June 27th, 2017Prior to the 2017 NHL Draft, rumours of a potential Edmonton Oilers and New York Islanders swap began circulating rapidly. Where there was smoke, there was fire as Jordan Eberle was flipped for Ryan Strome the day before the first-round. From Oilers general manager, Peter Chiarelli's point of view, the deal was necessary to shed salary...
June 27th, 2017The rumors are fast and furious. As such, we'll be coming hot and heavy for the remaining days leading up to July 1. Teams are talking to pending unrestricted free agents and trades are being considered in order for clubs to make room when the market opens. Related: Rumor Rundown: Tavares, Yakupov, Thornton, More on the Move?
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February 18th, 2017Every once and a while, the game of professional hockey is more than just speed, skill and physicality on ice. The hockey community has long been known as a community of competitive but caring people, willing to take the popularity of the game and use it to bring awareness to causes much bigger and more important. There is Sidney...
October 13th, 2016Eichel Out Weeks With Ankle Injury
Jack Eichel could be out for weeks, not days, as he recovers from a high-ankle sprain injury, Buffalo Sabres head coach Dan Bylsma confirmed on Thursday. Bylsma described Eichel's injury as moderate, according to John Vogl of the Buffalo News. Eichel suffered the injury when he became entangled...
October 13th, 2016It's been a day since the whole Kris Versteeg situation unraveled before the eyes of the Edmonton Oilers. In case you missed it, Versteeg ended up surprising many in Oil Country by signing a one-year contract with the Calgary Flames, their provincial rival nearly 300 kilometers (186 miles) down the road. The deal with Calgary comes at an...
October 11th, 2016Ristolainen Re-Signs With Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen to a six-year, $32.4 million contract on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/BuffaloSabres/status/785920943860383745 The announcement came with under two hours to go before the NHL's deadline for teams to submit their...
October 11th, 2016Recently, my fellow contributor here at The Hockey Writers, Shane Sander, wrote a fantastic piece that took a closer look at the impact the signing of defenseman Kris Russell was going to have on the Edmonton Oilers — namely Mark Fayne. It was a well-detailed look at Edmonton's cap situation and the potential decisions facing the...
September 24th, 2016The Edmonton Oilers opened training camp today and among the camp hopefuls are several players signed to professional tryouts with the organization. Among the field of hopefuls are NHL veterans Kris Versteeg and Eric Gryba. Versteeg played last season with the Carolina Hurricanes and scored 33 points in 63 games, while Gryba played with...