Oilers’ Quarter-Century Team: Defence & Goaltending Matt Parks | December 7, 2024 The Edmonton Oilers were founded in 1972 as one of the original franchises of the World Hockey Association (WHA) but joined the National Hockey League (NHL) ahead of the 1979-80…
Flames That Got Away: 3 Goalies Who Found Success Elsewhere Greg Tysowski | November 9, 2024 They say hindsight is 20/20. So, I’m quite positive every single NHL general manager looks back wistfully at former players who simply couldn’t cut the mustard on his team but…
Edmonton Oilers Trade Deadline History Rob Couch | March 9, 2023 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…
Re-Doing the Atlanta Thrashers’ 1999 Expansion Draft Josh Lewis | September 2, 2022 Originally published in Sep. 2020 The Atlanta Thrashers were the second of four expansion teams to hit the ice around the turn of the 21st century, playing their inaugural season…
Revisiting the Oilers’ 2006 Trade Deadline Deals & Stanley Cup Final Run Brian Swane | November 13, 2021 In assembling the best Edmonton Oilers team of the last three decades, Kevin Lowe struck hard and struck fast. Edmonton’s general manager first did so in August 2005, well before…
Wild’s Next Goaltending Era Starts With Kaapo Kahkonen Devon Platana | March 7, 2021 Since the Minnesota Wild entered the league in the 2000-01 season, fans of the team have seen a lot of players come and go. However, one thing that the Wild…
Islanders 12 Days of Hockeymas: Revisiting the 2010-11 Goalie Carousel James Nichols | December 19, 2020 The ’12 Days of Christmas’ is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908. In a nod to the classic carol, join The Hockey Writers as…
10 Best Undrafted Players in Islanders History Matt Rothman | July 2, 2020 Many of the top players in the league usually hear their names called at some point during the NHL Entry Draft. However, players like Martin St. Louis and Sergei Bobrovsky…
Lightning’s All-Decade Team: Goaltending Eugene Helfrick | March 27, 2020 Over the course of the last decade, no franchise in the NHL has experienced as much positive change than the Tampa Bay Lightning. At the start of the decade, the…
Oilers’ Roster Is Their Best Since 2005-06 Kelsey Krahn | March 7, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers made a splash in 2005-06 when they squeaked into the playoffs and bulldozed their way to the Stanley Cup Final. It’s impossible to forget Fernando Pisani’s shorthanded…
Edmonton Oilers’ 2006 Stanley Cup Run – A Look Back Josh Vold | January 17, 2020 Expectations weren’t very high for the Edmonton Oilers coming into 2005-06 campaign – they looked like they were fairly average, but nothing special. At the beginning of the season, there…
Top 5 Trades in Edmonton Oilers History The Hockey Writers | November 18, 2019 The Edmonton Oilers are a storied franchise that has enjoyed many successes and many difficult periods. There have been trades that have shaped the franchise. The Wayne Gretzky trade, on…