Perception of the Oilers Changed? Shane Sander | November 1, 2016 The Edmonton Oilers finally look to be stepping in the right direction, but this is said every season, only for all hope to be lost midway through the year. Sure,…
Oilers Lost the Game but Won the Fight Marcy Di Michele | October 31, 2016 Some things are bigger than hockey. At the end of the day, it’s a game, where athletes get paid an obscene amount of money to play, and fans get the…
Oilers Fans Honour Anderson’s Performance & Grit Rob Soria | October 31, 2016 While most sports fans tend to ride the emotional rollercoaster that comes with cheering on their favourite team, at the end of the day, sports are nothing more than an…
Oilers Being Out-Shot, but Winning Jim Parsons | October 30, 2016 The Edmonton Oilers are 7-1-0. Their seventh win of the 2015-16 season didn’t come until November 20 that year and, at that point, Edmonton was 7-12-1 and already looking at potentially missing…
Oilers Getting Money’s Worth From Sekera Rob Soria | October 30, 2016 Back in the summer of 2015, the Edmonton Oilers turned more than a few heads by jumping into the unrestricted free agent market and landing one of its biggest prizes,…
Will the Clock Strike Midnight for the Oilers? Marcy Di Michele | October 30, 2016 One could argue that Oilers fans have been spoiled over the years. Getting the privilege of watching Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and Jari Kurri on a game-to-game basis, celebrating five Stanley…
Are the Oilers the Real Deal? Rob Soria | October 29, 2016 So here we are. Two and a half weeks into the 2016-17 season and the Edmonton Oilers not only sit atop of the Pacific Division but the entire Western Conference…
Hey Oilers! Taylor Hall is Watching Marcy Di Michele | October 28, 2016 It’s every reporter’s dream. The naturally outspoken Taylor Hall, whose Devils team is middle of the pack and his former squad having the second-best record in the NHL. The Oilers…
Being Tested and Passing With Flying Colors Jim Parsons | October 28, 2016 You often hear players talk about the notion of taking games one at a time. Sometimes, they’ll even suggest they focus on things one period, one step or one shot…
Re-Visiting the Nugent-Hopkins Question Marcy Di Michele | October 27, 2016 It’s still early. Four points in seven games are not terrible. But although it may be early in the NHL season, it’s not early in Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ season. Between the…
The Oilers Unlikely, Unsung Heroes Jim Parsons | October 26, 2016 When the season started and before the Edmonton Oilers went 5-1-0, every injury was a potential disaster. Losing players like Matt Hendricks, Iiro Pakarinen and Brandon Davidson meant Edmonton would…
For the Oilers, It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish Marcy Di Michele | October 25, 2016 Temper the expectations, not the enthusiasm. Wise words from Sportsnet’s Tim Micallef when discussing the Edmonton Oilers. Since the team was ripped to shreds by their head coach, their record…
