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Oilers are in trouble if Knoblauch’s only plan is demanding more from McDavid and Draisaitl
The Edmonton Oilers have spent the better part of the last decade being a two-man team. Connor McDavid and Leon Drasiatil. The Dynamic Duo. A pair that was destined to lead the franchise back to the promised land. The proof is in the pudding that those two played a massive role in Edmonton’s back-to-back trips…
GDB 17.0: Oilers Must Respond After Saturday Debacle (6:30 PM MT, Prime)
Flat. Uninspired. Anemic. Bland. Dreadful. There are hundreds of adjectives that would easily describe the Edmonton Oilers’ performance in their ugly 9-1 loss to Colorado, but the aforementioned words aptly describe much of this season as well. The Oilers have only won six of their first 16 games — only St. Louis, Buffalo, Nashville and…
Scenes From Morning Skate: Redemption starts now for the Oilers
Monday night’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets is a double-edged sword, and everyone in the Edmonton dressing room knows it. The Blue Jackets haven’t won once on this road trip. They’re limping into Rogers Place looking for anything resembling a confidence boost, and if the Oilers hand them that gift-wrapped opportunity? It’s not just…
Oilers’ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins out a week as Mattias Janmark returns to lineup
The Edmonton Oilers will be without Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for at least a week after suffering an undisclosed injury, head coach Kris Knoblauch said Monday. And while Nugent-Hopkins will land on the injured reserve with what ails him, the team has activated Mattias Janmark, with the forward set to make his regular season debut Monday night….
Today In NHL History - Hextall Fights Felix Potvin
On November 10th in 1996, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers skated the length of the ice to engage netminder Felix Potvin when a melee broke out at the end of a match against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Hextall was met with a willing and able opponent who quickly bloodied the Flyer backstop with a serious of blows to the left eye. Not surprisingly, the Philadelphia feed (below) hailed
Today In NHL History - Lindbergh's Car Crash
On November 10th in 1985, Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh crashed his Porsche into a wall at 5:37am returning from an evening of team celebration with a blood alcohol level of .24%. The 26 year-old Vezina winner never regained consciousness and was removed from life support the next day upon his father's arrival from Sweden. Despite his death, the popular Swede topped fan voting for the 1986 NHL
Today In NHL History - Kovalchuk's Shootout Miss
On November 10th in 2010, New Jersey Devils star forward Ilya Kovalchuk fabulously flubbed a fourth round shootout attempt against Jhonas Enroth giving the Buffalo Sabres a 5-4 victory in Lindy Ruff's 1,000th game behind the Buffalo bench. The $100 million dollar man's miscue sealed his squad's fate as the league's worst through the first fifth of the NHL's 93rd offering, with only 4 wins and 10
Today In NHL History - Linden Trade (WAS-VAN)
On November 10th in 2001, the Vancouver Canucks acquired former captain Trevor Linden and a second round draft pick (Denis Grot) in exchange for a first round pick in 2002 (Boyd Gordon) and a third rounder in 2003. Linden would skate for six more seasons with the team that took him second overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft surpassing several franchise milestones before announcing his retirement
Today In NHL History - Ruutu Punks Phaneuf
On November 5th in 2005, Vancouver Canucks resident pest Jarkko Ruutu punked Calgary Flames rookie defenseman Dion Phaneuf, flirting with fisticuffs then falling the 2003 first round draft pick with his stick. Adding injury to insult, Phaneuf was assessed a two minute unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the play. Calgary survived the ensuing 5-on-3 powerplay, four minutes into the final frame, and
Today In NHL History - Béliveau's Hat Trick
On November 5th in 1955, Jean Béliveau scored three powerplay goals in 44 seconds against Boston Bruins netminder Terry Sawchuck collecting the fastest hat trick in Montreal Canadiens club history. Trailing 2-0 in the second period, the Montreal unit of Doug Harvey, Tom Johnson, Jean Béliveau, Maurice Richard, and Bert Olmstead dominated Boston with a two-man advantage as sin-binners Cal Gardner
Pre-Scout: Blue Jackets arrive in Edmonton winless on Western road swing
After the absolute drubbing the Edmonton Oilers were handed on Saturday night, perhaps it’s best that Monday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets is behind a subscription paywall. It’s Monday Night Hockey on Amazon Prime… yippee! Two different brands of .500 collide here. The Blue Jackets are a more earnest 7-7 against the Oilers, loser-pointed…
Why the Oilers’ slow start is more concerning this season
Disappointing starts to the season have been an annual tradition in Oil Country over the past few years. The 2025-26 Edmonton Oilers are continuing the trend, sporting an underwhelming 6-6-4 record through 16 games. Edmonton is no stranger to poor finishing, goaltending issues, and defensive mistakes in the first handful of games. Still, there are…
Monday Mailbag: Why can’t the Oilers hold a lead?
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 why the Oilers keep fumbling leads, buying in vs. systems, the PK’s slide, and more. If…
Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers
Keeping you up-to-date with all the latest pro hockey news in Manitoba.
Ducks fly past grounded Jets 4–1, Winnipeg’s losing streak grows to three
Recap of the game.
A Quick Post
I had an extremely busy day today, so this isn't going to be a long-winded post about Jonathan Quick or anyone else named Quick. Instead, it's just a quick observation made as I was reading news on different hockey sites today. The above game preview was posted on the ECHL website for the game tonight between Iowa and Cincinnati. You may need to read that again because Jaxon Nelson apparently leads the ECHL with seven wins despite his team, the Iowa Heartlanders, only having a record of 3-5...
Nobody welcomes adversity quite like the Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers and Dealing With Adversity. Name a more iconic duo. I’ll wait. From a 2-9-1 start to a 3-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final, this team always finds a way to grab the headlines — often for the wrong reasons. And once again, they’ve found themselves in a pickle. Their 6-6-4 record…
The Rundown - Week 6
The Rundown is back as Canada West women's hockey kicks off the first full weekend of games, and that also means we're four weeks from the December break. Some teams are doing well to start this 2025-26 season while others need to start making changes now if they hope to salvage any chances for a playoff spot in the second half of the season. The Trinity Western Spartans were resting and practicing this week with the bye, but eight teams were in action this weekend as they looked earn points f...
A closer look into Trent Frederic’s slow start to the season
This past summer, the Edmonton Oilers extended Trent Frederic to an eight-year contract at a $3.85M AAV. The 27-year-old forward was traded to Edmonton from the Boston Bruins at the trade deadline, skating in just one regular-season game for the team due to a high-ankle sprain, though he did appear in all 22 of Edmonton’s…
Cole Perfetti set to make his regular season debut for the Winnipeg Jets tnt vs Ducks
Winnipeg gets a big boost in the middle six and on the PP with the return of 91.
Sunday Scramble: A Canadian miscue, New York’s historic run, and soundbites from the week
Here I was on Saturday night, the Edmonton Oilers game set to PVR as I travelled to do the Bonnyville Pontiacs game in Drayton Valley. I was riding high. A competent, strong Yaks win, and I’m thinking, here we go, I’m going to get home in time for the 3rd period. Should I start from…
Game 15: Winnipeg Jets vs Anaheim Ducks pre-game report
A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
‘Something needs to change’: Fans react as Oilers suffer worst home loss since Decade of Darkness
Throughout the years, the Oilers have had some stinky games, but none have been as embarrassing as the one on Saturday night against the Colorado Avalanche. According to Sportsnet, this 9-1 loss is tied for the franchise’s most significant home-ice defeat in history. The only other time this happened was on January 27, 2009, against…
Oilers embarrass themselves but does anybody care that their season is swirling the bowl?
After a disastrous back-to-back set in St. Louis and Dallas, the Edmonton Oilers were back on home ice to face the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche for their first of three meetings on the season. Unfortunately, the Oilers must not have known there was a game to play because they didn’t even show up and got…
The Day After 16.0: Embarrassed Oilers can only hope loss to Avalanche is rock bottom
Saturday night was a measuring-stick kind of game. Hockey Night in Canada. The Edmonton Oilers hosting the Colorado Avalanche on three days rest. McDavid vs. MacKinnon. These are the kind of games you’d expect a struggling team like the Oilers to show up for. Instead, the Oilers might’ve just shown their true colours as a…
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