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A RINGER OR A LEHNER?
With no games to play, there are going to be rumblings about the Oilers at the deadline. Edmonton is connected to Robin Lehner and most of the team’s defense is connected to Montreal this morning and...
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
In the last several days, media reports (most recent: Bruce Garrioch) have the Oilers shying away from a major deal involving one of their major pieces at the deadline. As we’ve discussed in the past,...
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WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM THIS WEEK?
Our long national nightmare is almost over as our beloved game is returned from the depths of boredom. We’re in a really exciting time now with the trade deadline in sight and callups on the way....
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WILD AT OILERS G48, 2014-15
The boys are back in town and that means (lately) a chance to win the game, possession be damned. Last time our heroes saw blade cut ice they were 5-4 winners despite losing the Corsi 5×5 (41%) and...
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THE MISFITS
On a night when both young righties (Petry and Schultz) played very well, Edmonton Oilers fans saw (too late, it’s true) flashes of what might have been on that cursed blue line. Jeff Petry may be...
View ArticleHALL DAY-TO-DAY, PETRY DAY-BY-DAY
Coach Todd Nelson told us that Taylor Hall is ‘day to day with a bone bruise’ and that’s good news for Oilers fans. Whatever else you think about Taylor Hall (I’ve found a wide range of opinions on...
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THE WIND CRIES GAINEY?
In 1973, the July Hockey News (it came by truck to Rexall Drugs in Maidstone and I bought it with money earned helping my Grandpa on his farm) told me about the draft. By then I loved the draft and had...
View ArticleTHE IMPORTANCE OF HALL
If there’s one thing I know for sure it is this: Taylor Hall pushes the river for even-strength scoring on the Edmonton Oilers. The fact he is off from previous seasons in 2014-15 should tell you all...
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HAMMER ON A DRUM
In last night’s game, Oscar Klefbom led the entire team in even-strength minutes (20:16) and the young man’s boxcars (1, 0-1-1 even) were impossibly good based on the final score. He also trotted out...
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OILERS AT DEVILS, G54 2014-15
Saturday night in Toronto can be tough, Oilers fans have seen good and bad in the big Smoke over the years. This past Saturday was truly noxious, complete with some of the worst defending since the...
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