Thanks, Santa – Oilers’ Best Ever Christmas Gifts Brian Swane | December 24, 2022 There are plenty of items on the Edmonton Oilers’ Christmas wish list for Santa this year: a No. 1 goaltender, top-six forward, third-line centre, depth scoring. And, of course, good…
Oilers Goaltending Tandem Gets the Great One’s Seal of Approval Sean Panganiban | October 11, 2022 The Edmonton Oilers’ goaltending duo of Mike Smith and Mikko Koskinen received their fair share of criticism last season. They were deemed too inconsistent, too old, and too prone to…
NHL Stars & Their “Almost Teams” Tony Wolak | September 26, 2022 At this point, most NHL fans know that Eric Lindros reshaped two organizations when the Quebec Nordiques traded him to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1992. The Flyers received a franchise…
Projecting Auston Matthews’ Career If He Is a Lifetime Maple Leaf The Old Prof | August 27, 2022 Oh, what Auston Matthews might become if he stayed with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the rest of his career. The storied history of the Toronto Maple Leafs has seen…
Oilers’ 10 Most Memorable Preseason Games Brian Swane | August 25, 2022 The Edmonton Oilers opened their 2021-22 preseason on Sept. 26, when they pay a visit to the provincial rival Calgary Flames. As part of their eight-game exhibition schedule, the Oilers…
1 Year of ESPN & TNT NHL Broadcasts: What Works, What Didn’t Mike Fink | July 30, 2022 For the first time in 17 seasons, the NHL wasn’t broadcast on NBC, but instead moved to ESPN and TNT this past season as part of a seven-year deal with…
Hockey Cards Are Worth Collecting Dale Bochon | July 16, 2022 If you’re a hockey fan, chances are you’ve been a fan of collecting hockey cards and memorabilia. You might even be a collector who said you owned a 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee…
NHL Elite: Consistent Point-Per-Game Players Kyle Knopp | July 11, 2022 This season, Patrick Kane point-per-game player for the 10th time in his career, becoming the fifth active player to do so. Learn which active players he joined as well as those retired who have the most seasons as point-per-game players.
Maple Leafs’ Summer of Kawhi Will Not Work The Old Prof | May 26, 2022 The “Summer of Kawhi?” Seriously, this is an idea the Toronto Maple Leafs should avoid like the plague. It is so perfectly ridiculous, and I wish I would have thought…
Oilers’ Connor McDavid Hits a New Level of Greatness in 2022 Playoffs Dale Bochon | May 22, 2022 When you think of the superlatives that have described Edmonton Oilers’ captain Connor McDavid over the years, you think of explosive, dynamic, creative, and fast. In this playoff spring of…
Matthews Goal Scoring Is More Impressive Than Just the Numbers The Old Prof | April 14, 2022 Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans are seeing something very special this season in Auston Matthews‘ assault on 60 goals for the season. And, his goal-scoring exploits are even more impressive when…
Maple Leafs Commentary: Marner, Team Scoring, Goalies, Gretzky & Matthews The Old Prof | April 11, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs commentary, we’ll look back at the team’s recent run. We’ll also comment about Mitch Marner’s spectacular play. We’ll look at the way the…