Posts About "Kris Russell"
NHL News & Notes: Russell, Turris & More
December 13th, 2018 In today's News & Notes, Kris Russell has been placed on the injured reserve and the Edmonton Oilers have also activated a forward, Kyle Turris has been activated off of the injured reserve and is expected to return to NHL action and Andrei Vasilevskiy is expected to start in goal for the first time in a month. Related: NHL News...
Edmonton Oilers Quarter-Season Grades: Defense
November 23rd, 2018 Yesterday I covered quarter-season grades for the forward corps of the Edmonton Oilers. With 21 games in the 2018-19 NHL season now behind the team, there's plenty to say about the defense. Considered an area of weakness for the organization coming into the season, Edmonton's blueline is serviceable, potentially even...
Oilers' Russell is Essential Defensive Piece
October 31st, 2018 For some, he's a cap killer. For others, he's a Corsi curse. But for the Edmonton Oilers, Kris Russell has been much more this season. A perennial shot-blocking leader in the National Hockey League (NHL), Russell is once again near the top of the leader board when it comes to stopping pucks from reaching the net. The product of...
Oilers Trade Value: Goalies & Defense
March 13th, 2018 The regular season is winding down, and the Edmonton Oilers are gearing up for the off-season. It's been a long and disappointing season and it's time to begin the evaluation period. Edmonton might not be making wholesale changes this summer, but there's a lot that needs to be done; the most pressing is to find a winger for Connor...
Grading Chiarelli: Oilers Summer Moves (Part I)
September 18th, 2017 To suggest Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli is completely done his job for the summer might be premature. To assume he's finished making moves and player transactions for the season is nieve. But, many fans aren't 100 percent sold on the plays (or, as some would describe it, a lack thereof) made thus far to improve the...
Oilers and Franson: What’s Taking So Long?
August 4th, 2017 Recently I wrote an article asking the question, what is taking the Oilers so long to work out a deal with Jaromir Jagr? It was a somewhat rhetorical question in that I'm well aware the Oilers as an organization may have determined they have no interest in an aging Jagr. So too, Jagr may have other things on his mind than to accept a...