OilersNation Top 25 of 2020: #1 — Maple Leafs inquire on Larsson; Oilers were willing to give up 1st for Coleman
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December 2020
Real Life Podcast Episode 243 – 2020 in Review and Scott Hastings from OddsShark
Another Thursday is upon us which means a brand new episode of the Real Life Podcast is here to help you close out the week and get you amped up for the weekend. This week, the guys looked at improving the #BeetCast, recapped the best and worst moments of 2020, and spoke to Scott Hastings…
Winding Down…
Originally, my plan for today’s post was to recap some of the top stories of the year that Zach Laing has been aggregating over the past month or so, but then when I sat down to write, I decided to pivot. Rather than recapping the recap, I decided I would be better served to use…
Team Canada Game Day Preview: Game Four vs Finland
Team Canada did exactly what they were supposed to through their first three round-robin games. Not only are they 3-0 but aside from a slight scare against Slovakia, if you can even call it that, they dominated their opponents in each game. Now, the tournament really gets going as Canada will face their first real…
Weekly Rumours – Oilers Make Additions and More!
If you’ve been reading this blog every week, then you’ll know that there were really only three things that I was expecting Oilers GM Ken Holland to do before the start of the season. He needed to get Ethan Bear resigned, add a depth defenseman, and add a centreman for the taxi squad. Well, Holland…
OilersNation Top 25 of 2020: #2 — Peter Chiarelli breaks his silence
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NHL History: Wayne Gretzky hits 50 goals in 39 games
It was on this day in NHL history when Wayne Gretzky scored five goals against the Philadelphia Flyers to set an NHL record that will never be touched. 50 goals in 39 games. Unbelievable.
American Hockey League approves framework for season to start February 5
The American Hockey League has announced that they will be launching their 2020-21 season on February 5th.
WWYDW: Predicting the 2021 NHL Awards
For last week’s WWYDW, we took a look at the wild and wacky All-Canadian Division and tried to predict how that would all shake out. This week, let’s try to predict who’s going to take home the major awards when the 2021 season is all said and done.
A Red Journal Salvaged Slater Koekkoek’s Career
Last December, Slater Koekkoek’s NHL career was heading in the wrong direction. He’d been a healthy scratch for 28 of Chicago’s first 44 games. Seven years earlier (2012) he was drafted 10th overall by Tampa Bay. There were high expectations and being a regular healthy scratch for the struggling Chicago Blackhawks wasn’t the story he,…
Baggedmilk on #theLOCKERROOM: Ethan Bear Appreciation Post
It’s a brisk Wednesday morning here in the capital city and that means your friendly neighbourhood Baggedmilk jumped on the Cruz FM airwaves with the folks on The Locker Room to make sense of this crazy little thing called life. To kick off this week’s appearance, we jumped in with a look at the Lockerroom…
How the Edmonton Oilers will use the long-term injured reserve to reach cap compliancy
The Edmonton Oilers are in fairly new territory for themselves this year as an organization now having to utilize the long-term injured reserve.