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Riesen to Believe, Volume Two 2022-23

This is the Oilers 2016 fall training camp roster. That was seven years ago and most of the names you see…

Published: 7 months ago by Lowetide

2023 Young Stars Classic Edmonton Oilers goalie notes

With the calendar turning to September, hockey season is finally upon us. The Edmonton Oilers started their fall activities with a showing in the Young Stars prospect tournament over the week. Edmonton’s squad, which was coached by Bakersfield Condor...

Published: 7 months ago by The Oil Rig

2023-24’s Biggest Storylines #2 – Could the Pacific Division be bad?

We are down to the final two spots in my pre-season countdown of the ten biggest storylines heading into the 2023-24 campaign. The first eight were mainly centred around the team’s roster heading into opening night and expectations for certain player...

Published: 7 months ago by Oilers Nation

TAIT: Time to sing Huddy’s and Weight’s praises

The easy road to venture down when scribbling a few hundred words on Charlie Huddy and Doug Weight entering the Edmonton Oilers Hall of Fame is to extol at great lengths their hockey achievements. And that is important. But I’m going to write about m...

Published: 7 months ago by The Edmonton Sun

Gauging the NHL’s Pacific Division: Can the Oilers unseat the Golden Knights?

Vegas will be out to repeat, with a largely unchanged roster, but there are plenty of tough challengers.

Published: 7 months ago by The Athletic

Jeff Jackson: “We will have an announcement soon on our analytics. We’re excited about that.”

When Jeff Jackson was announced as Edmonton Oilers’ CEO of hockey operations, fans wondered if he would want the organization to delve more into analytics and use those tools to help the team improve. This afternoon, Jackson appeared on Sports 1440 w...

Published: 7 months ago by Oilers Nation

Better Lait Than Never: There’s an Oilers game on my calendar, and a whole lot more dating advice

Is everyone trained up to expect a new episode of BLTN to drop every Wednesday yet? Are we into the routine yet? Excellent, that’s what I thought. Kicking off this week’s podcast, I got started with a quick update on the BLTN contest hoodies that I p...

Published: 7 months ago by Oilers Nation