There are a lot of ways to win, and the Edmonton Oilers have used a bunch of them on the way to a 7-1-0 record while we try to figure out exactly how good they might be when the ridiculous hot streak they’re on inevitably comes to an end.
Dave Tippett could have taken the two points and accentuated the positive after watching his Edmonton Oilers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 at Rogers Place Wednesday. After all, the win improved the Oilers to 6-1-0 on the season. What’s not to like?
“My name is Theodore.” The outpouring of emotion from all corners of the hockey world today after news about the passing of Ted Green at the age of 79 on Tuesday came out isn’t surprising. Terrible Ted Green was known, respected and loved by many far and wide.
Pump the brakes. Settle down. Don’t get carried away. I heard that sentiment expressed more than once as host Reid Wilkins and Rob Brown fielded calls on their post-game radio show after the Edmonton Oilers raked the New York Islanders 5-2 Tuesday to improve their record to 3-0. One caller sounded pissed off. About what,…
After teasing us with what looked like something of a breakout season in 2017-18, Jujhar Khaira should be entering the prime of his career and making his mark with the Edmonton Oilers right now. He’s left me wanting since then.
Of course, it’s lousy luck that the Edmonton Oilers are going to have to get along without Adam Larsson for a couple of months on a blueline that doesn’t have enough proven depth to make up for the loss and the minutes he plays. Brutal.
The failure and ineptitude fans of the Edmonton Oilers have witnessed in seeing their team miss the playoffs in 12 of the last 13 seasons isn’t the fault of new general manager Ken Holland, but it certainly is his problem. Of that, there’s no debate.
Whether you’re diving deep into the analytics pool, reading tea leaves or just going with your instincts, making predictions is fun because no matter how you arrive at them, you’re guessing. While some guesses are more educated than others to be sure, the bottom line is it’s a guess. When you’re right, or anything close…
In an off-season that’s seen the Edmonton Oilers turned upside down from the general manager’s chair through the front office, the coaching staff and a roster that wasn’t good enough last season, fans around here understand all of it is secondary to the status of Connor McDavid’s left knee.
While it would be overstating to say I’ve got a lot of faith Mike Smith, at least the 37-year-old version of him, is the answer in goal for the Edmonton Oilers this season, Smith has at least shown he’s a bonafide NHL starter in a career spanning 571 regular season games over 13 seasons.
There exists a reasonable middle ground between freaking out about Mikko Koskinen’s sieve-like performance in the Edmonton Oilers’ 6-1 loss against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Place Thursday and making excuses for yet another game in which he simply wasn’t good enough. I’m doing my best to find it.
It’s easy to get behind a young man like Joel Persson, who took the long route to training camp with the Edmonton Oilers – he worked as a teacher with special needs children in Sweden along the way — because he’s a feel-good story.
