Tag: Edmonton Oilers
The Peter Chiarelli Report Card – The Bad
Yesterday, we started our look at Peter Chiarelli nearly two and a half years into his tenure as GM of…
Read more »The Peter Chiarelli Report Card – The Good
The NHL is back in action tonight, but the Oilers still have two more days before returning to face the…
Read more »Slava Voynov Should Not Be An Oiler
Regardless of what you think of people needing a second chance or whatever, and regardless of Voynov’s potential to add…
Read more »The Oilers Week That Was
Well, that was an interesting week in Edmonton, wasn’t it? It started with hope after the Oil’s 5-2 win over…
Read more »Some Thoughts On The NHL and Video Review
This year was, in my mind, one of the most entertaining years of NFL football to date. We saw many…
Read more »Oilers Gameday – Vs. Flames
The Edmonton Oilers will limp into their final game of January as they get set to host the Calgary Flames…
Read more »The Instigator Podcast 6.19 – Reviewing our Season Preview at the All Star Break
Although the Sabres have enjoyed a nice stretch of play, we decided to revisit our season preview podcast and see…
Read more »Oilers Postgame: Why Bother? They Didn’t
So that was apparently a hockey game played between two professional hockey teams, the Buffalo Sabres and the Edmonton Oilers….
Read more »Oilers Gameday vs Buffalo: 4 In A Row?
The Oilers hit the ice hosting Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres. For the first time this year(!), the Oilers…
Read more »Peter Chiarelli, Keith Gretzky and Today’s Boston Bruins
Twitter, for the most part, has been a simply horrible place to be if you are an Edmonton Oilers fan…
Read more »Oilers Gameday Vs Vancouver-Bye Bye Bye Week
The partying in Vegas with the Chainsmokers has come to an end, the suntanning in Mexico is over, the Oilers…
Read more »Contenders Next Season?
Last season was a well deserved breath of fresh air for everyone involved with the Edmonton Oilers, from the fanbase…
Read more »Ready….Set…..GO! Deadline Season Has Begun
As we barrel towards the All-Star break, which starts in eight days, we are officially into trade deadline season. The…
Read more »A Case For Keeping Anton Slepyshev
Exactly one week ago, Sportsnet’s Mark Spector passed on word that Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli has made forward Anton…
Read more »Oilers Prospect Update
No Oilers hockey until Saturday night, so we’ll need to get our fix elsewhere this week my friends. The good…
Read more »Oilers Bye Week Thoughts
When I initially saw Edmonton’s bye week on the docket for mid-January, I figured this would be a nice week…
Read more »Oilers Postgame: What Happened In Vegas….
After an 8-2 shellacking at Rogers Place, this rematch in Vegas was highly anticipated and did not disappoint. Sort of….
Read more »Oilers Gameday @ Vegas: We’re Goin’ Streaking!
The Oilers are back in action tonight as they roll into Vegas (for the first time. On Connor’s 21st birthday….
Read more »Oilers Postgame: Was That A Victory?
So that was a win. I think. The first two minutes notwithstanding, the Oilers managed to play most of the…
Read more »Oilers Gameday @ Arizona: Panik Setting In
After a mini-break, the Oilers are back in action tonight in Scottsdale Glendale to take on Richard Panik and the…
Read more »Are The Oilers Poised For A Mini-Rebuild?
When Peter Chiarelli made his rounds earlier this week to talk with Edmonton media, he said a number of different…
Read more »Edmonton’s Direction Should Be Quite Clear
Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli made the media rounds for the second time this season on Monday, doing a number…
Read more »Buying Low On Anthony Duclair
Friend of the blog Jonathan Willis wrote a tremendous piece over on Sportsnet yesterday outlining why Arizona’s Anthony Duclair could…
Read more »Stay Far Away From Brent Seabrook
When a season goes as horribly as Edmonton’s season has, there are changes to be made. The Oilers will be…
Read more »Oilers Drop Seventh Game In Eight Tries
At this point, we might be able to call the second half of the season ‘The Death March of 2018’….
Read more »Oilers Gameday @ Nashville: A Scheduled Loss Is Imminent
The Oilers are back in action in Nashville tonight, taking on PK Subban and the rest of the reigning Western…
Read more »Oilers Postgame: *fart noise*
That was bad. Maybe Tuesday will be better. Yep, that’s a fart noise video. It’s all that game deserved. Jordan…
Read more »Oilers Gameday @ Chicago: Afternoon Delight………?
Who are we even kidding? The Oilers aren’t going to win an afternoon game in Chicago, especially after the 5-1…
Read more »Oilers Postgame: Whomp Whomp
Well that sucked. It’s not even worth rehashing the bad things that happened (and there were many). Instead, the bright-ish…
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