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Darvin Babiuk

Darvin Babiuk has worked as a dishwasher, janitor, paper boy, grocery clerk, researcher, historical interpreter, oil and gas trainer and university lecturer. He covers the Edmonton Oilers for The Hockey Writers. Friends and relatives say he has never been the same after the tragic incident at the Moosomin 47th annual Dmitro Petrycyshyn Pickerel and Perogies Cribbage tournament. He has lived more places than Sinbad the Sailor.

Oilers Season Was Better Than Their 2020 Playoffs Show

Darvin Babiuk | November 21, 2020

“Five-by-five” is used in radio communications to indicate reception strength and clarity. A “five-by-five” signal means we can understand the transmission with perfect strength and clarity. That is the opposite…

Categories Edmonton Oilers

Ex-Oiler Reinhart May Be the Most Expensive Non-NHL Player Ever

Darvin Babiuk | November 16, 2020

Griffin Reinhart last played professionally in 2019-20 with Beijing’s Kunlun Red Star in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That’s a long way from being drafted 4th overall by the New…

Categories Islanders History, Oilers History

Georges Laraque Wants to Fight Mike Tyson for Charity

Darvin Babiuk | November 10, 2020

Former NHL enforcer Georges Laraque wants to be the next man to fight “Iron Mike” Tyson who’s preparing for his upcoming Nov. 28 exhibition boxing match against Roy Jones Jr.…

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Sabres’ Davidson Keeps Battling Back

Darvin Babiuk | November 1, 2020

Taylor Hall isn’t the only former Edmonton Oiler who signed with the Buffalo Sabres this offseason. Fellow 2010 draft pick Brandon Davidson joined Hall and Tobias Rieder as former Oiler…

Categories Buffalo Sabres, Player Profiles

Oilers Hope Broberg Keeps on Surprising

Darvin Babiuk | October 23, 2020

A number of Edmonton Oilers’ bubble roster players have been loaned to teams in European leagues in order to help continue their development until the NHL starts its next season…

Categories Oilers Prospects

Oilers Need to Re-sign Nugent-Hopkins

Darvin Babiuk | October 19, 2020

Edmonton Oilers’ general manager (GM) Ken Holland is well into his offseason re-tooling of the Oilers’ roster. His decisions can be divided into three categories: (1) Those that could be…

Categories Editor's Choice, Edmonton Oilers

Time for Oilers’ Puljujarvi to Turn Promise into Performance

Darvin Babiuk | October 14, 2020

Ever since former Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli bounded up the stage in Buffalo on June 24, 2016, to announce the fourth-overall NHL Entry Draft pick with the same…

Categories Edmonton Oilers

Blue Jackets Can Find What They Need on the Oilers Roster

Darvin Babiuk | September 30, 2020

Trade rumours are flying around the Edmonton Oilers. With the end of the season comes the approaching deadlines to qualify restricted free agents (RFA) and/or sign unrestricted free agents (UFA)…

Categories Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers

McDavid Deserves More Respect From Hockey Media

Darvin Babiuk | September 20, 2020

The NHL announced the first tranche of its 2020-21 award winners from Sept. 6-13. We still have to wait until Sept. 21 to find out the rest of the winners,…

Categories Edmonton Oilers

Oilers Goaltending Strategy This Offseason

Darvin Babiuk | September 15, 2020

Tyler Yaremchuk said something that struck a chord with me a few days ago on TSN 1260’s Low Down With Low Tide radio show. What he reminded all of us…

Categories Free Agents, NHL Goaltending, Oilers Goaltending

Developing Oilers Defensemen: A Cautionary Tale

Darvin Babiuk | September 10, 2020

Edmonton can be a tough place to live, especially if you’re a professional hockey player. The only surer thing in the City of Champions — Do city monikers lapse if…

Categories Edmonton Oilers

COVID-19’s Effect on the Edmonton Oilers

Darvin Babiuk | September 6, 2020

Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland made a lot of small, speculative bets last summer, a few which panned out, a few more which still show promise, and he’s going…

Categories Edmonton Oilers

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