BU’s Matt O’Connor Drawing NHL Interest Carl Maloney | February 25, 2015 Matt O’Connor’s world has certainly changed. The Boston University goaltender went from being a relative unknown, and within weeks has had no less than 14 NHL teams that have come…
Unlikely Todd Nelson Returns As Oilers Coach In 2015-16 Rob Soria | February 24, 2015 After suffering through what was the Dallas Eakins era for just under a season and a half, it appears as though the vast majority of Edmonton Oilers fans are more…
Draisaitl, Nurse Breaking the Oilers Mould Carl Maloney | February 23, 2015 Conventional wisdom has suggested that if a team is bad enough, long enough then eventually they will reap the rewards of multiple high draft picks, and hence the term rebuild.…
Oilers: Would $22M Keep Jeff Petry In Edmonton? Rob Soria | February 12, 2015 After spending the better part of a decade developing Jeff Petry into a National Hockey League defenceman, it appears as though the Edmonton Oilers have reached the point of no…
Oilers Rebuild Can Still Be Salvaged Rob Soria | January 20, 2015 The Edmonton Oilers have certainly had their fair share of struggles since selecting Taylor Hall with the first overall pick of the 2010 National Hockey League Entry Draft. While the…
Leon Draisaitl Returning to Junior Positive for His Development Carl Maloney | January 6, 2015 Leon Draisaitl’s emotional roller coaster of a rookie season has taken yet another turn. With the Edmonton Oilers confirming that Draisaitl would be returned to the CHL, it is yet another…
Oilers: Making Nail Yakupov A Priority Rob Soria | January 5, 2015 Following last night’s 5-2 victory over John Tavares and the New York Islanders, the Edmonton Oilers have now taken home points from four consecutive games for the first time since…
Craig MacTavish, The Edmonton Oilers And Collecting Assets Rob Soria | January 3, 2015 It was a trade that anyone who follows the Edmonton Oilers knew was coming but by no means did it make it any easier for the vast majority of Oilers…
Oilers’ Draisaitl Landing With WHL’s Rockets? Larry Fisher | December 31, 2014 The rich appear to be getting richer in the Western Hockey League. The month-long rumour that Leon Draisaitl would follow his former junior teammate Josh Morrissey to the WHL-leading Kelowna…
Oilers Trade for Derek Roy. Another Band-Aid Solution? Marcy Di Michele | December 29, 2014 The Nashville Predators placed Derek Roy on waivers. For whatever reason, he wasn’t providing what they expected of him. Maybe another team would decide he could help them. But alas,…
Roundtable: What’s Next for the Edmonton Oilers? Andrew Forbes | December 20, 2014 The Edmonton Oilers’ disappointing season continued this week with an overtime loss in their first game without Dallas Eakins behind the bench. After 33 games, their 20 points ranks them…
How to Identify NHL Organizational Mismanagement Dave Lipscomb | December 17, 2014 The top-flight, stud NHL players that receive headlines and make the cover of your favorite NHL video game are probably overpaid. There should be a disclaimer here: I’m a firm…