Posts About "Griffin Reinhart"
Worst Trades in Oilers' History
May 29th, 2020 Trades provide each and every NHL team with the opportunity to immediately address glaring needs within their respective rosters. Good trades can set your franchise up for incredible success. Bad trades can leave you without a GM and needing to hire a new manager and coach in the offseason. The Edmonton Oilers are not the only team...
Is Reinhart Ready to Shine on the Vegas Strip?
September 8th, 2017 Normally, a writer’s knowledge would be questioned if they suggested a player with only 37 games of NHL experience could have a key role in the upcoming 2017-18 season. But, I’m going to try to make the case for Griffin Reinhart, who has essentially been nothing more than a minor-leaguer in his brief professional hockey...
Edmonton Oilers 2017 NHL Draft Primer
June 21st, 2017 The 2017 NHL Draft is set to take place on June 23-24. The Edmonton Oilers will make their first of eight selections starting at 22nd overall. Edmonton has picks in every round except the second. That pick was sent to the Boston Bruins as compensation for signing Peter Chiarelli as general manager. Since joining the Oilers in 2015,...
Oilers' Summer UFA & RFA List
May 25th, 2017 With the offseason underway for the Edmonton Oilers, it's back to the drawing board for general manager Peter Chiarelli. It's going to be a busy summer for Chiarelli as the Oilers have 24 free agents (10 unrestricted, 14 restricted) to make decisions on. Chiarelli has already indicated that he intends to open talks with Kris Russell,...
Bakersfield's Bumping Blue Line
May 24th, 2017 It was a roller coaster ride kind of season for the Bakersfield Condors. Fans watched fifteen players that have filtered through their American Hockey League system dress in an Edmonton Oilers uniform this season. The former Condors included some very important playoff performers for the Oilers such as Matt Benning, Leon Draisaitl, Zack...
Facing Off: Oilers Roundtable Talking Expansion Draft, Offseason
May 22nd, 2017 @FacingOff_THW) and get in on the debate there too. On May 10, when the final buzzer sounded on Game 7 — with the Anaheim Ducks edging the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 to advance to the Western Conference final — it was time for Peter Chiarelli to turn the page to next season. To the offseason. As much as he got to enjoy the fruits of his...
Oilers Update on Oscar Klefbom: Fingers Crossed
April 16th, 2017 On Friday evening, the Edmonton Oilers dominated the San Jose Sharks. It was a nice change of pace from the disastrous outing the "Orange Crush" put forward in Game 1 of their first-round matchup. The series is now tied 1-1 and headed to San Jose. Every area of Game 2 was positive for Edmonton with the exception of one....
Oilers Re-Assign Reinhart, Lander & Oesterle to Condors
February 6th, 2017 The Edmonton Oilers have reassigned a trio of players to their AHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors. Fresh off a 1-0 shootout victory over the Montreal Canadiens, the Oilers sent Jordan Oesterle, Griffin Reinhart and Anton Lander down. Oesterle made his Oilers season debut against the Canadiens, logging 16:01 in ice-time and had a...
Benning Injury Bad Timing for Oilers
February 5th, 2017 In the Edmonton Oilers loss to Carolina on Friday, it was more than missing two points and losing their third consecutive game that has drawn concern in Edmonton. In the defeat, rookie defenseman Matthew Benning took a hellacious hit behind the net and didn't return to the game. He will be sidelined indefinitely. While Benning...
Oilers Pass on Fayne, Recall Oesterle and Reinhart
February 4th, 2017 These are curious times for the Edmonton Oilers. With Darnell Nurse not yet ready to return to the lineup, Matt Benning headed to the IR list and Kris Russell banged up, the organization was forced into making an internal move to help address their current situation. Instead of making the obvious move of recalling veteran rearguard Mark...
The Oilers and Ryan Murray
January 2nd, 2017 Every player on the Columbus Blue Jackets is riding high at the moment. They've won 15 straight games, and aren't showing any signs of slowing down. One player in particular who is showing a lot of confidence is defenceman Ryan Murray. The second overall pick in 2012 has taken a while to find his footing, but he is looking more and...
The Oilers & Mathew Barzal
December 27th, 2016 Hindsight is always 20/20, especially when you didn't like the move to begin with. Oilers fans haven't forgotten the 2015 draft, and it's not just because of Connor McDavid. The Oilers made a big trade, sending the 16th overall pick and the 33rd overall pick to the New York Islanders for Griffin Reinhart. The case for the trade was...
Sam Reinhart: The Sabres' Lionheart
December 14th, 2016 "The stronger swordsman does not necessarily win... It is speed of hand. Speed of mind." There is perhaps no better quote to define Sam Reinhart's journey than that of Richard Harris in his final role as Abbe Faria in Alexandre Dumas' classic "The Count of Monte Cristo. Samson Reinhart, the Buffalo Sabres' first-round pick, second...
