Posts About "Mikko Koskinen"
Edmonton Oilers' Keys to Success in 2019-20
September 23rd, 2019 The Edmonton Oilers 2018-19 season was rightfully bittersweet. On the bright side, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl put up superstar level numbers, both reaching over 100 points. On the flip side, the team managed to miss the playoffs for the second consecutive season and were second-last in the Western Conference. This now marks the...
Mikko Koskinen's Consistency Is Key to Oilers Success
September 19th, 2019 The 2018-19 season was quite the rollercoaster for Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen. His only other tenure on an NHL team was back in the 2010-11 season with the New York Islanders, starting in four games. After his struggle to find a spot in the NHL, he moved back and forth from the SM-Liiga and the KHL before ultimately...
Oilers Banking on Koskinen, Smith Tandem
July 15th, 2019 It’s not every day that we see a team with two of the league’s top four scorers miss the playoffs but the Edmonton Oilers managed to accomplish just that in 2018-19 and by a rather comfortable margin. And yet, with as poorly constructed as their roster was, had the duo of Cam Talbot and Mikko Koskinen found a way to raise their...
If the Oilers Could Have One Do-Over...
April 10th, 2019 There's not much anyone can do about this season now. The Edmonton Oilers have missed extra play for the 12th time in 13 seasons, the players are disappointed, the fans even more so and there will certainly be change over the summer. Since fans of the Oilers don't have much in the way of playoffs to look forward to, there are other...
Koskinen's Success a Good Thing for Anthony Stolarz
March 5th, 2019 The Edmonton Oilers recently traded for goaltender Anthony Stolarz when they moved Cam Talbot just prior to the NHL Trade Deadline. For years, Talbot was the Oilers starting netminder but the organization had just chosen Mikko Koskinen as their goaltender of the future. With that decision now made (right or wrong), it made sense to move...
THW Podcast – Ep 8: The Oilers, Sharks, Senators and More w/ THW Guests
January 24th, 2019 On the eighth episode of The Hockey Writers Podcast, we bring a host of our contributing team, including a former Oilers writer to talk everything big in the NHL this week. Focusing on the Edmonton Oilers changes, the current run the San Jose Sharks are on and the drama out of Ottawa, we hit on all sorts of topics. Our special guests...
