Oilers RFAs: Does A Bridge Contract Make Sense For Justin Schultz? Shane Sander | June 13, 2014 Justin Schultz and Jeff Petry make up Edmonton’s two biggest RFA names this summer. Petry will be due for a subsequent raise, but will the Oilers favour a bridge-contract for…
Oilers UFAs: Oilers To Cut Ties With Several This Summer Shane Sander | June 13, 2014 The Oilers will have a change over in many of their UFA’s this off-season. This presents the Oilers an opportunity to remold their supporting cast to make a run at…
Everyone to the Oilers: Edmonton’s Search for the Star Player Marcy Di Michele | June 12, 2014 There is one thing you can be sure of in the NHL. When a team has a storied past, and a big checkbook, that hasn’t made the playoffs in a…
Edmonton Oil Kings Take It All Katherine Hill | May 27, 2014 Edmonton is the City of Champions once again. Although the Edmonton Oilers are in a playoff drought, the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League certainly are not. The…
The Islanders Aren’t Trading Griffin Reinhart to the Oilers Anthony Tartamella | May 14, 2014 This rumor has been making rounds on the internet for some time now and it doesn’t appear to be going away, which is why it is even being written about.…
Oilers Panel: Underrated Prospects, Tyler Myers & Breaking Up The Core Shane Sander | May 12, 2014 Welcome to this week’s edition of the Oilers Panel. This week the contributors discuss the two prospects Oiler fans everywhere should get to know, the never-ending rumour of a Buffalo…
Oilers Panel: Darnell Nurse Edition! Plus, Is It Time To Bring Up Todd Nelson? Shane Sander | May 5, 2014 Welcome to this week’s edition of the Oilers Panel. This week the contributors discuss the possibility of 7th overall pick Darnell Nurse cracking the 2014-15 opening day roster, project who…
Nail Yakupov: Learning From the Makings of Former 1st Round Nothings Shane Sander | May 3, 2014 When it comes to the draft the term bust is thrown around rather easily. Names associated with a bust include former first overall picks Patrik Stefan (1998 – Atlanta), Rick…
The Sad Reality of a Sam Gagner Trade Shane Sander | May 3, 2014 For years Gagner has been the center of trade talks in Edmonton but will this finally be the off-season in which a deal actually takes place? Gagner was pegged to…
The Curious Case of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Katherine Hill | April 30, 2014 There were a lot of disappointments for the Edmonton Oilers this year, with one of the biggest being former first overall pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. With his third year in the…
Oilers Panel: Discussing the Futures of Gagner, Yakupov, Scrivens & Fasth Shane Sander | April 28, 2014 Welcome to this week’s Oilers Panel. On this weeks Oilers Panel, The Hockey Writers contributors will voice their opinions on the future of struggling former-1st overall selection Nail Yakupov, if…
Should the Edmonton Oilers Trade the 3rd Overall Pick? Carl Maloney | April 28, 2014 The Edmonton Oilers yet again find themselves sitting and watching another edition of the NHL playoffs rather than participating. What is unfortunately becoming all too common, the Oilers management do…