LONG TIME COMING
Robin Brownlee
January 26 2013 10:21AM
"You suck worse than we do!" That loser's rallying cry is what the Battle of Alberta has, essentially, degenerated to for fans of the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames for way too many seasons now.
JEFF PETRY: WORTH THE WAIT
Robin Brownlee
January 21 2013 06:37PM
Patience, the saying goes, is a virtue in the development of NHL defensemen. Rush, and you can ruin them. We've seen it happen. Resist the rush, ease them along the learning curve and, if the kid has the game and the gumption, you get rewarded. What you get, if you're lucky, is Jeff Petry.
TRANSITION: THE LETTERMEN
Robin Brownlee
January 15 2013 02:03PM
The transition we've seen over the past couple of seasons on the ice with the Edmonton Oilers was manifested in the dressing room today as Edmonton Oilers coach Ralph Krueger named his captains and assistants.
GETTING STARTED: THE WAY I SEE IT
Robin Brownlee
January 13 2013 05:45PM
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it probably it is a duck, so those convinced that the Edmonton Oilers played their outdoor game of shinny at Hawrelak Park today as a PR stunt intended to placate fans who had to wait out a 113-day lockout probably have it right.
HARSKI: OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
Robin Brownlee
January 07 2013 07:27PM
One man's misfortune can be another's lucky break, and it's certainly shaping up as such for strapping Finnish forward Teemu Hartikainen as the Edmonton Oilers prepare to open training camp.
