This is what you’re here for. Nation Takes are opinion pieces from our voices of the nation, ranging over a variety of topics. Who’s good, who’s bad, why did the team do this, why didn’t they do that, and what do they have to do to get better. In here, you’ll find all the answers to questions you didn’t even know you had.
One of the most intriguing players on the Oilers roster heading into next season is Jesse Puljujarvi. The 2016 fourth overall pick will be returning to the NHL after spending a season with Karpat in Finland and the fan base is largely split on what to expect from him as he returns to North America…
It’s a brisk November morning here in the capital city and we still have a month or more left to wait until the next NHL season rolls around, and that’s giving me plenty of time to think about what’s to come for the franchise and the league in general.
Back in July, the Oilers inked defenceman Filip Berglund to a two-year, entry-level contract.
At this time two years ago, Stuart Skinner looked like the goalie of the future for the Edmonton Oilers.
As the NHL and NHLPA continue to try and hash out a plan for the upcoming season, money has become a big part of the conversation. That should surprise absolutely no one considering the current financial situation and the fact that the majority of the teams in the league won’t be able to sell tickets…
Welcome to 21 Questions, an off-season series in which we look at some interesting Oilers- and NHL-related questions heading into the 2021 season.
In 2002, Theo Epstein became the youngest GM in Major League Baseball history when the Boston Red Sox hired him at 28 years of age. He won two World Series with the Red Sox, before stepping down to become the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs in October of 2011. The Cubbies won…
The Edmonton Oilers scored 3.14 goals/game last season, which ranked 15th in the NHL, and they managed that despite being 29th in shots on goal/game with 29.6. Their power play was a league best 29.5% and they led the NHL with 59 power play goals, which helped their overall offence significantly. At 5×5 the Oilers…
While we sit and wait to find exactly out how and when the Edmonton Oilers and the NHL might get up and running again for another season, Bryn Griffiths and I took some time to chat this morning with TSN analyst Ray Ferraro, whose takes on hockey are as solid as anybody I know.
A lineup projection done by fantasy hockey site Daily Faceoff projects the Edmonton Oilers to play right-winger Jesse Puljujarvi alongside Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
Dylan Holloway’s hot start to his NCAA season got even hotter Saturday night as the recent Edmonton Oilers draftee scored a highlight-reel goal.
Here we’ve put together a collection of scouting reports, highlights, and news items regarding newly drafted forward, Jeremias Lindewall. The Edmonton Oilers selected Lindewall with the 200th overall pick in October’s draft, adding yet another forward to an organizational depth chart that has been light on skill up-front over the past few years.
