Should Oilers Copy Colorado’s Goalie Overhaul?: 4 Options

The post Should Oilers Copy Colorado’s Goalie Overhaul?: 4 Options appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. One year ago, the Avalanche had the worst save percentage in the NHL. They overhauled their goaltending, so should the Oilers do the same? The post S...

Published: 2 days ago by NHL Trade Talk

Team Defense and Goaltending: Part Two

In part one of this series, we looked at the team defense and goaltending of the top-10 teams in each conference, specifically 5×5. Today we will focus on the penalty kill. Edmonton was the most penalized team among the top-10 Western Conference team...

Published: 2 years ago by Oilers Nation

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: 2 years 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: 2 years 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: 2 years 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: 2 years 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: 2 years 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: 2 years 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: 2 years ago by Oilers Nation

Edmonton Oilers training camp: 3 storylines to follow ahead of Day 1

Based on what was discussed Wednesday, this is what’s worth keeping an eye on once the Oilers take the ice.

Published: 2 years ago by The Athletic

Remembering Charlie Huddy and Doug Weight, the newest members of Edmonton Oilers Hall of Fame

Published: 2 years ago by Edmonton Journal

Charlie Huddy, Doug Weight to be added to Edmonton Oilers Hall of Fame

Published: 2 years ago by Edmonton Journal

NHL Notebook: Brad Marchand named 27th captain in Boston Bruins history and Toronto Maple Leafs looking towards identity shift with offseason acquisitions

A vibrant new chapter is unfolding in Boston, guided by the leadership of Brad Marchand, who the Boston Bruins officially named him their 27th captain in franchise history. July marked the end of an era for the Bruins when beloved leader Patrice Berg...

Published: 2 years ago by Oilers Nation