Flames That Got Away: 3 Goalies Who Found Success Elsewhere Greg Tysowski | November 9, 2025 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…
6 Oldest Players in Edmonton Oilers’ NHL History Brian Swane | September 18, 2025 *This was originally published in March 2025 Connor McDavid scored in his return from a three-game suspension, Mattias Janmark scored for the first time in 38 games, and Mattias Ekholm…
Edmonton Oilers’ 2006 Stanley Cup Run – A Look Back Josh Vold | June 19, 2025 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…
Edmonton Oilers’ 4 Most Painful Losses Ever in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Brian Swane | April 23, 2025 Since joining the NHL in 1979, the Edmonton Oilers have played well over 300 postseason games, winning nearly 60 percent of them. That’s a great record, but it still means…
Thoughts on Oilers’ Quarter-Century Teams Matt Parks | February 1, 2025 A few days ago, the NHL announced the First and Second Quarter-Century Teams for the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers joined the NHL in 1979 and have an extremely rich history, including…
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…
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…