NATION PROFILE: FERNANDO PISANI
Lowetide
May 24 2013 06:34AM
During the time Fernando Pisani laced them up for the Edmonton Oilers, he was never the team's best player. Never their best forward, never their best right winger. Why then, do we miss him so?
TRUST, BUT VERIFY
Lowetide
May 22 2013 06:24PM
It took absolutely forever for the Edmonton Oilers to embrace Mother Russia at the draft, and we're still wondering if it's a short term detente. Last season, the Oil plucked brilliant winger Nail Yakupov #1 overall, and incredibly, may have an opportunity to draft another elite talent from the same part of the world this summer.
In historic terms, two Russians drafted by the Oilers in the first round? in successive seasons? Impossible. And yet, it could happen a month from now.
THE OILERS AND THE COMBINE LIST
Lowetide
May 20 2013 03:15PM
We're just a few weeks away from the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. The Edmonton Oilers have stocked the cupboards with #1 overall's and many picks inside the top 100 since 2010, and this year's draft will feature three early picks (unless there's a trade). There's a very good chance we know their names as of today: the NHL combine list has been released.
A PINCH OF SIN
Lowetide
May 19 2013 09:37PM
The Edmonton Oilers are going to be very active this summer. The goal? The return of the kind of craziness that caused this fellow to fly to Rexall from Vancouver and spend two bills on beer. How do we get there?
A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER?
Lowetide
May 18 2013 12:17PM
Long-time observers of the Edmonton Oilers at the draft table know the club has a tendency to go "walkabout" during the second and third rounds of the draft. Recent comments by the GM perhaps give hope that the club will go in a new direction for picks 31-100.
