Posts tagged with "Cam Talbot"
Oilers Goaltending Expectations for 2017-18
September 16th, 2017 Hockey is finally here! The Edmonton Oilers opened training camp with seven goaltenders on the roster. The situation is pretty clear, and there's not a whole lot of jockeying for position on the depth chart this season. Cam Talbot, who was arguably the Oilers most valuable player not named Connor McDavid in 2016-17, is the returning...
NHL 18 Player Ratings - Edmonton Oilers
September 12th, 2017 With the release of NHL 18 around the corner, some fans have gained early access and player ratings have made their way around for debate and amusement. Among the various ratings, the Edmonton Oilers look like one of the better teams in the game. Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby are the highest-rated players, tied with a 93 overall...
7 Things the Oilers Need to Avoid This Season
September 4th, 2017 The Edmonton Oilers were a fantastic surprise last season. Making it to the second round of the 2016-17 NHL Playoffs and posting a 103-point regular season to finish seventh in the NHL standings, a lot of things went right. The team was led by Connor McDavid who posted 100 points and swept the NHL Awards night, found a true No. 1...
Oilers Top Prospects: Laurent Brossoit
August 12th, 2017 Last month our contributors helped compile the Edmonton Oilers Top 10 Prospects list. This month we’ll be looking at each of those ten prospects in depth in reverse order. Laurent Brossoit ranked sixth on our list and was the highest rated Oilers goaltender amongst the group. It's hard to fathom that the 24-year-old is still...
Laurent Brossoit and the 2017-18 Oilers
August 11th, 2017 As great as Cam Talbot was for the Edmonton Oilers in 2016-17, expecting a repeat performance in 2017-18 would be quite the ask. In my mind, there is an extremely good chance the 30-year old will once again be among the best goaltenders in the league but to think he will do it by appearing in another 70 plus games and play over 4,000...
Cam Talbot Trade Revisited
July 31st, 2017 It’s not often that you see goaltenders rise from the backup role to take on the starter role with almost immediate success. But nearly two years ago, that's exactly what Cam Talbot did with the Edmonton Oilers following a trade that sent the goaltender to Edmonton from the New York Rangers. Talbot went from playing in the shadow of...
