Posts About "Connor McDavid"
The Oilers’ Lengthy History of Major Individual Award Winners
September 30th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers’ lengthy and storied history in the NHL involves numerous major individual awards. The franchise has had a player win nearly every major award, including in the WHA, with the exclusion of the Selke, Calder, and Masterton Trophies. This spans over eras with the 1980s Stanley Cup teams garnering a multitude of...
McDavid Deserves More Respect From Hockey Media
September 20th, 2020 The NHL announced the first tranche of its 2020-21 award winners from Sept. 6-13. We still have to wait until Sept. 21 to find out the rest of the winners, almost a month altogether. If you don’t remember what awards were already announced or who won them, don’t worry. You’re excused. After superbly handling the management of this...
Draisaitl Is Playing in the Shadow of McDavid
September 17th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers have missed the playoffs in 13 of 14 seasons since they faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Final in 2006. This stretch put the franchise in position to draft two of the best players in the league - Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. The NHL history books are littered with one star player playing on a...
Connor McDavid Will Always Make His Linemates Better
September 14th, 2020 Since 2015 when they unexpectedly won the Connor McDavid lottery, the Edmonton Oilers have only gotten two brief tastes of the playoffs. A blown series lead versus the Anaheim Ducks ended things in 2016-17, while bad bounces and lack of scoring depth cut their run short in this year's wacky preliminary round. Watching the final four...
Potential Blue Jackets' Trade Partners: Edmonton Oilers
September 14th, 2020 We have reached part five of our Columbus Blue Jackets mini-series on Trading Partners. In case you missed part four, we discussed the Calgary Flames. Today we look at their Northern Alberta neighbors the Edmonton Oilers. What a disastrous end to the season for the Oilers. They were knocked out of the bubble in four games by the...
NHL Power Rankings Based On Positional Rankings
September 12th, 2020 Ranking NHL Teams By GoaltendersRanking NHL Teams By DefencemenRanking NHL Teams By Forwards That was a fun project — ranking the NHL teams by position. Fun and enlightening, yet challenging since the league’s parity is so prevalent on paper. There were tiers at every position that opened the door to much debate, with...
Oilers Need to Restore 1980s Glory Days
September 11th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers have not made the playoffs since the 2016-17 season. Prior to that they had not made the playoffs since 2005-06 season when they lost in the Stanley Cup Final to the Carolina Hurricanes. This is a stark contrast to when the team was winning five Stanley Cups from the 1983-84 season to the 1989-90 season. Related:...
Ranking NHL Teams By Forwards
September 9th, 2020 Ranking NHL Teams By GoaltendersRanking NHL Teams By Defencemen Last but not least, the forwards — the guys who get most the goals and thus most the glory. If you can’t score, you can’t win, so this position is as important as any. It’s also as difficult to rank as any since there are 12 forwards in the lineup compared...
Top 12 Fastest Skaters Ever in the NHL
September 7th, 2020 The NHL is getting faster. Gone are the days when hitting and grinding are enough to compete in the best league in the world. Now, speed and skill reign supreme. For some players, this comes more naturally than others. In today's NHL, players have shifted their focus because of this. NHL trainer Matt Nichol noted this shift in...
All-Decade NHL Draft – 2010 to 2019
August 28th, 2020 With 2019 coming to an end, it brings the end of a decade with it. This past decade has brought some of the best players to ever play the game into the NHL through everyone's favourite event: the NHL Entry Draft. Thinking about this, I decided to go back through every draft of the 2010s and pick the best selection at each spot for the...
Edmonton Oilers With 100-Point Seasons
August 27th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers have been home to some of the best players to ever play the game. From their dynasty days in the 1980s to the modern-day NHL, nine Oilers have scored 100 points in a single season. Here's a look at those nine players who have reached the century mark while playing in Oil Country. Wayne Gretzky 10-Time...
Oilers Behind 8-Ball as Blackhawks Eke Out 4-3 Win
August 6th, 2020 On April 30, 1986, on Steve Smith’s 23rd birthday, the Edmonton Oilers’ defenseman scored an own goal during Game 7 of the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It was a backbreaker against a lower-ranked Calgary Flames team. Smith put the puck off goaltender Grant Fuhr from the side of the net. The goal ended a potential...
Oilers News & Rumors: McDavid, Draisaitl, Athanasiou, Record 50/50
August 4th, 2020 In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, the Oilers have tied their best-of-five series with the Chicago Blackhawks, but that's not the only news out of the city on Tuesday. McDavid Pots First Playoff Hat Trick, Hates Hats Connor McDavid posted his first career playoff hat trick in the Oilers 6-3 win over the Chicago...
