The image of the screen to the left likely isn't something that people will recongize instantaneously, but that will be what I'll be looking it for the next six days. It won't be continuous over those days, but there will be a serious chunk taken out of the time I can watch hockey as the home schedule get underway for the professional baseball season. The image to the left is from a program called Trackman that tracks every ball put in play from the moment it leaves the pitcher's hand to the m...
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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…
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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….
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The Vegas Golden Knights press conference with interim coach John Tortorella and general manager Kelly McCrimmon reminds me of the Worldwide Privacy Tour episode of South Park. “We want privacy! We want privacy!” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker put into the mouths of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. It was the phrase in the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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He played one season back home but will return to North America for the 2026-27 campaign.
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The sharpshooter is heading back home after one season in Manitoba.
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The NHL playoffs have been going on for over a month now, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that we’re very disappointed. Not over everything, because a lot of this year’s postseason has been pretty fun. But we’re hockey fans, and we like to be cranky. And like every season, the playoffs give us plenty of opportunity to single out individual players for a disapproving head-shake or two. Today, we’re making a team out of those guys. We’ll be building a full 21-man roster, which is to ...
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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,…
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Former Ohio State player and Miami coach Bill Davidge passed away this week. He was 72 years old.Davidge played at Ohio State before becoming a graduate assistant coach at Miami's burgeoning program, under Steve Cady.Davidge eventually took over for Cady, after receiving a master's degree from the university. He was head coach from 1985-89, going 39-111-3.He continued to reside in Oxford and support...
College hockey's commissioners are making a final push to the NCAA this week, submitting a counter-proposal that would amend the proposed new age eligibility rules, with the backing of the entire hockey landscape.The NCAA's Division I Cabinet is meeting this Friday to deliberate the final makeup of the new rules. The NCAA's leadership and legal team has proposed a new "5-for-5" rule that would grant...
Another NHL team is on a hunt for a new head coach after the Vancouver Canucks announced that Adam Foote has been fired. Assistant coaches Kevin Dean, Scott Young, and Brett McLean will also not return for the 2026-27 season. General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that Head Coach Adam Foote and Assistant Coaches Scott…
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,…
Lots of good stuff in this chat as he reflects on giving back to the community in Manitoba.
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…
He is the second Moose player to accomplish this in the last four seasons.
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…
A daily roundup of Jets, Moose coverage — all the pro hockey news that matters in Manitoba and beyond.
Frank Seravalli believes that as long as the Vegas Golden Knights keep paying Bruce Cassidy’s contract, they can deny the Edmonton Oilers and other teams permission to talk to their former head coach. On Frankly Hockey on Monday, Seravalli talked about the hottest coaching candidate right now, who still hasn’t been granted permission to interview…