Posts About "Ty Rattie"
Oilers Playing Themselves Into Bigger Roles
September 24th, 2018 The Edmonton Oilers are now four games into their 2018 NHL preseason and like any preseason where players understand it's about showing up and making a case for yourself, the results are mixed. While there are questions on the blue line and in goal, in many ways, the Oilers have to happy with what they're seeing from a number of the...
Ty Rattie: Perfect Fit for the Oilers?
September 22nd, 2018 For many who read far too much into titles, the first thing they're going to do is call me out for jumping the gun by using the words perfect and Ty Rattie in the same sentence. ‘Don't put too much pressure on the kid!', they'll say. 'Why expect so much so soon?', others will argue. Those are all fair points, and yes, Rattie is only a...
Oilers With the Most to Prove: Lucic, Rattie & Talbot
September 17th, 2018 As the pre-season gets underway, there's one player in the Edmonton Oilers dressing room that is embracing a 'clean slate' in 2018-19. Milan Lucic's 2017-18 season has been well documented within the Northern Alberta market. He managed just ten goals and 34 points in a tumultuous 82 games and had brief stints on the third and fourth...
Predicting Oilers' 2018-19 Opening Night Roster: Forwards
September 6th, 2018 In this two-part series looking at the Edmonton Oilers' potential opening night roster, Part Two assesses the forwards and what lines the club could run out of the gate. If you haven't read Part One, in which we took a deep dive into the goaltending and defense pairings, you can do so here. To catch everyone up to speed, here's...
Oilers Give Rattie a Golden Opportunity
July 27th, 2018 Of all the twists and turns the Edmonton Oilers had the misfortune of dealing with during what was a miserable 2017-18 NHL campaign, arguably none was more unexpected than the rise of Ty Rattie. Over the course of three weeks, the 25-year old winger went from depth AHL piece to a player who looks to have earned himself a shot lining up...
2018-19 Oilers: Piecing Together Roster
April 22nd, 2018 The Edmonton Oilers could return a full roster for next season. That won’t happen, not after the disappointment that was the 2017-18 campaign. So while there are enough players under contract for 2018-19 to ice an entire team, there will surely be some changes and some new faces in Edmonton’s opening-night lineup. As of now,...
