalties If Edmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman had a hot tub time machine, he wouldn’t create the search engine “Lougle” or change the result of the Earnest Byner fumble – he’d trim six years off of Trent Frederic’s contract.  It’s been an unmitigated…

2 months ago | 1 read

Oilersnation Radio: Oilers win, the Jets stink, and more NHL trade rumours

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 Tristan Jarry’s injury, the Oilers’ recall of Isaac Howard and Quinn Hutson, additional injury updates, line combos, and more. We kicked off the Friday episode of…

2 months ago | 2 reads