Tag: Edmonton Oilers

Oilers Off-Season Targets: Third Line Center
Updated:One area of significant weakness for the Edmonton Oilers a season ago was center ice. Strange to say when the…
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Oilers Set To Re-Sign Mike Smith
Updated:Just about 90 minutes after the Oilers found out that Adam Larsson was leaving town, the club made significant progress…
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Adam Larsson Signs In Seattle
Updated:Edmonton Oilers fans were worried about losing players like Tyler Benson, Jujhar Khaira and Dominik Kahun to the expansion Seattle…
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Oilers Release 2021 Pre-Season Schedule
Oilers hockey is just over two months away. On Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers became the latest team to reveal their…
Read more »Oilers Off-Season Targets: Goalies
Updated:On Friday, we kicked off the annual ‘Off-Season Targets’ series with a look at some left wing options that can…
Read more »Oilers Protection List Announced
Updated:The Edmonton Oilers protection list for Wednesday’s Seattle Kraken expansion draft has been revealed. To the surprise of no one,…
Read more »Are The Oilers Back In Front Of Adam Larsson Race?
Updated:The deadline for trades and signings prior to Wednesday’s expansion draft has come and gone, meaning teams are in a…
Read more »Oilers Considered “Frontrunner” For Zach Hyman, Still Talking With Mike Smith
Updated:Some more Edmonton Oilers news hit the wire on Thursday as the rumors continue to pick up steam in advance…
Read more »Oilers Off-Season Targets: Left Wing
Updated:Every year since 2015, I’ve gone through the list of potential off-season targets for the Edmonton Oilers one by one…
Read more »Oilers Trade Dylan Wells To Hurricanes, Larsson Talks Continue
Updated:The Edmonton Oilers completed their second trade of the week on Wednesday, although this one qualifies as simply a minor…
Read more »Are Oilers In Danger Of Losing Adam Larsson?
Prior to the April 12th trade deadline, reports began to surface that the Oilers and Adam Larsson had made progress…
Read more »Duncan Keith Looks To Be ‘Best Player He Can Be’ In New Chapter With Oilers
Updated:Duncan Keith got his wish on Monday afternoon, as the future Hall of Fame defenseman was traded from the Chicago…
Read more »Who Is Tim Soderlund? Is He A Prospect Worth Watching?
Updated:Yesterday’s trade is going to be known as ‘The Duncan Keith trade‘ when everyone looks back on it years from…
Read more »Oilers Acquire Duncan Keith, Now What?
Updated:Where there is smoke, there is fire. When it came to Duncan Keith and the Edmonton Oilers, it seemed like…
Read more »BREAKING: Oilers Set To Acquire Duncan Keith
Updated:The Edmonton Oilers are set to acquire defenseman Duncan Keith from the Chicago Blackhawks. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and TSN’s Darren…
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Oilers ‘Exploring’ Goalie Market, In Talks With Mike Smith
Updated:Following the club’s first round playoff loss at the hands of the Winnipeg Jets, Oilers GM Ken Holland admitted at…
Read more »Oilers Set To Play Pre-Season ‘Home-And-Home’ With Seattle Kraken
Updated:For the first time since September of 2019, there will be NHL pre-season action this fall across the league. Although…
Read more »Oilers Not Expected To Buy James Neal Out Right Away
Updated:The odds of James Neal playing a third season with the Edmonton Oilers are extremely low. The expectation throughout the…
Read more »The Latest On Duncan Keith And The Oilers
Updated:Now that the 2020-21 NHL season is complete, the focus has shifted to the off-season and the moves that will…
Read more »Are The Oilers Set To Aggressively Pursue Zach Hyman?
Updated:There are few things in sports that can be considered certainties. That’s especially so in the sport of hockey. One…
Read more »Will Oilers Use A Buyout Prior To Free Agency?
Updated:There is a very real chance that when Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final concludes tonight in Tampa Bay…
Read more »Duncan Keith And The Oilers: Does It Make Sense?
Updated:Over the last week, Oil Country has worked itself into a frenzy over the potential addition of veteran defenseman Duncan…
Read more »Did Tyson Barrie Steal Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’s Assists?
Updated:Hat-tip to @SportsThor for the suggestion. On Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers announced they had re-signed Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to an 8-year,…
Read more »Are Oilers, Adam Larsson Close To Contract?
Updated:On Tuesday afternoon, the Edmonton Oilers announced a new eight-year contract with veteran forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The deal locks up…
Read more »Oilers Looking For Defensive Help?
Updated:Unfortunately, it looks like the promising NHL career of defenseman Oscar Klefbom will not continue. After missing the entire 2020-21…
Read more »BREAKING: Oilers Set To Re-Sign Ryan Nugent-Hopkins To Eight Year Deal
The Edmonton Oilers made significant progress with forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins over the last few days, and the end result appears…
Read more »How Much did On-Ice Save Percentage Hurt Caleb Jones’s Season? Part 2 of 2
In Part 1, I made the case that, for regular NHL defencemen, On-Ice Save Percentage (OISV%) was not independent of…
Read more »Where Things Stand For Oilers, Pending Free Agents
Updated:One month from today, the 2021 NHL Entry Draft will take place. It’ll be the second major event of the…
Read more »Oilers Should Avoid Oliver Ekman-Larsson Trade
Updated:Last fall, in the lead up to NHL free agency, Edmonton Oilers General Manager Ken Holland was involved in some…
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