Tag: NHL

Statistics are a funny thing.  You can spin them to make a person sound good and often you can use…

The Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers are both at different stages. The Jets expect to compete for Stanley Cup next…

For the first time, the St. Louis Blues are Stanley Cup champions. On Wednesday night from the TD Garden in…

The Edmonton Oilers have three proven top-six forwards on their roster. In Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton…

Corey Perry has been a thorn in the side of the Edmonton Oilers since he truly emerged as an NHL’er…

With a little over a week separating us from the NHL’s annual entry draft, Ken Holland has continued to handle…

For Paul Fenton, it was an auspicious start to his tenure as the Minnesota Wild’s new general manager.  The NHL…

The Edmonton Oilers surprised everyone on Monday morning when they called a 10:30 am press conference out of the blue….

Welcome to The Monday reader, a once-a-week or once-ever-other-week column looking at the NHL, Penguins and other scattered thoughts. There…

The Edmonton Oilers dipped into the European talent pool earlier this off-season when they signed F Joakim Nygard out of…

The Milan Lucic era in Edmonton appears to be approaching its end. After a second consecutive disastrous season, dumping Lucic…

There will be a seventh and deciding game in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals. On Sunday, the Boston Bruins defeated…

As General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings, Ken Holland elected to enter a rebuild during the 2016-17 season. On…

Some rumors never seem to go away. Carolina’s Justin Faulk has been a main target for the Edmonton Oilers dating…

As the season came to an end, I have to admit I was pretty exhausted from thinking and writing about…

I’ve always found it funny that on the same day the Oilers tried to upgrade their defense by trading Taylor…

When a player gets connected to the Edmonton Oilers in rumors, they never quite go away. We are now officially…

On Wednesday, word quickly spread that Edmonton Oilers F Jesse Puljujarvi was on his way to the KHL. Caught by…

The Philadelphia Flyers made their first significant offseason move when it comes to player personnel on Tuesday when they acquired…

A major reason why the St. Louis Blues are in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals has been because of the…

Some of the most fascinating trades to discuss are the ones that never happened. For the Edmonton Oilers and Boston…

Once criminally underrated, Anton Stralman emerged as a true analytics darling during his time with the New York Rangers. Shortly…

Some speculation yesterday from TSN 1260’s Jason Gregor, who named veteran goalies Mike Smith and Brian Elliott as two potential…

The Edmonton Oilers have re-signed two key members of the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors. According to the club, the Oil have…

Jake Gardiner is a good hockey player that has had, unfortunately, his worst moments on the biggest stages. After turning…

Dave Tippett has only been the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers for six days. Even in that short period…

The Boston Bruins had a terrific first period en route to a 7-2 clobbering over the St. Louis Blues in…

When the Columbus Blue Jackets went ‘all-in’ at the NHL’s annual trade deadline in February, they did so knowing that…

Adding a top-four right-shot defender has seemingly been a key item for the Edmonton Oilers in every off-season for over…