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Where do the Oilers go from here?

It’s over. Just like that, a season that felt like it had a little bit of everything came to an abrupt halt in only six games, and now the Edmonton Oilers are left to pick up the pieces after a first-round exit that doesn’t sit right with anyone who believed it had more to give….

Pagnotta: Oilers will be ‘very bold’ this summer in improving team

One NHL insider believes the Edmonton Oilers will be “bold” this offseason. David Pagnotta joined The Sheet with Jeff Marek on Friday, the morning after the Oilers season came to an end in Game 6 against the Anaheim Ducks. It was a disappointing finish to the season, and with Connor McDavid’s two-year extension about to begin…

It’s time to raise the standard in Edmonton

This is exactly how this Oilers season deserved to end. We should have seen this one coming from miles away. The Edmonton Oilers bowed out in the first round to the Anaheim Ducks in six games Thursday night. Puck luck favoured the Ducks last night, combined with a lack of urgency from the Oilers, and…

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A brief history of the playoff penalty shot, suddenly the NHL's hottest new trend

Something weird happened in the NHL last week. And for a change, it was something fun. Specifically, it happened four times: In Game 2 between the Flyers and Penguins last Monday, later that same night in Game 2 between Carolina and Ottawa, the next night in Game 2 between the Kings and Avalanche, and then again two nights later in Game 3 between the Sabres and Bruins. Each of those games featured a penalty shot. That’s relatively rare in the playoffs. There have been only 94 postseason penalt...

Scenes from Morning Skate: Oilers’ McDavid doesn’t skate, Dickinson ‘game-time’ decision before Game 6

Neither Connor McDavid nor Jason Dickinson participated in morning skate for the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. The Oilers are again in a must-win situation ahead of Game 6 against the Anaheim Ducks. McDavid and Dickinson didn’t take morning skate before Game 5, either, and were listed as “game-time decisions.” Both played. “We won 4-1. We…