Tag: NHL

Congratulations to the Washington Capitals on being Stanley Cup champions for the first time!  As much was made of Cinderella…

So much for it being a quiet summer, huh Oil Country? It certainly seemed like, for a few weeks at…

One of the big themes for this year’s ‘Off-Season Targets’ series has been finding value contracts for the Edmonton Oilers….

If you’re a child of the 1980s or older, you should be very familiar with the classic television sitcom Cheers. To…

I hope Jim Matheson is paying attention, because this one is for him. The Edmonton Oilers need cheap scoring depth…

Just a quick post this afternoon, but I wanted to get something up touching on Bob Stauffer’s tweet from yesterday….

Adding a fourth line center, or at the very least fixing the bottom-six, is on Peter Chiarelli’s to-do list this…

A recent poll on HockeyForums.net asked a pretty simple question to Wild fans.  What Wild player do you find to…

The Islanders desperately needed a culture change, and the winds of change began to blow late last month when ownership…

When the Edmonton Oilers traded Mark Letestu to the Columbus Blue Jackets (via Nashville) at the trade deadline, they opened…

The Edmonton Oilers are on the hunt for goal scoring, winger help and speed this summer. Michael Grabner might be…

Bob Stauffer had an interesting tweet last night that touched on the Edmonton Oilers adding a 14th forward. We should…

With the fantastic run of the Vegas Golden Knights, all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals many Wild fans…

Cam Talbot will return for a fourth season as the Edmonton Oilers’ starting goaltender when the campaign opens up on…

Agitating players usually become fan favorites in Edmonton pretty quickly. Remember how hated Zack Kassian once was by Oiler fans?…

Last summer, the Columbus Blue Jackets bought out forward Scott Hartnell due to salary cap issues. Hartnell snagged a one-year…

Sometimes, players simply don’t fit with a particular team or system. For Jannik Hansen, the San Jose Sharks were a…

As Americans observe Memorial Day today, the 100th Memorial Cup wrapped up north of the border last night in Regina,…

The Minnesota Wild announced on Tuesday they had hired former Nashville Predators Assistant General Manager, Paul Fenton to be their…

Late last month, the Edmonton Oilers made sweeping changes to their coaching staff. They elected to not renew the contract…

Craig MacTavish’s biggest, and for my money best, addition as General Manager was David Perron. MacT acquired Perron for a…

Peter Chiarelli, sometimes positively and sometimes negatively, hasn’t been afraid to go big game hunting since taking over as the…

Lou Lamoriello didn’t make any waves in his first few hours as president of hockey operations for the New York…

When the Edmonton Oilers traded Mark Letestu at the deadline, it signaled that the club was making a change on…

Young players on cheap contracts that can contribute are going to be vital for the Edmonton Oilers moving forward. Over…

A throwaway “ha ha, like that’ll ever happen” *sarcasm* tweet went out to Pensblog captain Rich, days after the Penguins…

On deadline day, the Edmonton Oilers elected to ship out one of their better value contracts. The club traded pending…

The biggest issue, in my mind, during the 2017-18 season was the complete lack of offense from the wings in…

One of the holes that the Edmonton Oilers will need to address this summer is that of fourth line center….