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.

Author's Posts

Oilers Goaltending Strategy This Offseason

September 15th, 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 was that the main difference between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks in the playoffs wasn’t player talent, coaching, or the Connor McDavid/Leon Draisatl duo playing below par...

Developing Oilers Defensemen: A Cautionary Tale

September 10th, 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 they’re not renewed every couple of years, like unused library cards? — than seven hours of daylight and temperature of minus-20 in early January, is the outrage and...

COVID-19's Effect on the Edmonton Oilers

September 6th, 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 to have to make a lot more as he reduces payroll to fit the new economic reality imposed by the COVID-19 crisis. The possible cancellation of the 2020-21 AHL season...