Look, Stuart Skinner is not playing well. He’s basically in World War 1 shell-shock mode. However, we’ve seen this from Edmonton goalies before, in fact a pile of them over the last 20 years. The key ...

The fascinating thing about the North Stars? GM Wren Blair made mountains of trades with Sam Pollock of the Montreal Canadiens, mortgaging the future again and again. What made Blair fascinating? He ...

One day I’ll write the story of Sam Pollock and his brilliance at the first expansion draft, but the heart of the story is contained in these paragraphs I wrote on this blog over a decade ago. Pollock ...

Both Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse spent time with the Bakersfield Condors in 2015-16, but it was brief and the ‘heart of the order’ was revealed at that orientation camp. I went to the open ...

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Charlie Huddy, who would play in over 1,000 NHL games. Huddy was not drafted, rather he was signed by the Oilers and spent parts of three seasons in the minors before graduating to the show. His ...

Oilers fans may never get used to it, but the Edmonton Oilers exciting brand of hockey means more offense at both ends of the ice. They are a 4-3 team in a 3-2 league. The club has been designed for ...

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The Edmonton Oilers pulled defeat from the jaws of victory last night, and lost a valuable part of the team during the disappointing HNIC tilt. What should have been a well played game with solid ...

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How many truly popular goaltenders have the Oilers employed over the years? I’ll say three: Andy Moog, Bill Ranford and Curtis Joseph. After that I can name at least one period of fan upset associated ...