Oilers defensive depth quickly becoming a strength; Flames and Tkachuk aren’t talking; Canucks coach dishes on several topics surrounding the team; why Matthews shot creates a struggle for goalies; Wings make a trade; Joe Murphy, Kelly Buchberger and more in this week’s Nation Roundup brought to you by Sumo Jerky.

In the Roundup, we go around the Nation Network and give you some of the best articles of the last couple weeks. Every once in a while it’s good to know what other teams are doing, or maybe you find an interesting article you wouldn’t have found otherwise.

Prospects: The long shots part 1 (Mike Stephens)

Prospects: The long shots part 2 (Mike Stephens)

It kicked ass when: JVR taunted the Habs bench (Adam Laskaris)

Why Matthews shot creates new data goalies struggle with (Ryan Fancey)

How a 2020 lockout would affect the Leafs (Jon Steitzer)

Benning: T is for time (Graphic Comments)

Waivers: Who might be out there the Canucks could claim (Stephan Roget)

A recent history of drafted goalies (Michael Wagar)

Travis Green on Eriksson, Boeser and the Captaincy (Cam Lewis)

Wings acquire Erne from Tampa (Cameron Kuom)

Making sense of the Adam Erne trade (Tom Mitsos)

Offseason update: Brodie getting harder to move, Tkachuk and Flames aren’t talking (Christian Tiberi)

Matthew Tkachuk set for Flames ‘biggest cap number’ in more ways than one (Pat Steinberg)

Jusso Valimaki out indefinitely due to injury (Nathan Ross)

How the Stockton Heat are shaping up (Christian Tiberi)

Joe Murphy: A year goes by (Robin Brownlee)

The system: Oilers blueline quickly becoming an organizational strength (Cam Lewis)

Podcast: Episode 134 with Kelly Buchberger (Nation HQ)

Oilers new 3rd jersey might have been leaked (Cam Lewis)

Chiarelli: An open letter to the Minnesota Wild (Baggedmilk)

More Kelly Buchberger FIGHTS

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