The Edmonton Oilers walked away from the 2015 NHL Draft with fewer prospects than most expected after making a number of trades, but even so the team managed to add some depth to the organization, primarily on defence, with its later picks at the annual event.
When the Oilers acquired Griffin Reinhart yesterday, (which was a terrible trade by the way) I felt it meant the end of Martin Marincin in Edmonton and today the Oilers traded him to Toronto for pesky forward Brad Ross and the 107th pick. Admittedly, I wasn’t as high on Marincin as some others.
After a lot of speculation, the Edmonton Oilers have found their goaltender. On Saturday, Peter Chiarelli completed a deal to acquire Cam Talbot from the New York Rangers.
The Edmonton Oilers finally got their man. Back in 2012, the rumors had the club split among three players at the top of that year’s draft: Nail Yakupov, who they chose; Ryan Murray, who Scott Howson chose for the Blue Jackets and Reinhart, whose toughness and size have extreme value for the Oilers organization. Today,…
The Edmonton Oilers were clearly interested in bringing Dougie Hamilton over from the Boston Bruins. Not only did they fail to do so, but Boston then turned around and flipped the 22-year-old top pairing defenceman to the Calgary Flames – and did it without even getting a roster player in exchange. But it really wasn’t…
The Edmonton Oilers made a controversial move on Friday, trading the No. 16 and No. 33 picks in the 2015 Draft to the New York Islanders in exchange for yet another former Oil King, defenceman Griffin Reinhart. There are a lot of reasons to dislike the trade, and we’ll get to those, but it’s important…
This is the day of Connor McDavid. Not the lack of oxygen in the Bruins’ suite nor the trades that embolden the competition of the wild, wild west can change this fact: THE biggest name in play, this day, is Connor McDavid.
The 2015 NHL draft begins at 5 p.m. tonight, and the Connor McDavid “suspense” should end at 5:10 p.m. when Peter Chiarelli leans into the microphone and announces the first overall pick. The Buffalo Sabres will walk up next and announce Jack Eichel, and then the intrigue will begin. The Arizona Coyotes are listening to…
New salary cap and it’s effect on teams, Mark Giordano’s asking price, a fight between two first overall picks, Bieksa, Lucic, Bozak, McDavid and all the draft and trade news you can handle in this week’s Roundup.
When the Edmonton Oilers hired Todd McLellan, there was the immediate question of what kind of staff he was going to put together. As it happens, it’s pretty much exactly the same sort of staff as he had at his last NHL stop.
The NHL awards were handed out last night and there were no major surprise winners. We can always have healthy debates over winners, but I felt all of them were deserving. I have no issue with any of the winners, but as a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association I was a little concerned…
View image | gettyimages.com This is such an exciting time for Oilers fans and such a busy one for NHL General Managers. We are one day away from the Edmonton Oilers adding a generational player to their roster and as of today NHL clubs are allowed to begin courting free agents.
