6 Times Oilers Rallied From Being Outside Playoffs at Thanksgiving Brian Swane | November 24, 2023 While there wasn’t a single game on American Thanksgiving yesterday (Nov. 23), as every team had a holiday break, it is one of the most important days on the NHL…
Oilers’ First Missed Playoffs: Looking at the Impact 30 Years Later Brian Swane | November 12, 2023 The Edmonton Oilers are getting close to clinching a postseason berth for the fourth year in a row, their longest such stretch since making five consecutive playoff appearances from 1997…
They Wore It Once: Oilers Players and Their Unique Numbers Jesse Courville-Lynch | October 21, 2023 *This archive was originally written by Colton Pankiw If you were to ask a hockey fan the first thing that came to their mind when they think of the Edmonton…
Revisiting Oilers’ 2014-15 Prospect Pool Jesse Courville-Lynch | September 6, 2023 The Edmonton Oilers are one of the strongest teams in the NHL entering the 2023-24 season and are a favorite to win the Stanley Cup. Every team in the NHL…
Top 5 Seasons by Edmonton Oilers in Their 30s Brian Swane | August 31, 2023 In his 12th NHL season with the Edmonton Oilers, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins piled up points like never before. In 82 games in 2022-23, the Oilers alternate captain had 37 goals and 67…
Oilers: What Happened To Former 1st Overall Pick Nail Yakupov? Jesse Courville-Lynch | August 29, 2023 Leading into the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, all eyes were on potential generational talent, Russian forward Nail Yakupov. Yakupov played the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons with the Sarnia Sting of…
Oilers’ All-Time Biggest August Trades Brian Swane | August 6, 2023 August is a relatively uneventful time in the NHL. The draft is several weeks bygone. Free agency has been open for a month. Teams are mostly done making major moves,…
Revisiting Oilers’ Foegele for Bear Trade After 2 Years Rob Couch | July 28, 2023 It has been two years since the Edmonton Oilers and Carolina Hurricanes made a trade swapping Warren Foegele for Ethan Bear. The trade occurred on July 28, 2021, and was…
Oilers’ Loss of Curtis Joseph in Free-Agency Rocked Franchise Brian Swane | July 16, 2023 Curtis Joseph’s Edmonton Oilers debut, on Jan. 13, 1996, was a transformative moment for the franchise. Likewise, his exit from Edmonton, coming exactly two and a half years later, on…
MacTavish’s Ironman Streak is an Untouchable Oilers Record Brian Swane | July 9, 2023 Vegas Golden Knights forward Phil Kessel recently became the NHL’s Ironman, when on Oct. 25, 2022, he played in his 990th consecutive game to break the record held by Keith…
Wayne Gretzky and a Season Like No Other THW Archives | June 30, 2023 From a team standpoint, the five Stanley Cup championships that Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers won are obviously on a level all their own, but the same can be…
Oilers’ Promising Young 2015-16 Team: What Happened? Rob Couch | June 10, 2023 The Edmonton Oilers stewed at the bottom of the standings for many years and missed the playoffs in 10 consecutive seasons. The 2015-16 season just so happened to be the…