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Where Nugent-Hopkins fits best and the Oilers’ biggest trade need

While our nation mourns a tough gold medal loss in men’s hockey, the NHL resumes play on Wednesday. The Olympics were an excellent timeout from the regular season, but now all 32 teams turn their focus to the standings, their needs and wants, before the NHL trade deadline next Friday and the drive to the…

20 days ago | 3 reads

A closer look at the Western Conference playoff race and where the Oilers stand

The 2026 Winter Olympics are officially over, and the 2025-26 NHL regular season will resume once again on Wednesday. For the Edmonton Oilers, this has, once again, been a season of significant ups and downs. For their standards, they held mediocre records of 5-4-3 and 6-6-2 in the opening months of October and November, respectively….

20 days ago | 3 reads

Monday Mailbag: What will the Oilers do at the trade deadline?

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‘ approach to the trade deadline, Canada vs. USA, the Bobby McMann rumours, and more….

21 days ago | 3 reads

Bracket Breakdown

I've been writing these NCAA Tournament analysis articles for decades now, and over the years, they've become increasingly routine.That's largely because the makeup of what was the Pairwise became more and more straightforward over the years.And now, with the move to NPI, the algorithm is entirely straightforward.For better or worse (and a few coaches, but not most, have said it's worse), the NPI ...

21 days ago | 0 reads

Upton Named Next Brown Coach

Brown has named Tom Upton its new head coach, replacing Brendan Whittet, who stepped down last week.Upton is currently an assistant coach at Massachusetts. He will remain there through the end of the season, while Jason Smith continues as Brown's interim head coach."Tom's track record as a skillful and proven leader, a respected builder of programs and culture, and a strong connector made him the ...

21 days ago | 0 reads

Boston University Baffled By Inability to Pull Things Together

Consistency, and lack thereof, has defined the Boston University Terriers this season.“Our team’s having a tough time sustaining the same type of play for the whole game,” coach Jay Pandolfo said after BU’s 6-2 loss to Boston College in the Beanpot Final on Feb. 9.With three games left in the regular season, their record stands at a disappointing 14-15-2. Currently 28th on the NPI, the only...

21 days ago | 0 reads

The Rundown - Quarterfinals

Four teams took to the ice this weekend as we looked to narrow the field from six to four teams who are in pursuit of a Canada West banner and a berth to the U SPORTS National Championship in Elmira, Ontario. UBC and Mount Royal earned the byes this week by finishing atop their respective divisions while Saskatchewan, Regina, and MacEwan are already making plans for next season. That left Alberta, Calgary, Manitoba, and Trinity Western to sort out who would be moving on to the Canada West semi...

21 days ago | 0 reads

Team Canada can’t sit idle ahead of next best-on-best tournament

It’s easy to sit here right now and say, “What could’ve been?” for a Canadian team stacked with offensive talent, but not enough when it mattered most. After all, that was the difference between a win and a loss on Sunday in the 2026 Olympic gold medal game between the two countries that straddle the…

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Oilers’ Connor McDavid named men’s Olympic MVP, best forward

It might not have been the fairytale ending, but there’s no question who the best player in the world is. Following Canada’s disappointing overtime loss to the United States in the gold medal game of the 2026 Winter Olympics, forward Connor McDavid was named the tournament’s most valuable player. Connor McDavid is the MVP of…

22 days ago | 2 reads

Ohio State Battling to Make Something of Tough Season

Despite Ohio State losing critical pieces over the offseason, its roster still looked solid on paper and good enough to keep up with any team in the nation. The Buckeyes' top-6 was solid, outside of losing their leading scorer, their back end was still steady and their goaltending had potential to be really good.“When you have some change over, you're not sure where it's going to come from. And ...

22 days ago | 0 reads

OGDB 6.0: Canada goes for gold medal against Team USA (6:00AM MT, CBC)

I know it’s only been a day and change since the win over Finland, but it feels like we’ve been waiting forever for this gold medal game between Canada and the United States. It’s two countries that don’t like each other out there, and a game that we’ll likely be talking about for years and…

22 days ago | 0 reads