Bakersfield Condors
Making Sense of Oilers Defense & Opening Night Roster
October 3rd, 2018 As the NHL prepares to drop the puck on its 101st season of play (102nd of operation), teams announced their opening night rosters. The Edmonton Oilers finalized their roster with a flurry of moves over the past 48 hours. Gone are Pontus Aberg (claimed on waivers by the...
Oilers 2018-19 Opening Night Roster Prediction
September 26th, 2018 Earlier this summer we looked at the probabilities of what the Edmonton Oilers 2018-19 opening night roster would look like. With the preseason schedule winding down, several stories have changed what most thought was a foregone conclusion. It's like they say, you never...
Oilers Reduce Training Camp Roster to 45
September 18th, 2018 The Edmonton Oilers have made the latest round of re-assignments on their training camp roster. To recap, the Oilers started camp with 62 players and sent Kirill Maksimov, Olivier Rodrigue, and Dmitri Samorukov back to their respective junior clubs over the weekend. With...
Koskinen Abysmal in Oilers 2018-19 Preseason Debut & Other Notes
September 18th, 2018 In a pre-season game where both clubs held out a majority of the players truly contending for roster spots, the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers put on a decent showing. More importantly from an Oilers perspective, a few players stood out in both good and bad ways. Now,...
Oilers 2018-19 Rookie Camp Roster & Thoughts
September 8th, 2018 Kailer Yamamoto returns for his second rookie camp with the Edmonton Oilers and highlights a deep crop of prospects that are in attendance. The other big name is Evan Bouchard, who is penciled into having a real opportunity of cracking the opening night roster whether some...
5 Oilers Prospects To Watch in 2018-19
August 7th, 2018 We continue our summer prospect coverage by looking at some of the Edmonton Oilers prospects that could be in for big years and improve their stock within the organization. If you haven't read the recent Top-10 or Top-20 pieces written at THW you can do so within the...
Oilers Unnecessarily Buy Out Eric Gryba
June 22nd, 2018 The news came Thursday that the Edmonton Oilers have placed defenseman Eric Gryba on unconditional waivers for the purposes of buying out the final year of his contract. The 30-year-old was set to earn $900,000 in 2018-19, and the buyout cost will be $300,000 against the...
What Exactly Is the "Chiarelli Plan"?
May 27th, 2018 It's been a busy offseason for Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli, who's searching for answers on how to get this team back in the win column. It's no secret the Oilers bottomed out after coming within one win of the Western Conference Final in 2016-17. With...
Oilers Prospect Lagesson Ready for North America
May 18th, 2018 It seems there is a ton of news coming out of Europe that affects the Edmonton Oilers. It was recently noted that Yohann Auvitu, Iiro Pakarinen, and Anton Slepyshev are all headed to European teams next season. Auvitu, 28, is an unrestricted free agent (UFA) that is...
Oilers & Persson: Where Does He Fit In?
May 18th, 2018 Author's Note: This article was published before an announcement was made by the Edmonton Oilers confirming the signing of Joel Persson to a one-year entry-level contract (ELC). Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli has stated Persson will be loaned to the Vaxjo Lakers of...
Oilers Five Questions: Skinner, Koskinen, Brossoit & More
May 16th, 2018 Every week there's at least one tidbit about the Edmonton Oilers and their off-season plan. We know both Todd McLellan and Peter Chiarelli will resume their roles next season. We also know that forward Ty Rattie is back for another year at $800,000 to play on the right...
Condors Report: Oilers Continue Bakersfield Makeover
May 10th, 2018 There's a lot of movement going on within the Edmonton Oilers organization, and one of the benefactors will be their farm team. The Bakersfield Condors are receiving a much-needed facelift and the rebuild down in the AHL is well underway. Since taking over in the spring of...
Oilers Goaltending Depth Chart for 2018-19
April 25th, 2018 The recent rumors around the Edmonton Oilers potentially signing Mikko Koskinen brings forward some interesting questions about the goaltending depth chart heading into 2018-19. Edmonton currently has six goalies in the system signed to pro contracts for next season. If...
