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For more than two decades, Sonny Sekhon has been a part of making the hockey community in Edmonton a more inclusive space. Now, he is on the verge of making history as the city’s first-ever winner of the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award. “Arjun Atwal, who is unbelievable and one of my closest friends, decided…
Three Edmonton Oilers players were in action on Wednesday at the IIHF World Championships, and all three recorded at least one point. After all, five Oilers players were off on Tuesday, and three players returned to action on Wednesday afternoon. Isaac Howard’s USA took on Josh Samanski’s Germany, while Mattias Ekholm’s Sweden took on Slovenia….
The Edmonton Oilers would like to interview Bruce Cassidy for their vacant head coaching job, but as of today Vegas hasn’t given them permission. GM Kelly McCrimmon read a statement yesterday that said, “Teams have asked for permission to speak with Bruce Cassidy and we have been consistent that our focus currently is on the…
The Edmonton Oilers have backed themselves into a corner in their hunt for a new head coach, and in order to get their No. 1 guy, they need a division rival to play ball. There’s no indication that there’s any sense of urgency for the Vegas Golden Knights to give the Oilers permission to speak…
It's Bruce Cassidy's 61st birthday today. But he's no closer to being gifted a new job in the NHL. It was leaked last week that the Vegas Golden Knights denied the Edmonton Oilers permission to speak with their fired head coach (who is still under contract) for Edmonton's vacancy behind the bench. Now it's being confirmed by insider Andy Strickland on the Cam & Strick podcast that the Golden Knights also denied the Los Angeles Kings permission to talk to Cassidy. Is Vegas being pet...
The Edmonton Oilers bowed out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs early, but their fingerprints on both Conference Final matchups. Former Oilers Brett Kulak and Taylor Hall are key pieces for their teams as they continue their quests for the Cup. Kulak was shipped to Pittsburgh in the Tristan Jarry trade earlier this season, but Kyle…
Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here. Midway through the 2025-26 season,…
One area that the Edmonton Oilers have improved in the past few years is their prospect pool. They’ve signed quite a few players from the NCAA and Europe, but one of the most notable moves to bolster their prospect pool came last off-season when they traded Sam O’Reilly for Isaac Howard. During the 2024 draft,…
Stan Bowman is throwing rocks up to hit Bruce Cassidy’s bedroom window, but Bruce just shakes his head, grounded, unable to talk. Cassidy can wipe his tears with $100 bills, a well-paid hostage for a year if Bill Foley deems it the case. And this is a big problem for the Edmonton Oilers. Cassidy is…
The National Hockey League’s Coaches Association has released a statement in defence of Bruce Cassidy, calling the Vegas Golden Knights’ potentially denying him speaking to other NHL teams “unprecedented.” The statement comes a week after news broke that the Oilers had been trying to receive permission to speak with Cassidy and that the Golden Knights…
The next head coach of the Edmonton Oilers will have early-season success regardless of who it is. The next Oilers head coach will be set up for success for four simple reasons. He will have a good roster led by Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Evan Bouchard. The Oilers will have some question marks on…
We’re more than a week out from the news leaking that the Oilers were denied permission to speak to former Golden Knights head coach, Bruce Cassidy, and all I can think about is how long Stan Bowman plans to wait. With Vegas dragging their feet on giving Edmonton permission to speak to the guy they…
Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here. The Edmonton Oilers have had a…
Montreal Canadiens News and Notes Montreal advances to the ECF. [ CBC | Sportsnet | The Athletic | Canadiens | La Presse | Radio-Canada ] The Habs will face Carolina. [ NHL ] The Victoire are still one win away from the championship. [ TVA Sports | Montreal Gazette ] Around the League and Elsewhere The Hurricanes would like to put an end to their playoff woes. [ NHL ] The Oilers interested in speaking with Craig Berube and Bruce Cassidy. [ TSN | Sportsnet ] ...
It was a quiet day for Edmonton Oilers players at the 2026 World Championships. All five Oilers players participating in the tournament played on Victoria Day, but only one player got on the scoresheet. Canada remains undefeated, beating Denmark 5-1. However, USA dropped another game, losing 6-2 to Finland, while Germany fell 6-1 to Switzerland,…
Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here. When the Edmonton Oilers acquired Adam…
The last time the Oilers had a starting goaltender with a save percentage above .910 was in the 2022-23 season, when Stuart Skinner was a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy. Connor McDavid’s prime has been wasted by poor defending and mediocre goaltending, and Stan Bowman’s attempt to solve this was Tristan Jarry, who makes…
After having a couple of days to think about the Oilers firing Kris Knoblauch, I don’t know that my opinion has changed much from where it started. I don’t think any of us were surprised that Knobby got gassed, but I also don’t think everything that went wrong during the 2025-26 season was his fault…
Few have had a better seat in the Craig Berube era in Toronto than Arun Srinivasan. As the managing editor of our sister website The Leafs Nation, Srinivasan has been on the Leafs beat for years, getting day-to-day access to one of the NHL’s most interesting organizations. So when news broke Monday morning that the…
The Edmonton Oilers have been granted permission to speak with former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube. This, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, who reported the news early Monday morning. 32 Thoughts Monday morning playoff preview, news & interview pod. Not reported in it, but heard this morning: Oilers have permission to talk to…
Good morning, everyone, and a happy Monday to you all. As per tradition, I’ve got a brand new mailbag set to go after taking your questions and sending them to the crew for their takes. This week, we’re discussing the Oilers’ coaching needs, Vegas dragging their feet with Bruce Cassidy, free agency, and more. If…
It’s time to dig into this week’s Letters to the Editor. Want to join in the fun? Details about how to reach out are at the bottom of the article. Kent Johnson, come on down The Oilers should target Kent Johnson. He’d be a bit of a reclamation project, but putting him next to Draisaitl…
For the first time in the 2026 IIHF World Championship, Canada had a day off. However, there were still Edmonton Oilers players in action, as Isaac Howard’s United States took on Great Britain in the early game, Mattias Ekholm’s Sweden took on Denmark in the afternoon game, and Josh Samanski’s Germany took on Latvia in…
Shoutout to my friends in the northeast corner of the province, blanketed by a dump of snow on Friday, putting a big wet damper on the May long weekend. So it goes for many Albertans, invited to ignore hockey for a while with the idea of summer around the corner, only to be thronged violently…
If the Edmonton Oilers wind up successful in their attempts to court Bruce Cassidy for their now-vacant head coaching position, there might be one player who isn’t too happy to see his arrival. Trent Frederic. It’s easy to assume that Frederic would be happy, given he played his first 100-odd NHL games under his tutelage…