Posts About "Evan Bouchard"
Edmonton Oilers 2018-19 Training Camp Guide
September 13th, 2018 It's finally that time of year. The Edmonton Oilers are opening up training camp with a staggering 62 players at camp this fall. The official breakdown comes down to seven goalies, 19 defensemen, and 36 forwards. Of those players, 27 of them attended rookie camp. One notable omission, however, is Darnell Nurse. The restricted free...
Edmonton Oilers 2018-19 Season Preview
September 10th, 2018 The Edmonton Oilers were quick to turn the page on a forgettable 2017-18 season where nothing went their way. After coming within one win of the Western Conference Final, the club nosedived through the NHL standings finishing 25 points lower and out of the playoffs for the 11th time in 12 years. For fans, that meant another season of...
Oilers 2018-19 Rookie Camp Roster & Thoughts
September 8th, 2018 Kailer Yamamoto returns for his second rookie camp with the Edmonton Oilers and highlights a deep crop of prospects that are in attendance. The other big name is Evan Bouchard, who is penciled into having a real opportunity of cracking the opening night roster whether some fans agree or not. More on Bouchard later. With Yamamoto the goal...
Predicting Oilers 2018-19 Opening Night Roster: Goalies & Defense
August 22nd, 2018 In 2016-17 the Edmonton Oilers made the playoffs for the first time in 11 years, finished second in the Pacific Division, and came within one win of the Western Conference Final. In 2017-18 they were projected to be Stanley Cup contenders but ultimately missed the playoffs by 17 points. So in 2017-18, the big question is what are the...
Oilers Options to Replace Sekera on Defense
August 15th, 2018 It's a quiet mid-August afternoon for most clubs around the NHL, but the Edmonton Oilers and their fanbase caught a bad break. The club announced that defenseman Andrej Sekera will be out indefinitely after an off-season training injury that resulted in a torn Achilles tendon. The 32-year-old is coming off a 2017-18 season in which he...
5 Predictions for Oilers' 2018-19 Season
August 13th, 2018 It's prediction time, and the thing most fans want to know is whether or not the 2017-18 season was an aberration and if the Edmonton Oilers can get back to the playoffs in 2018-19. For that to happen, a few things need to go their way. The Oilers' roster constructed by general manager Peter Chiarelli is faith-driven. What that means is...
