Previewing the NHL’s 2024-25 Battle of Alberta Dale Bochon | August 24, 2024 As the Battle of Alberta in the Canadian Football League (CFL) quickly approaches, it made me wonder how the Battle of Alberta in hockey will shape up for the 2024-25…
Oilers Have a Target On Their Back Dale Bochon | August 19, 2024 Whether it’s a double offer sheet from St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong or complaints that the Edmonton Oilers were gifted too many first-overall picks, they always seem to…
Oilers’ Calm, Productive Offseason Could Mean Great 2024-25 Season Dale Bochon | August 11, 2024 As a fan of the Edmonton Oilers since the 1979-80 NHL season, I usually feel anxious during the offseason about the upcoming season. During the Stanley Cup-winning years from 1984…
Oilers Follow Recent History by Giving Stan Bowman a Second Chance Dale Bochon | July 31, 2024 One of the best things about being an Edmonton Oilers fan hasn’t always been about cheering for the greatest players in the history of the game but instead because Edmonton…
New Oilers GM Needs To Build On Ken Holland’s Culture Shift Dale Bochon | July 20, 2024 Waiting to see who the Edmonton Oilers hire as their next general manager seems similar to how a new Pope is appointed at the Vatican. Any day now we’ll see…
Sportsnet’s Ken Reid’s Love of Hockey Runs Deep Dale Bochon | July 18, 2024 One of the things I enjoyed most about the Edmonton Oilers’ run to the Stanley Cup Final, besides the great hockey, was watching the post-game commentary on Sportsnet with Ken…
Upper Deck Celebrating 40th Anniversary of Gretzky’s 1st Stanley Cup Dale Bochon | July 13, 2024 I can’t believe it’s been 40 years since Wayne Gretzky won his first Stanley Cup with the Edmonton Oilers. Where has the time gone? May 19, 1984, was one of…
Upper Deck Celebrates 30 Years of Young Guns at the Sphere in Vegas Dale Bochon | July 4, 2024 This past week has been a busy time for NHL teams and the league itself. The longest season in NHL history wrapped up on Monday, June 24 with the Florida…
Draisaitl’s Text to Oilers’ First-Rounder O’Reilly a Positive Sign for Fans Dale Bochon | July 1, 2024 A few rumours were floating around about the future of Leon Draisaitl and whether he’d be sticking around with the Edmonton Oilers. Some of the talk was fuelled at the…
Oilers Continue Miracle Run by Reaching Game 7 Dale Bochon | June 22, 2024 There have been very few moments in hockey that you could truly call miraculous. At the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, Al Michaels asked hockey fans if they believed in miracles…
Hope Continues to Fuel Oilers Stanley Cup Dream Dale Bochon | June 17, 2024 The Edmonton Oilers didn’t get the memo that they were supposed to lie down and die in Game 4 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final. Instead, it looks like the…
Oilers No Stranger to 2-0 Deficit in Stanley Cup Final Dale Bochon | June 12, 2024 In the storied history of the Edmonton Oilers, there have been two occasions where they lost the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final. The first was in 1983…
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