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Oilers milestones: Draisaitl passes Messier for fourth in franchise games played, Frederic plays 400th NHL game

A couple of players have hit some notable milestones. When the puck dropped between the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night, forward Leon Draisaitl officially dressed in the 852nd game of his NHL career, while fellow forward Trent Frederic appeared in the 400th game of his career in the big leagues. Draisaitl’s appearance…

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A Lack Of Heart Next Season

After a busy weekend of sledge hockey, the last thing I thought I'd be writing about today is the suspension of a professional hockey franchise. With all three top North American leagues pushing to get to 32 teams so that each NHL team had its own AHL and ECHL affiliates, one of those pillars crumbled today with the news that the Iowa Heartlanders had informed the ECHL that they were suspending operations for the 2026-27 season after a difficult campaign on the ice and at the box office this y...

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Pre-Scout: McDavid vs. MacKinnon take centre stage in Oilers-Avalanche hotly anticipated rematch

The Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche will have the league’s two leading scorers go head-to-head on Tuesday night in a late US-audience doubleheader. Widen your view beyond Connor McDavid’s 108 points versus Nathan MacKinnon’s 104 points, the game will feature three of the league’s top four scorers: Leon Draisaitl has 92 points, and four of…

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CC Extends Mayotte 5 Years

Colorado College has extended the contract of head coach Kris Mayotte for five seasons, taking him through the 2030-31 season.CC just finished its fifth season under Mayotte with a record of 13-17-6, and played in 13 overtimes. He led the Tigers to 21 wins two seasons ago, falling just short of an NCAA Tournament bid. Mayotte was named NCHC Coach of the Year that season. In this second season, Colorado...

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2026 Potential NHL Free Agents

As college teams begin to fall out of postseason play, keep an eye on the NHL transaction wire. For a number of the best players around the country, it’s officially free-agent season.Below is a shortlist of players at each position who could draw interest from NHL teams this spring. Several of the names included are players that at least one NHL scout told me their organization is strongly considering...

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Trade DUD-Line Day

I have no idea why anyone makes a big day out of Trade Deadline Day any longer. Everyone was making a big deal about how the Nazem Kadri trade from Calgary to Colorado was a "blockbuster", yet all I did was shrug my shoulders because Colorado added a third-line centerman. Yes, Kadri likely could play higher up in the lineup, but Colorado's lineup doesn't need him in the top-six forward group. For as much as TSN, Sportsnet, and the NHL Network make Trade Deadline Day a thing, it's not. And it s...

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Oilers Prospect Update: Why Colton Dach isn’t an unassuming acquisition

While the Edmonton Oilers swung two trades ahead of last Friday’s NHL trade deadline, with Connor Murphy and Jason Dickinson being the “big-name additions,” Colton Dach has seemingly slid under the radar. Dach’s journey to the NHL wasn’t a smooth one, marked by multiple shortened WHL seasons because of the COVID-19 pandemic or injury. He…

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Today In NHL History - Jason Spezza's Illegal Stick

On March 9th in 2009, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson called for a measurement of Jason Spezza's stick, down one goal with two minutes to play. Suspecting something was afoot, the Senator snapped his stick and headed for the bench. Referee Stephane Auger followed the forward and confiscated the contraband. Making no secret of shaving his blades, as described in this interview one year

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Today In NHL History - Backstrom's Own Goal

On March 9th in 2008, Washington Capitals rookie center Nicklas Backstrom had the misfortune of scoring an extremely untimely own goal against goaltender Cristobal Huet, breaking a deadlocked game to give their archrival Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 lead with 28 seconds to play. Adding insult to injury, the blunder was credited to Ovechkin's nemesis-in-chief, notorious Washington Capitals killer

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Vasily Podkolzin and the trade that keeps on giving

The Edmonton Oilers acquired Vasily Podkolzin on Aug. 18, 2024, from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2025 (114th overall). The Oilers actually re-acquired the pick from Vancouver when the Oilers traded Evander Kane to Vancouver on Day 2 of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. To date, the trade has worked…

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