Tag: Ken Holland
Tyson Barrie Continues To Emerge As Oilers Top Powerplay Quarterback
It wasn’t pretty early, but Tyson Barrie stuck with it and has recently been getting the results. Ken Holland’s highest…
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Oilers Want To Keep Nugent-Hopkins, No Talks Yet With Larsson
Updated:Edmonton Oilers General Manager Ken Holland has two key free agents that need new contracts this off-season. First line LW…
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Darnell Nurse Discusses His Breakout Campaign
Updated:Darnell Nurse is enjoying quite a run of success this season as the top left-shot option on the Edmonton Oilers’…
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Gaetan Haas Impresses In Season Debut
Updated:Gaetan Haas has had a tough last six weeks. The second-year center tested positive for COVID-19 when he arrived in…
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Oilers Place Mike Smith on LTIR, Recall Rodrigue To Taxi Squad
Mike Smith was supposed to make his first start of the 2020-21 season for the Oilers on Thursday night. He…
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Oilers Finalize Opening Night Roster, Taxi Squad
Updated:The Edmonton Oilers are roughly 24 hours away from opening a 2020-21 season that carries with it the expectation of…
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Edmonton Oilers Training Camp Thoughts
Hello from ‘Hub City Tampa’! I first off wanted to apologize to everyone for the lack of normal content here…
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Klefbom Out For Season, Defensive Addition Coming?
Updated:Is….is this thing on? It’s been almost a month since I last wrote in this space, which seems like an…
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Edmonton Oilers Expect Oscar Klefbom To Miss 2020-21 Season
Updated:The exact fate of defenseman Oscar Klefbom is not yet known. All signs point to a less than ideal outcome,…
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Oilers Re-Sign Mike Smith To One-Year Deal
Updated:The Edmonton Oilers have found a goaltender, and it’s a familiar one. The club surprisingly re-signed Mike Smith to a…
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Where The Edmonton Oilers Shopping List Stands On Day 2
Updated:The Edmonton Oilers re-signed veteran Tyler Ennis and added the recently bought-out Kyle Turris on Friday afternoon. Neither move was…
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Edmonton Oilers Address Major Hole, But Still Shopping Free Agent Market
Updated:Day one of NHL free agency was an uneventful but strong day for the Edmonton Oilers. The club signed the…
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2020 Edmonton Oilers Free Agency Live Blog
Updated:Good morning Edmonton! After weeks of speculation, the free agent market will open today at 12:00 pm eastern. The Oilers…
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Edmonton Oilers Sign Jesse Puljujarvi To Two-Year Contract
2016 fourth overall pick Jesse Puljujarvi is back with the Edmonton Oilers. The club announced on Wednesday that they have…
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Edmonton Oilers Decline To Extend Qualifying Offers To Andreas Athanasiou, Matt Benning
Updated:The Edmonton Oilers are apparently moving on from two pending free agents. General Manager Ken Holland told reporters on Tuesday…
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Edmonton Oilers Draft Day Preview
The Edmonton Oilers will select 14th overall tonight in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. The expectation is that the club…
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Oscar Klefbom Receiving Treatment, Surgery Seems “Likely”
Updated:Last week, news came down from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman that Edmonton Oilers defenseman Oscar Klefbom could be out “long-term” with…
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Edmonton Oilers Discussing All Options Approaching Offseason
Updated:If you are an Edmonton Oilers fan, you may want to buckle up. On Thursday morning, TSN NHL Insider Frank…
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Edmonton Oilers Rumors Continue To Swirl Ahead Of Offseason Frenzy
Updated:In six days, the NHL’s member clubs will virtually hit the draft floor for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. With…
Read more »Oscar Klefbom Contemplating Surgery, Could Be Out Long-Term
Updated:A curveball was thrown into the Edmonton Oilers offseason plans on Wednesday morning. Sportsnet NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman tweeted out…
Read more »Offseason Targets: Tyson Barrie
Updated:In a flat cap world, value contracts will be key to success. A good place to find value, believe it…
Read more »Jesse Puljujarvi Contract Watch Is On
Updated:The Jesse Puljujarvi saga could be coming to an end soon. Edmonton Oilers radio analyst and host of ‘Oilers Now’…
Read more »Edmonton Oilers Rumor Update
Updated:The NHL’s Entry Draft is slated for October 6th, 13 days from today. On Friday, we will officially be two…
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Offseason Targets: Kevin Shattenkirk
Updated:At the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, former Edmonton Oilers General Manager Peter Chiarelli very nearly completed a few different blockbuster…
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Offseason Targets: Dylan DeMelo
Updated:In a flat-cap world, finding value is paramount. Simply throwing money at issues and worrying about the consequences later won’t…
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Offseason Targets: Mark Pysyk
Updated:Change seems inevitable on the blueline for the Edmonton Oilers this offseason. The team’s defense was better in 2019-20, but…
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Offseason Targets: Anton Khudobin
Updated:The quickest way for Edmonton Oilers GM Ken Holland to improve the team is to improve goaltending. Mikko Koskinen was…
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Offseason Targets: Brian Elliott
Updated:Veteran goaltender Brian Elliott has 13 years of NHL experience and has settled in as a strong tandem goaltender over…
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Offseason Targets: Thomas Greiss
Updated:We can learn a lot about the future by looking at the past. The past of GM Ken Holland tells…
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