I remember waking up the morning of June 19, 2006 in Raleigh, North Carolina certain the Edmonton Oilers would waltz past the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to complete a balls-out joyride and claim the most unlikely championship in franchise history.
As the sporting landscape continues to evolve and grow, and female players and teams get more attention — as they should — I hope those players and coaches understand that criticism isn’t sexist. The Women’s World Cup of Soccer kicked off in France this past weekend. For the first time, the tournament has expanded from…
The Edmonton Oilers continue to check items off their summer to-do list as they announced this morning that Jay Woodcroft signed an extension that will keep him behind the Bakersfield Condors bench as the head coach for the next three seasons.
Ken Holland will have a number of options with the 8th overall pick in this year’s draft. If I had to rank them from most likely to least likely right now it would probably go like this: Keep the pick and draft the best player available, preferably a forward. Trade down and pick up an…
Welcome, Nation, to another episode of Baggedmilk’s adventures in radio. As always, I jumped on with the boys at The Locker Room to talk all things Oilers, including the Corey Perry talk on Twitter, whether Milan Lucic to Vancouver could actually happen, Bob Nicholson’s new gig, and a whole lot more.
I still hear and read the term “buying free agent years” when people discuss NHL contracts, but I’m not sure it is relevant anymore. It is interesting to note that since a salary cap was put in place after the 2005 lockout, the salaries of NHL players has actually changed significantly. Players don’t have to…
