The Edmonton Oilers can remove the Minnesota Wild from their playoff review mirror tonight with a victory. A win would put them 10 points ahead of the Wild, and Minnesota would need to go 16-3-3 or 17-5-1 in their final 22 to catch the Oilers, assuming the Oilers are only average and go 10-10-1 after…
In the midst of a playoff race there is no time to relax and exhale. After a hard-fought OT loss to the NHL-leading Boston Bruins, the Oilers face the desperate Minnesota Wild, who are five points behind Calgary and Arizona for the second wildcard slot, but they have two games in hand on the Flames…
The Oilers faced the league’s best team, the Boston Bruins, last night without Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom, James Neal, Zack Kassian, Kris Russell and Joakim Nygard. Those aren’t just depth injuries. It is the Oilers’ top defenceman, their best centre, their third and fifth leading goal scorers, a veteran D-man who logs the eighth most…
Having watched the injury-riddled Edmonton Oilers battle and scrap to earn a point against the NHL’s best team in the Boston Bruins in a 2-1 overtime loss on Wednesday, I don’t think there’s any doubt that GM Ken Holland will make a move before the NHL trade deadline to bolster his team for a playoff…
Leon Draisaitl is feeling it. While he’s been carrying the Edmonton Oilers on his back in the stretch drive and tightening his grip on the NHL scoring title, he’s been chirping opponents. He’s chirping critics who not long ago doubted him capable of playing the way he has without Connor McDavid for four games now.
If you’ve written or said, “Zack Kassian was wrong, but . . .” since the Edmonton Oilers’ forward kicked Erik Cernak of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the chest during the first period of Thursday’s 3-1 loss to the Bolts, you’ve lost the plot. What Kassian did was wrong, period. Can there be any real…
Ken Holland has yet to pull the trigger on any deadline deals but that doesn’t mean he’s not trying. I wrote earlier in the month how Blake Coleman and a few other players on the Devils could be a fit. According to Sportnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Oilers may have been willing to part with a…
Ken Holland has not hesitated to take care of his off-season to-do list in season with the signings of Darnell Nurse, Zack Kassian, Caleb Jones and most recently Joakim Nygard. Over the past few weeks, Holland has added $10,525,000 to the team’s cap for the 2020-2021 campaign.
As if we didn’t have enough to talk about Tuesday, the Oilers wrapped up a news-filled day by hosting the Chicago Blackhawks. Where do I even begin?
Why can’t the Oilers beat Minnesota? WHY!? Final Score: 5-3 Wild
Another Friday is upon us and that means a brand new episode of Oilersnation Radio is here to get you set for the weekend. This week, we talked a lot about the upcoming trade deadline and whether we think Ken Holland is going to weave the magic required to upgrade the roster.
Meaningful games in February are stressful. Final Score: 2-1 Bruins in OT
It’s been a long, long time since the Oilers made a trade deadline splash. That could change this year.
Already without captain Connor McDavid, the Oilers will be forced to navigate another injury to a key player as Oscar Klefbom will miss the next two-to-three weeks with a shoulder injury.
Though the trade deadline isn’t for another week, we’ve already seen a decent amount of movement from teams who have determined where they stand in regards to buying and selling.
Just under four years ago, I started my first day working at Nation HQ as a part-time intern. The day was just five days away from when the Edmonton Oilers would select Connor McDavid first overall in the NHL entry draft, and our lives would change forever.
It’s been a fairly busy week in Oilersnation thus far. First, the Oilers relieved Duane Sutter of his duties, then they signed defenceman, Logan Day, to a one-year entry-level contract. Now, Ken Holland has just signed goaltender, Olivier Rodrigue, to a three year ELC.
Welcome back to episode 37 of Oilersnation Radio! This week the boys talk about our defensive pile up, how boring the current Stanley Cup Playoffs are, and what a trade involving Seth Jones to Edmonton would look like.
Welcome back to another edition of Throwback Thursday! In case you missed last week’s edition, we’re bringing back a much-beloved series across the Nation Network. So, without further ado…
A few news nuggets from around the NHL today suggest the Toronto Maple Leafs have inquired about Edmonton Oilers defenceman Adam Larsson and that the Oilers were willing to part with a 1st round pick for Blake Coleman. Chris Johnston reported the Leafs news adding Larsson is among other top-four right-shot defencemen the Leafs have…
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Oscar Klefbom will be out for the next two-to-three weeks with a shoulder injury, the club announced.
Mikko Koskinen did his absolute darndest to give the Edmonton Oilers their shot to potentially head into the holiday break first in the Pacific Division. Some unlucky bounces, a controversial goal, and a deflated third period worked against his best efforts, though. So although the Oilers got themselves off to a fairly nice start against…
Well, well, well. Good to be back on top, isn’t it? The Edmonton Oilers briefly slipped from their spot atop the Pacific Division on Thursday and through most of the day on Friday, getting temporarily usurped by the Arizona Coyotes (2015 seems to far away!) to look down upon [most of] the rest of the…
The Edmonton Oilers had the perfect opportunity for a revenge win on their hands on Monday evening, as their desert-dwelling divisional rivals from Arizona arrive in town for the first matchup between the Oilers and the Coyotes of the 2019-20 regular season.
Jesse Puljujarvi wanted a trade from the Edmonton Oilers and he will still probably get one, perhaps as a piece to land an upgrade up front before the trade deadline, but for now he remains with Karpat in Finland. Puljujarvi is a point-per-game player with 18 goals and 26 assists in 2019-20. He leads the…
Fourth Battle of Alberta of the season! Oh my. Now that the Zack Kassian and Matthew Tkachuk stuff is settled it’s time for “did Mark Giordano try to destroy Connor McDavid’s knee again” drama. Calgary’s general manager, Brad Treliving, came out in defence of his captain, calling it “complete garbage” that Giordano would try and…
How about facing the defending Stanley Cup Champions for a test? A 2-0 start too? Sure, why not! Leon Draisaitl and Caleb Jones score early to give the Oilers a nice lead against a good St. Louis team. Never in doubt! The Oilers came out flying in the first period. Outshooting the Blues 13-3 and…
