I was a much younger man in 1983 and 1984, when the New York Islanders came to town for the Stanley Cup Finals. I remember both series like it was yesterday. The upstart Oilers full of youth and skill ...

Mattias Ekholm is top-20 in scoring by defensemen this season, the man is rolling. He is one of the key players on this team and has delivered some of the best and most consistent defensive play in ...

Vasily Podkolzin is not exactly setting the world on first offensively (1.14 pts-60 at five-on-five) but ranks No. 4 among Edmonton’s forwards currently. Only Leon Draisaitl (2.36), Jeff Skinner (1.92 ...

I believe the strongest AHL farm club in recent Oilers history is the 2019-20 team. The question is: Does that Condors team represent the best farm club all-time for Edmonton’s minor leaguers? You ...

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Alas, the gales of November did not come early. Kris Knoblauch and his coaching staff managed to hoist up the John B’s sail, and to see how the mainsail set. Not the powerful start all hoped for, but ...

Evan Bouchard had a jarring night on defense, it was beyond the pale. I’m a big fan, and his overall numbers this season indicate strong possession and good outscoring results. However, he wasn’t ...

That seems to be a solution worth monitoring, although the experts tell us to wait for 200 minutes before beginning to draw strong conclusions. While we are on the subject of small samples, the ...

This is the ‘rolling top 20’ Oilers prospects from the winter of 2016. All of Taylor Hall, Nuge, Nail Yakupov, Darnell Nurse, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid had already graduated (50 NHL games for ...

Jeff Skinner is quickly becoming my favourite new winger, and that’s a tough chore because Viktor Arvidsson is golden. Both veterans are so damn good at the hockey, in different ways, and it’s clear ...

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