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Oilersnation Radio: The Oilers’ rough run into the break, coaching changes, and healthy scratches

It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of off-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ disastrous wrap to their pre-Olympic schedule, Leon Draisaitl’s coaching comments, line combos, and more. We kicked off the Friday episode of ONR with a…

Top 100 Oilers: No. 49 — Janne Niinimaa

Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Janne Niinimaa comes in at No. 49 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 53 on Brownlee’s original list. At the end of Glen Sather’s tenure as general manager of the Edmonton Oilers,…

Why this year’s annual mid-season crisis feels different for the Oilers

Let’s call this the annual Edmonton Oilers mid-season crisis.  They aren’t defending well. They can’t get a save. The coach is out to lunch…. This is not a new story about this hockey team.  The Oilers fans, Oilers media, and Oilers brass all say the right things at the beginning of the season. Connor McDavid…

Draisaitl spoke the truth and the entire organization should listen

Leon Draisaitl didn’t call anyone out. He didn’t rip anyone. He simply told the harsh truth about the current state of the Edmonton Oilers. Draisaitl wasn’t yelling or angry in his post-game scrum after another disappointing loss, the third this season, to the Calgary Flames. Draisaitl just spoke the truth, and he did it how…

Oilers Thoughts: Draisaitl’s passionate interview highlights his leadership, Kapanen’s momentum, Mangiapane’s first-period fire, and Jarry’s accountability

The Edmonton Oilers are now on their Olympic break, and for some players, whether they’re travelling to a sunny destination or not, I’d imagine they’ll be tuning in to watch their leaders — Connor McDavid for Team Canada, Leon Draisaitl for Team Germany, and Josh Samanski, who will also be representing Germany — compete in…

A closer look at the Oilers’ penalty kill struggles

The Edmonton Oilers have a penalty kill crisis on their hands. After killing off just 54 percent of their penalties over the last eight games, they rank 27th in the NHL in PK efficiency. Edmonton has been missing one of its best penalty killers this season in Adam Henrique, and cold streaks are bound to…

Lessard is More

Growing up in Quebec, Union defenseman Etienne Lessard got started on hockey young. Lessard started skating around two years old, grew up watching players like Kris Letang, and rooted for the Canadiens. He quickly became a part of the hockey culture that defines Canada and Quebec...

Oilers Prospect Update: Condors win three out of their last four

After losing to the San Jose Barracuda on the 24th, the Bakersfield Condors went into Henderson on the 28th, where they would lose by a score of 2-1 to extend their minor losing streak to three games long. However, that was quickly put to an end when Bakersfield hosted the Abbotsford Canucks for a back-to-back…

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The long and surprisingly weird history of players scoring 8 points in a game

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of Darryl Sittler’s legendary 10-point game. On February 7, 1976, Sittler scored six times and added four assists to power the Leafs to a win over the Bruins. With the feat coming on a nationally televised Hockey Night in Canada game, the record became a defining moment of 1970s hockey. The record still stands to this day. Sittler’s record was recognized by the Maple Leafs during a ceremony last week, in the last home game before the anniversary. We dug ...

The Hockey Show - Episode 698

The Hockey Show , Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, has the Olympic banner up as we are three games into the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Games already! Our hosts are back in the UMFM studios tonight where they'll be talking about the big tournament over in Italy among the discussion tonight as the latest version of the games becomes the first Winter Olympiad to be co-hosted by two cities! The women's hockey event is under, there were some U SPORTS people who ...

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Report: Kraken offered Artemi Panarin contract extension that had a ‘higher AAV than Leon Draisaitl’

As the dust settles on Wednesday’s blockbuster that sent Artemi Panarin to the Los Angeles Kings, news has trickled out about another team that made a big push for the Russian winger: the Seattle Kraken. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, talks between the Kings and Panarin’s agent, Paul Theofanous, began to break down on Tuesday, despite…

Rickwood The Rock

Ellis Rickwood played 96 games over the past three seasons at Clarkson and was coming off a career-high 35-point campaign...

Miami Breaks Up Top Line ... For Now

When the two freshmen, Ilia Morozov and Kocha Delic, stepped into drills with junior Canisius transfer Matteo Giampa prior to the start of Miami's season, there was immediately a special feeling...