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Should the Oilers deal with the pressure of playing in a hockey market better?
The Edmonton Oilers obviously play in a hockey hotbed. They have three of the best players in the world and are expected to challenge for the Stanley Cup. No Canadian team has gone all the way since 1993. That’s a lot of pressure; should they be dealing with it better? Edmonton has come very close…
Sunday Scramble: ‘We didn’t give up a touchdown’ says Babcock as Oilers battle through Week 1
If fantasy hockey worked like fantasy football, you’d have been tempted to start the Edmonton Oilers defence in Week 1, given their weaker schedule. You would’ve been punished. But if you were belligerent on Saturday night and said, “Surely this can’t go on,” you’d be rewarded. “We didn’t give up a touchdown,” said coach Mike Babcock with a…
Unfrozen Part 3: Time traveller goes to his first Oilers games in 47 years
It’s hockey season, folks! An exciting time to be an Edmonton Oilers fan with the best player in the world in the lineup. Even more thrilling than seeing Star Wars a couple of years ago- er, I mean 47 years ago. If you haven’t heard of me, I’m Chaz Horton, the new 92-year-old writer at…
Devon Levi shines, the Dynamic Duo locks up the win, and the Oilers’ power play needs some creativity
After what can only be described as an outrageous win on Thursday in Vancouver, the Edmonton Oilers were back on home ice for their first matchup of the season against the Seattle Kraken. And while the mission was absolutely to win the game, I think the bigger hope for all of us was that they…
The Day After 3.0: Pre-game rituals pay off for Oilers in win against Kraken
Hockey players are creatures of habit. Look no further than their pre-game routines. Some do visualization exercises, others have to tape their stick in a certain way, but one routine that all share is a game of sewer ball. While many have wondered over the years why hockey players kick around a soccer ball, look…
Instant Reaction: Oilers grind out 3-1 low-event win over Kraken
Saturday’s game proved that the Edmonton Oilers are capable of playing low-scoring games. The Oilers would go on to defeat the Seattle Kraken 3-1, moving their season record to 2-0-1, in a game that saw Edmonton outshoot them 25-20. With the win, Edmonton is now 9-1-0 at Rogers Place against Seattle since the team’s first…
Oilers exploring market for ‘lateral trade,’ look to move defenceman for forward
The Edmonton Oilers are poking around in the trade market, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Saturday night. With a litany of injuries in their forward ranks, missing four of their top seven forwards, the team is looking to trade for some forward depth. Specifically, Friedman reported, the team is looking to trade a defenceman for a forward…
Jarry or Levi? The debate continues around Oilers goaltending
So far, neither Edmonton Oilers goalie has looked good. Who should start Saturday night against the Seattle Kraken? On Tuesday, Tristan Jarry let in six goals, then Devon Levi let in seven goals on Thursday. It couldn’t have started worse for Edmonton’s goaltending tandem against the Vancouver Canucks. Levi has the worst save percentage in…
What should the Oilers do with Walman and Mukhamadullin?
For nearly half a decade, the Edmonton Oilers’ third pair was anchored by Brett Kulak, a speedy, defensive D-man with exceptional durability. But when Kulak’s game fell apart last season, GM Stan Bowman shipped him out of town, and the Oilers have been trying to fill the void ever since. Finding the solution will be…
GDB 3.0: Can the Oilers win without bleeding goals? (5 PM MT, SNW)
The Edmonton Oilers are back at Rogers Place tonigjht for a 5 PM dance with the Seattle Kraken, and after Thursday’s 9-7 circus in Vancouver, I think I speak for all of us when I say it would be nice to have a little less chaos. The Oilers built an 8-2 lead, spent the back…
Oilers Thoughts: Jarry and Levi fumble their starts, Oilers’ offence and physicality, Walman struggling early, and more
All summer and throughout training camp, the Edmonton Oilers coaching staff reiterated the importance of defensive structure. And just when you thought the Oilers were going to buckle down defensively and start looking like those elite, defensively dominant, Cup-winning New Jersey Devils teams of the late ’90s, they go and win a pond-hockey-like 9-7 game…
Pre-Scout: Oilers look to shake sloppiness against Seattle
Has there ever been such an enthralling, yet disorienting and disappointing win for a team that scored nine goals as the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night? Credit to you if you shut the game off after the first period. Heck, even at the midway point when the Oilers went up 8-2, you — a rational…
ONR: The Oilers are an adventure again at both ends of the rink
It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of in-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ home-and-home against the Canucks, offered their takes on the chaos, the Saturday’s matchup against Seattle, line combinations, and more. We kicked off the…
Winning ugly is better than losing: Oilers’ early-season good and bad
The Edmonton Oilers’ first two games of the 2027 NHL season have taken fans on a wild ride of entertainment, frustration, disbelief, and amazement while challenging you to balance the good with the bad. There has been a lot of both through the first 122 minutes of the season. It is Positive Friday, so let’s…
Former Oilers goalie Jack Campbell reveals struggle with alcohol led to Leafs departure
Anxiety was never in Jack Campbell’s vocabulary. What he chalked up to nerves was so much more. And on top of a lifelong battle with depression, the former NHL goaltender turned to alcohol during his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, he shared during an appearance on the Cam and Strick podcast this week. It…
Oilers’ Vasily Podkolzin is off to a hot start and it comes as no surprise
When the Edmonton Oilers’ schedule was released for the 2026-27 season, Vasily Podkolzin’s eyes must’ve lit up. He was probably excited to see that the first two games of the season were against his former team, the Vancouver Canucks, because he was likely eager to show them all the skills he worked on this past…
Devon Levi’s Oilers debut, Vasily Podkolzin is a monster, and Owen Michaels’ first NHL goal
One of the nice things about having a home-and-home series against the Vancouver Canucks is that round two gave the Oilers a chance to rebound after what was a painful season-opener loss. Edmonton probably played well enough to win, but mistakes and shoddy goaltending were too much to overcome. That made Thursday’s rematch feel a…
The Day After 2.0: Oilers Jekyll-and-Hyde their way to win over Canucks
If you were boxscore-watching Thursday night’s game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks, you wouldn’t be able to tell that Alberta’s team was short four members of their top-six. In fact, you wouldn’t think they were missing any players, because on a night when the Oilers score nine goals, one would think Ryan Nugent-Hopkins…
Instant Reaction: Oilers leave Vancouver victors in ugly 9-7 win
When in doubt, outscore your goaltending problems. On Thursday evening, the Edmonton Oilers played their second game of the 2026-27 season, enacting their revenge over the Vancouver Canucks with a 9-7 victory. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. The game started great for the Oilers, taking a 1-0 lead midway…
Real Life Podcast: Oilers season opener recap, injury woes, and a RIPNation recap
Thursday afternoon means a fresh episode of Real Life was recorded and edited, and it’s ready to help you wrap up the week with another dose of nonsense and shenanigans. Today’s podcast was a skeleton crew with only Tyler, Baggedmilk, and Eli, but that didn’t stop the fellas from having a good time anyway. The…
‘Terrific local touch’: Oilers fans react to new goal song
The noise around the Edmonton Oilers is loud, including their new goal song, which debuted at the home opener and got fans’ ears perked up. When fans noticed the change, they took to social media to share their thoughts. At first, it sounded like a song that had never been played before, which was true…
Must-watch Oilers games: October edition
With the new season upon us, let’s look ahead to the first slate of games for the Edmonton Oilers. They’ve opened their season with a 6-5 overtime loss to the Canucks and will look to get back at them tonight. But after that, they have 13 more games scheduled for October, with seven at home…
GDB 2.0: Wounded Oilers must bounce back against Canucks (8 p.m. MT, SNP)
There is no reason the Edmonton Oilers should have a slow start to the season. After a strong first 10 minutes of their season opener, they were sloppy in the final 50 minutes against Vancouver, and it cost them. Tonight will tell us a lot about the psyche and determination of this team. Will they…
Oilers @ Canucks: Devon Levi starts, Hyman out two weeks with injury
As Devon Levi prepares to make his first start for the Edmonton Oilers, the team’s parade to the infirmary continues. Already down top-nine forwards Matt Savoie, Jason Dickinson, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, on top of Mattias Janmark and Alec Regula, as well as goaltender Freddie Andersen, Zach Hyman is the latest to join the battered and…
Has the Norris Trophy watch begun for Evan Bouchard?
Is one game too early to start discussing NHL award races? Undoubtedly it is. Yet after watching the Edmonton Oilers’ season opener on Tuesday, I can’t help but consider the possibility of a Norris Trophy in Evan Bouchard’s future. In their 6-5 overtime loss to the Vancouver Canucks, Bouchard scored the first opening-night hat trick…
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