Over the past few years we’ve watched the Oilers take part in the Penticton Young Stars Tournament in British Columbia. This year, the Oilers and Flames have pulled out of the classic and will instead play their own exhibition game in Red Deer on Sept. 12.
According to the Edmonton Oilers’ Twitter account, the team has extended qualifying offers to Darnell Nurse, Ryan Strome, and Anton Slepyshev. This is an expected move by the Oilers as it allows them to retain the players’ rights as they continue to negotiate new contracts.
Though it’s been assumed for quite some time, we finally have a salary cap figure for the 2018-19 season. The salary cap ceiling has been set at $79.5 million while the basement $58.8 million
Fresh off of shocking the world (ok maybe really only Dallas) by defeating the Stars in a historic Game 7 that is the stuff dreams are made of, only to be eliminated in five games right afterwards by the Colorado Avalanche, and then the reversal of fate the next year beating the Avs only to…
Back in March, the Oilers acquired Cooper Marody from the Philadelphia Flyers for a 3rd round pick in 2019, and a lot of us were left to wonder who did we add and what the Oilers saw in him. In his three games with the Condors, we didn’t learn much outside of him being able to…
The National Hockey League’s annual buyout window is set to open tonight at 12:01 ET. It will run until June 30th at 5:00 p.m. EST. During that time span, teams can buy-out a player by paying him two-thirds of the remaining value of a contract over twice the remaining length of the contract.
It was on this day in Oilers history that Fernando Pisani scored one of the most iconic goals in recent memory after he went bar down on Cam Ward, winning Game 5 with a shorthanded snipe. During the ’06 Cup run, everything seemed to be going right for Fernando Pisani and it was incredible to…
This is an Edmonton Oilers blog. You all know that. If you don’t want to tread any further, I won’t blame you. We at ON are all proud of this city’s rich sporting history and while we focus on the Oil we celebrate along with the rest of Edmontonians when good things happen. Today, FIFA…
We have Oilers news! It’s the summer after a losing season and we actually have some good news to talk about. Excited?
The youngest Tkachuk son is soon to be drafted into the NHL, and there is a chance he could end up an Oiler. Not only have Oilers fans been thinking about that possibility, but the Tkachuk family seems to be thinking about it as well.
The Bakersfield Condors will have a new look behind their bench next season. Jay Woodcroft, as announced a couple weeks ago, will move from the Oilers bench to the head coaching position of the Condors. Joining him as assistants will be Dave Manson and J-F Houle.
Still reeling from the cancellation of Seinfeld and looking forward to the release of Mulan (Disney, 1998) on this day in history, June 4th, 1998, the Edmonton Oilers signed goaltender Tim Thomas.
