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Edmonton Oilers Trade Deadline History

Rob Couch | March 9, 2022

The Edmonton Oilers, like every other NHL team, have made trades at the trade deadline to either improve their team for a playoff run or sell pieces and look to…

Oilers Create Buzz With Wall of Honour Announcement

Brian Swane | November 7, 2021

On Friday (Nov. 5), the Edmonton Oilers finally revealed their much-anticipated plans to create the Oilers Wall of Honour, which will acknowledge past players that have contributed greatly to the…

5 Oilers Greats Who Deserve to Be Honored

Brian Swane | September 23, 2021

On Monday, Sept. 20, the Edmonton Oilers announced that Kevin Lowe’s No. 4 will be raised to the rafters of Rogers Place before their game against the New York Rangers…

They Wore it Once: Islanders Players and Their Unique Numbers

Matt Rothman | August 24, 2021

The New York Islanders have retired eight numbers that will not be worn again. They also have 15 players who wore a number that has only been used once. Let’s…

Oilers’ Top 5 All-Time American-Born Players

Brian Swane | July 1, 2021

Throughout their four-plus decades in the National Hockey League, the Edmonton Oilers have had many players from the United States. Since 1979, 75 Americans have suited up for the Oilers,…

Revisiting the Edmonton Oilers’ Franchise-Record Win Streak 20 Years Later

Brian Swane | February 20, 2021

If you really want to test the depths of an Edmonton Oilers fan’s knowledge, ask them to name when they had their longest win streak in the National Hockey League.…

Oilers’ Doug Weight Trade Revisited

Eric Friesen | July 26, 2020

No list of the greatest players in Edmonton Oilers history is complete without Doug Weight. While he never won a Stanley Cup with the Oilers, he was the team’s best…

Best Blues’ Center by Decade

Ethan Carter | July 6, 2020

Throughout the 50-plus year history of the St. Louis Blues, they’ve had a large number of great forwards, especially centers. From Adam Oates to Ryan O’Reilly and others, the history…

Oilers’ Forgotten Greats: Doug Weight

Preston Hodgkinson | June 3, 2020

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the NHL in the 1990s. Maybe it’s Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr’s Pittsburgh Penguins or perhaps the…

Former Oilers Captains Now Coaching in WHL

Larry Fisher | October 19, 2018

Bucky and Gator, together again. In the same league, in the same building, albeit in opposing dressing rooms. Not as players, but as coaches. Not in the NHL, but in…

In Defense of the Islanders’ Defensemen

Michael Petersell | July 25, 2018

Last season, the New York Islanders totaled only 80 points in the standings ending up with a seventh-place finish in the Metropolitan Division and missing the playoffs for the second…

Doug Weight’s Tenure with the Islanders

Spencer Hazen | June 17, 2018

Two weeks ago, Lou Lamoriello, the New York Islanders’ president of hockey operations and general manager, relieved Doug Weight of his coaching duties. Weight, along with former general manager Garth…

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