Posts About "Oscar Klefbom"
Where Klefbom Ranks on Oilers’ All-Time D-Men List
November 15th, 2018 At the end of October, while watching the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime, I had two immediate thoughts. First, the Edmonton Oilers are potent in the 3-on-3 extra time: I predict they’re going to win their share of games in this format. Second, during the Oilers OT goal, while it was fun to watch...
Oilers in a Favourable Position
November 6th, 2018 After not only surviving but thriving through the month of October, the Edmonton Oilers have positioned themselves in a pretty good spot as they make their way through November. How good you ask? Well, despite falling to the Stanley Cup champion Capitals in Washington last night and a pending date with the Tampa Bay Lightning later...
3 Fears for Oilers Fans This Halloween
October 30th, 2018 When you're a fan of the Edmonton Oilers, there's always plenty to fear, whether it's Halloween or not. Sure, the team has looked good through the first 10 games of the National Hockey League (NHL) season. They've compiled a 6-3-1 record against some tough competition and deserve credit for turning around a scary 0-2 start. And when...
Oilers' Klefbom Playing Like a Top Defender
October 25th, 2018 It may be too early to send Oscar Klefbom's surgeon a gift basket, but perhaps a "thank you" card is in order. During the first handful of games of the 2018-19 National Hockey League (NHL) season, Klefbom is dancing on the Edmonton Oilers' top pairing. The fact that he's the No. 1 defenseman on the Oilers is not a surprise, given...
Klefbom Key to Oilers Season
September 11th, 2018 If you talk to fans of the Edmonton Oilers or those who cover the team, the vast majority will point to goaltending and special teams as keys to the fast approaching 2018-19 campaign. No question the club will need better showings on the penalty kill and man advantage, a bounce-back performance from Cam Talbot and Mikko Koskinen to...
NHL Rumors: Klefbom, Hoffman, Matthews, More
June 7th, 2018 In today's rumor rundown, talk surrounds the Ottawa Senators, especially when it comes to Mike Hoffman and Erik Karlsson. There are also questions as to what it means that Auston Matthews has switched agents and how that affects his future contract and as many as a dozen teams are interested in Carolina Hurricanes' forward Jeff Skinner....
Adam Larsson and the Edmonton Oilers
April 21st, 2018 At no fault of his own, Adam Larsson was put in an awfully difficult position to start his Edmonton Oilers career. Though any reasonable fan, media member and student of the game would never view the rugged rearguard as fair value for Taylor Hall, one has to remove that part of the equation in order to fairly judge his performance. On...
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...
Rangers Kreider for Oilers Klefbom Serves Both Teams
March 11th, 2018 Fresh off the heels of falling just short of their first Western Conference Final appearance in more than a decade, the Edmonton Oilers—30-34-4 and 16 points back of the final wild card in the West—are about to miss the playoffs for the 11th time in 12 years. As is generally the case when these things happen, talk of change is in the...
NHL Trade Rumors: Tavares, Klefbom, Kovalchuk, More
March 10th, 2018 The NHL Trade Deadline may have come and gone but that doesn't mean NHL clubs are done thinking about how to improve their rosters. Teams that couldn't make deals as the deadline closed might look to the NHL Draft or the summer's free agency period to alter their rosters. In today's Rumor Rundown we look at the status of John Tavares,...
Best Trade Deadline Deals in Oilers History
February 19th, 2018 With the 2018 NHL Trade Deadline fast approaching, it's time we take a trip down memory lane. The Edmonton Oilers will have a handful of players they'll be looking to move on or before Feb. 26. Unless they can come to terms on an extension with Patrick Maroon, you can bet the Oilers will be shopping him. The 29-year-old will likely be...
What Will Darnell Nurse Cost the Oilers?
February 14th, 2018 Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse is a restricted free agent (RFA) this summer. The Andrej Sekera injury at the start of the season created an opportunity for one of Nurse, or Matt Benning a chance to play top-four minutes. Benning was first but faltered. Once Nurse got his look, he gradually took off and has undoubtedly been one...
The Electrifying Emergence of Darnell Nurse
January 23rd, 2018 It's been well over a decade since the Edmonton Oilers possessed an elite top-pairing defender. Following the Oilers' appearance in the 2005-06 Stanley Cup Final, Chris Pronger was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a bounty of players and draft picks. And, in the ten seasons which followed, Edmonton toiled with mediocrity en...
