Posts About "Ryan Jones"
Pittsburgh Penguins: No Concern Over Draft Approach
June 26th, 2016 The Pittsburgh Penguins faithful set social media ablaze following the NHL Entry Draft. Did Jim Rutherford and his staff really have the nerve to draft physical defensemen? Isn't that mindset counterproductive to what made Pittsburgh so successful last season? Well, not really. It is true that the Penguins' Stanley Cup run was...
Five Players that Need to be Better for the Edmonton Oilers
September 1st, 2013 The 2013 shortened season was another poor one for the Edmonton Oilers. Yet another season for Oiler fans to lament their position in the bottom of the league's standings. There were certainly some positives, including the breakout of Taylor Hall as the team's best player, the arrival of Justin Schultz and Nail Yakupov and a career...
Edmonton Oilers Add Needed Grit, Toughness and Depth
July 8th, 2013 Craig MacTavish and the Edmonton Oilers haven't made the big splash everyone was anticipating and hoping for, at least not yet. Expectations are running high and based on MacTavish's proclamations when hired, Oiler fans may not be satisfied unless he lands a bonafide NHL star. He missed out on winger David Clarkson, judged to be...
NHL Free Agents: 5 Targets for the Pittsburgh Penguins
July 3rd, 2013 With the free agent market opening on Friday, teams are scrambling to keep their unrestricted free agents or figure out how to replace them. The new CBA has added a twist for NHL free agents though – at 12:01am on July 3rd, an “interview period” began for unrestricted free agents to talk to all teams about potential contracts...
Did the Edmonton Oilers Do Enough at the Trade Deadline?
April 4th, 2013 The Edmonton Oilers essentially stood pat at the NHL trade deadline, making just one deal, bringing in depth forward Jerred Smithson from the Florida Panthers for a fourth round pick. Smithson will certainly bring value to the bottom six and brings size, grit and experience. He's an excellent penalty killer and good in the face-off...
Edmonton Oilers Ready to Break Out After Impressive Win
February 19th, 2013 The Edmonton Oilers came into the lockout shortened 2013 season with more hope and anticipation than many other NHL teams. With Jordan Eberle on the verge of NHL star status after his all-star season, Taylor Hall emerging as a dangerous sniper and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins arriving on the scene averaging almost a point per game as a rookie,...
Edmonton Oilers 2013 Season Preview: Youth Is Served
January 17th, 2013 There might not be another team in the NHL with as much anticipation to start the season as the Edmonton Oilers. Languishing at the bottom of the standings over the past three years with finishes of 30th, 30th, 29th, Oiler fans are ready for the team to make their move. Obviously the silver lining to finishing so low...
Breaking Down the Edmonton Oilers Forward Group
September 8th, 2012 Over the past few years there has been little to cheer about in terms of on-ice success if you're an Edmonton Oilers fan. With the team firmly entrenched in re-build mold, Oiler fans have consoled themselves with the fact that within a (hopefully short) period of time there would be a stable of young, exciting, blue chip talent...
The Ryan Effect: Ryan, Ryan & Ryan doing their thing
October 18th, 2011 Four games into the 2011/12 season the Edmonton Ryan's, err ah the Edmonton Oilers have got off to a satisfying start; well at least every player with the first name Ryan. Four goals in his first four NHL regular season games has taken 'the Nudge' to the next level of rock-star status in Edmonton. Not that he didn't have that status...
Before the Devils Know You're A Pred: Dearly Departed From 2009-10
July 12th, 2010 by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Arnott casts a long shadow over Lower Broad in Nashville Drafts, trades, and the not so magical state of liminality better known as Freeagentapalooza are reminders to sports fans that it is dangerous to get too attached. We may dearly love what they do in play, the character they bring to...
NHL - Do The Right Thing
March 14th, 2010 A little over 42 years ago, Minnesota North Stars Center Bill Masterton died after landing backwards and head first onto the ice during a game with the Oakland Seals. In the days following his death, the newly expanded National Hockey League began to seriously contemplate the consequences of allowing players on the ice without helmets....Grebeshkov Burns Former Team
The more things change, the more they stay the same. First game back from the Olympic break and the Oilers suffer another loss. But unfortunately it came at the hands of a player they just traded away 24 hours earlier. Defenceman Denis Grebeshkov scored a goal and added an assist in his first game as a Nashville Predators to help defeat...
