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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…
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 claimed…
With two years remaining on Connor McDavid’s contract, this will be the most important off‑season in the McDavid and Draisaitl era for the Edmonton Oilers. There is no doubt the team needs to make meaningful changes, and their recent decision to fire Kris Knoblauch shows the organization is willing to do so. But whether that…
We are onto the fourth part of my offseason kickoff series here at Oilersnation, where I look at the five storylines that will define this summer for the Edmonton Oilers. The earlier parts were more foundational questions about the coaching staff, the team’s ability to create cap space, and their philosophy on getting younger. Today,…
The Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs almost pulled off a huge trade before March's deadline, as The Fourth Period's David Pagnotta has recently shed some light on what went on for trade talks between these two teams. Pagnotta reports that the Oilers were open to sending Darnell Nurse to the Leafs in exchange for Morgan Rielly and Nic Roy: The Leafs and Oilers discussed a potential Morgan Rielly trade before the deadline. David Pagnotta expects Edmonton to circle back again, as both team...
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 date is October 8,…
The Edmonton Oilers’ first-round exit to the Anaheim Ducks was certainly disappointing, but I recently wrote that there were some silver linings to an otherwise unfulfilled season. One of them was the growth of Vasily Podkolzin. Podkolzin was a physical menace in the regular season, leading the team with 242 hits and six fights, both…
Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Dave Semenko comes in at No. 32 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 32 on Brownlee’s original list. Not many people can say they’ve shared the ice with Wayne…
Jay Woodcroft spent the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach under Joel Quenneville in Anaheim, watched the Ducks upset the Edmonton Oilers in six games in the first round of the playoffs, and is now entering his third consecutive summer of head coaching interviews. Per Eric Stephens of The Athletic , Woodcroft is expected to pursue multiple head coaching opportunities this offseason, with Ducks GM Pat Verbeek making clear he will not stand in his way. "I would never hold a coach back from...
It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of off-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ first-round exit, what changes to expect in Edmonton, line combinations, injury updates, and more. We kicked off the Friday episode of ONR with…
It's already been a whirlwind of activity for the Toronto Maple Leafs' new front office of Johny Chayka and Mats Sundin. A lottery win, a coach firing, and the wild ride is just beginning. The names are starting to come out of the woodwork as they launch the search for their next head coach. Craig Berube was fired this week, and a job that some would say is too onerous, and others would say is highly coveted, is now wide open. According to insider Elliotte Friedman, speaking on his...
It’s been a while, but Edmonton Oilers players are participating in the IIHF World Championship. After getting bounced in the first round of the NHL playoffs, five Oilers players are representing their countries in the World Championship in Switzerland. Canada features two defencemen, Evan Bouchard and Darnell Nurse, while Sweden features Mattias Ekholm. Additionally, two…
The stoic ways of Kris Knoblauch behind the Edmonton Oilers’ bench were what the team needed when he was hired in 2023. But the organization feels now that the voice needs to be firmer and more demanding as they approach a true “cup-or-bust” season. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer believe that was part…
As the dust settles on what has been nothing short of a chaotic week in Edmonton, word has started to trickle about what led to the demise of Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch. And according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, it starts all the way at the top of the organization. Oilers owner Daryl Katz, Friedman said…
On Tuesday, Frank Seravalli reported that the Edmonton Oilers wanted permission to interview Bruce Cassidy for a coaching position that technically didn’t exist yet. Strange news to see, but we all knew what was coming next. Yesterday, the Oilers made it official by firing Kris Knoblauch as the head coach. The Oilers don’t look great…
There are several teams in the National Hockey League right now looking for a new head coach. And while there are a few guys out there, there is only one very high-in-demand head coach available. And that is Bruce Cassidy. And when it comes to the Edmonton Oilers , his most fervent pursuers, the pressure is squarely on for them to sign him. After the whole 'seeking permission' affair leaked out, leading to the firing of Kris Knoblauch , they have no choice, says insider Elliotte Fr...
The New York Rangers are once again shopping Vincent Trocheck. The two-way center was taken out of the lineup last season, that's how engaged the trade talks were, however, no deal was struck, and Trocheck awkwardly finished the season in New York. Heading into the offseason, Rangers GM Chris Drury is looking to move off Trocheck, who has three seasons left on his contract at $5.6 million AAV, and he does own a 10-team no-trade clause. Some feel there could be most of the Canadian teams includ...
After a disappointing first-round exit against the Anaheim Ducks, the Edmonton Oilers head into the summer with more questions than answers. The team still has Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl at the centre of everything, but the version of the roster around them clearly wasn’t good enough. That leaves general manager Stan Bowman with a…
*Yesterday it was Danny Briere’s turn to get in behind the microphone and face the questions posed by the intrepid professionals on the Flyers beat. Naturally, there was much to be said about Matvei Michkov. [ BSH ] *The Edmonton Oilers got busy and fired head coach Kris Knoblauch as some sort of shield and to blame someone else for constructing that team so poorly. [ Sportsnet ] *That wasn’t all, of course. He also talked a bit about the offseason and the Flyers’ long and short term...