Should the Edmonton Oilers be pursuing David Jiricek?

The Edmonton Oilers have had numerous roster related issues and resulting speculation about their presence on the trade market head into the middle half of the season. Improvements at forward focusing on speed, something they may have started to addr...

Published: 1 month ago by The Oil Rig

The Day After -5.0: Raphael Lavoie makes his case for a roster spot on the Oilers

The group that starts the season with the Oilers when the 2023-24 season begins will be nearly identical to the one that suited up in the playoffs in the spring, so this fall’s pre-season has been focused largely on one roster battle. Stuart Skinner...

Published: 1 year ago by Oilers Nation

Bad Timing, That’s All

The Edmonton Oilers got a little unlucky last night. The team’s waiver-eligible power winger delivered a goal-scorer’s goal against a quality…

Published: 1 year ago by Lowetide

Oilers Sunday Census: Predicting the best Western Conference team for 2023–24

With the start of the NHL regular season quickly approaching, there are many storylines to track. Every team across the league has its own set of questions, hopes, and doubts. No different are the Edmonton Oilers who come in as one of the league’s el...

Published: 1 year ago by The Oil Rig

Ex-Oiler Feels Vincent Desharnais Could Reach Ekholm’s Level

Edmonton Oilers defenceman Vincent Desharnais revealed his mental preparation for before and after games on the “The Sick Podcast with Tony Marinaro” recently and noted that he writes daily affirmations as part…

Published: 1 year ago by The Hockey Writers

Oilers Visual Recap: Edmonton drops preseason game in first visit to Vancouver

After an overtime win in a preseason Battle of Alberta, the Edmonton Oilers immediately went to face the Vancouver Canucks. Playing in the second game of a back-to-back, the Oilers still opted to dress a non-regular season squad. Connor McDavid and L...

Published: 1 year ago by The Oil Rig

NHL fantasy rankings 2023-24: Top 250 (hits + blocks)

Welcome to theScore's 2023-24 fantasy hockey rankings.Yahoo uses hits in standard head-to-head leagues and blocks in standard head-to-head points leagues, so we're factoring both stats into our rankings.Here's what we're including. Skaters Goalies...

Published: 1 year ago by The Score

The race for two remaining Edmonton Oilers roster spots appears neck and neck: 9 Things

Published: 1 year ago by Edmonton Journal

Two goals from Hughes leads Canucks over Oilers for first pre-season win

Defenceman Quinn Hughes scored twice and collected an assist as the Vancouver Canucks finally found their scoring touch in a 5-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers in NHL pre-season play Saturday night.

Published: 1 year ago by SportsNet

Oilers Takeaways: Broberg has to prove potential after quiet game vs. Canucks

After yet another quiet game by Philip Broberg — this time against a well-stacked Canucks team — Broberg is running out of runway to prove his potential as a member of a Stanley Cup contender.

Published: 1 year ago by SportsNet

MATHESON: Oilers lineup packed with auditioning players lose to Vancouver

Hockey’s a numbers game, as we all know, and not just Connor McDavid and Leon Draisasitl’s point production for the fans’ sake, and so coach Jay Woodcroft will be working with only 30 healthy players on the trip to Vancouver and Seattle for games 5 a...

Published: 1 year ago by The Edmonton Sun

Matheson: Oilers lineup packed with auditioning players lose to Vancouver

Published: 1 year ago by Edmonton Journal

GDB -5.0 Wrap Up: Raphael Lavoie, Adam Erne score as Oilers lose 5-2 to Canucks

Five down, three to go. The Oilers sent a squad with some NHL regulars but no Connor McDavid or Leon Draisaitl to Vancouver to face the Canucks and lost by a score of 5-2. Adam Erne and Raphael Lavoie scored Edmonton’s two goals while Stuart Skinner...

Published: 1 year ago by Oilers Nation