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The emotions are flowing in Oil Country. After a comeback victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday, which still left an uncertain taste in fans’ mouths, Stan Bowman continued to be active on the trade front. Last night, he added Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach from the Chicago Blackhawks. It was his second trade of…
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Things are heating up with the NHL Trade Deadline approaching on March 6. On Wednesday, the Edmonton Oilers made their second trade of the week with the Chicago Blackhawks, acquiring Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach in exchange for Andrew Mangiapane and a conditional first-round pick. Elsewhere around the Pacific Division, two rivals continued leaning into…
The Hockey Show , Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, invades the UMFM studios once again as there's a pile of hockey chatter to go over from leagues and places all over the North American map. It's been a busy week with playoffs starting, teams pushing for playoff spots, and teams loading up for playoff runs, so we'll talk about a lot of that stuff tonight with a few more stories mixed in. We'll be all over the map as we discuss all sorts of stories tonight on...
The Edmonton Oilers have made their second move leading into Friday’s trade deadline. On Wednesday evening, insider Frank Seravalli reported that the Oilers have traded Andrew Mangiapane and a conditional 2027 first, top-12 protected, to the Chicago Blackhawks for Jason Dickinson (50 per cent retention) and Colton Dach. Trade details, per sources: To #LetsGoOilers:C Jason…
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United Collegiate Hockey CupThe United Collegiate Hockey Cup gets underway today just outside of St. Louis, with the tournament set to crown a champion among college hockey’s independent programs.The Alaska Nanooks secured the No. 1 seed by finishing highest among the independents in the NPI rankings. The Nanooks receive a bye into the second round.The bracket itself is a bit unconventional, largely...
The stories write themselves right now. The Edmonton Oilers can’t play defence. Well, they can, but they just don’t seem to be choosing to do so. Talk of improving from within has been nothing short of exhausting. Oilers players don’t seem to have answers, and the coaching staff can try to change up the lines…
The Edmonton Oilers made noise on Wednesday night. Just after 5 pm MST, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that the Oilers were working to acquire Jason Dickinson from the Chicago Blackhawks. Two hours later, various NHL insiders confirmed the details: The Oilers acquired Jason Dickinson with 50 per cent of his salary retained, and Colton Dach…
It’s been another wild week around here with the Oilers rollercoaster making another loop, and I’ve got a fresh episode of Better Lait Than Never ready to recap it all. On today’s podcast, I talked about the Oilers‘ trading for Connor Murphy, the NHL Trade deadline, defensive/goaltending woes, and much more. I kicked off this…
The Edmonton Oilers have struck another deal ahead of the NHL’s trade deadline with the Chicago Blackhawks. The Oilers have acquired Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach for Andrew Mangiapane and a conditional first-round pick in 2027 that is top-12 protected, according to insider Frank Seravalli. The Blackhawks have retained 50 per cent of Dickinson’s contract,…
The Edmonton Oilers and Chicago Blackhawks are in talks to consummate a trade that would send Jason Dickinson to Alberta’s capital, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Wednesday night. Edmonton and Chicago are discussing another move This one would send Jason Dickinson to the Oilers. We will see how it turns out — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 5,…
If you've been reading HBIC long enough, you know that the aura around outdoor games has worn off for this writer. While the NHL keeps milking that cash cow at every opportunity they get, there simply aren't enough positives to make me want to see more of them. It seems that there was almost one in a place I never even expected, though, as NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman shot down a question today that seemed to indicate that the NHL may play an outdoor game at Lake Louise. That left me asking "...
The playoff race in the Pacific Division is on. Six teams are battling for three, most likely four, playoff spots with eight points separating Vegas, Anaheim, Edmonton, Seattle, San Jose and Los Angeles. Let’s take a look at how many head-to-head matchups they have, who has the toughest and easiest remaining schedule and more. Here…
The Edmonton Oilers got good injury news about Jake Walman and not-so-good news about Curtis Lazar on Tuesday. Knoblauch gave updates on injuries after Wednesday’s optional morning skate. Many of the team’s top players didn’t participate, with the Oilers’ next game not until Friday against the Carolina Hurricanes. Curtis Lazar will be out at least…
It doesn’t look like the Florida Panthers are going to make the playoffs. After winning back-to-back Stanley Cups and making the finals in three consecutive seasons, Aleksander Barkov’s injury appears to be too much for them to overcome. Two days before March 6th’s trade deadline, the Panthers have a 30-28-3 record for 63 points. Right…
Latest from practice on the NHL club of Winnipeg.
The Edmonton Oilers know how to put the puck in the back of the net, having scored 22 goals over their last four games. Their obvious problem, however, is keeping it out of their own, and the recent addition of Connor Murphy should help with that. The Oilers have elite offensive talent that other NHL…
Daily Faceoff’s Jeff Marek believes the Edmonton Oilers could be the team to watch at the trade deadline and openly wondered about Darnell Nurse’s status. The NHL’s trade deadline is Friday, and there’s been action across the league already. The Oilers have made one move, acquiring Connor Murphy from the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday for…
Latest from practice on the AHL club of Manitoba.
Though it wasn’t what anyone would call a complete performance, the Edmonton Oilers picked up two points in their first home game following the Olympic break on Tuesday, coming from behind to beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 in overtime. After both teams traded goals in the first, the visiting Sens seemed to take control with…
After a laundry list of mistakes led to a disappointing loss at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks, the Oilers were back on home ice to square off against the Ottawa Senators for the series finale. But while the game venue changed, Edmonton’s puck management woes did not. We saw costly mistakes, grade-A chances, and,…
It’s trade deadline week. Should your favorite team do something big? Yes. Will they? Probably not. That’s life in the NHL, a results-oriented league where the outcome is all that matters unless you’re a GM, in which case you’re allowed to mumble about your job being hard and everyone is supposed to feel sorry for you. These guys have only had four months to figure this stuff out since the season started, including two weeks off during the Olympics. Be reasonable. Or don’t. Today, we’re going ...
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This year's Hobey Baker Award race is fairly wide open, or at least more open than other recent years have been.That's because you have a top-end forward (Max Plante), a top-end defenseman (Eric Pohlkamp) and a top-end goalie (Trey Augustine). Plus others of their ilk right behind them. Then you have the actual leading point scorer (Ethan Wyttenbach) and the actual leading goal scorer (Hayden Stavroff...