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No need for Oilers to tank another season

February 02, 2012

It is, unfortunately, that time of the year again.

Hall has the look of a leader

January 26, 2012

The Shawn Horcoff contract is already infamous for its shortsightedness on the part of Oilers management, but one side effect is that the honest but overpaid centre is not going anywhere for quite awhile.

­Magnus’ major test in minors

December 21, 2011

The term “can’t-miss prospect” is so fraught with peril and though the Oilers do indeed have a couple in their lineup, it’s OK to acknowledge that some youngsters take a little longer to develop.

Credit due to Khabibulin

December 02, 2011

Admit it – if you thought before the year began that the Edmonton Oilers would be sniffing a playoff spot through 25 games, you would have been pretty optimistic.

Keep your head up, Taylor

November 10, 2011

The hits just keep coming for the Edmonton Oilers, though there is one player who would do best to avoid collisions.

Offensive overflow gives Oilers options

November 02, 2011

Oh, to be the Edmonton Oilers right now. Sitting atop the Northwest Division, heading out on a character-building road trip with a hot veteran goalie and two scoring lines firing on all cylinders ... and the tank’s not even empty.

Strong start may be more than a mirage

October 27, 2011

Victory over Vancouver, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins putting up a point per game, Nikolai Khabibulin reconstructing the “Bulin Wall” in net — yes, life is pretty sweet for the Oilers right now.

Whitney alone can’t carry Oilers’ back end

October 20, 2011

Ryan Whitney didn’t record a point in his season debut against Calgary Monday night, but his return is great news for the young Oilers.

Dubnyk takes first step in proving he’s No. 1

October 12, 2011

One game, one win. Drink it in, Edmonton.

Seeing the positive in a huge hit on The Nuge

October 05, 2011

Two very important things can be gleaned from one specific play in Edmonton’s final exhibition game against Vancouver on Saturday.

Defence needed, but ‘The Nuge’ tempts

June 23, 2011

The Edmonton Oilers will make their fourth top-10 selection in five years this week and it will likely be the toughest choice yet. In fact, it’s not hard to picture GM Steve Tambellini weighing the options presented to him by an angel and a devil perched on his shoulders.

The highs and lows of the season that was

April 12, 2011

Another Oilers season is in the books and it looked remarkably similar to the one before it. Hope still springs eternal, even if the results were infernal, so let’s take this chance to look at the good and the bad of 2010-11, once and for all.

Oilers finally figuring out Scandinavians

April 06, 2011

Yes, the same organization that unleashed Jari Kurri upon North America has been rather short in the department ever since — and Kurri hasn’t played an NHL game for Edmonton since 1990.

A short-term fix to climb out of the basement

March 30, 2011

And while it may be surprising now that none of Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle or Magnus Paajarvi will get (or deserve) a Calder Trophy nomination as NHL rookie of the year, the kids certainly played well in a tough situation. So will next season be better in Oil Country? Not by much, unfortunately.

There's still something to play for in Oil country

March 23, 2011

It's been another disastrous season for the Oil, but the final games still have plenty at stake.

Here’s hoping Hall rethinks tough guy bit

March 09, 2011

It’s been one of the hottest topics in the NHL this week, but the Taylor Hall fight still deserves further analysis. 

A long road ahead for Oilers rebuild

February 16, 2011

It was heartening to hear Oilers GM Steve Tambellini tell his team that winning is much more important than tanking for a high pick the other day.

Is status quo Oilers best deadline bet?

February 09, 2011

With the NHL trade deadline approaching, the Oilers are once again in the position to be    sellers, but how much selling can really be expected this season?

Defence is the next puzzle piece

February 02, 2011

Is it too early for Edmonton Oilers fans to begin looking wistfully at the 2011 draft class? Unfortunately, the answer is no.

Grinder impressive for Oilers

January 26, 2011

The wins aren’t really coming for the Oilers lately, but that doesn’t mean progress has stalled.

There’s a silver lining from junior tournament

January 12, 2011

At best, the world junior championship in Buffalo could be characterized as bittersweet for Edmonton fans.

Oilers well represented at world juniors

December 22, 2010

At last year’s world junior championship in Saskatoon, Slovakia was clearly a team on the decline. But one gangly kid on the blue-line caught my eye – and I wasn’t the only one who noticed him.

Gagner showing his potential

December 08, 2010

Sam Gagner has been on a tear recently and the fourth-year centre really deserves a lot of credit in persevering after an early dip in his career.

It’s time for Cogliano to earn it

December 01, 2010

For a player whose worth is supposed to derive from his offensive ability, the seven points Cogliano has put up through 23 games isn’t exactly lighting the world on fire. But this is the most crucial season of the speedy centre’s young career.

Are the Oilers doing harm to Dubnyk?

November 25, 2010

Perhaps the biggest gamble made by Edmonton brass this fall came in net. Veteran Nikolai Khabibulin was naturally the No. 1 goaltender in the organization, but the 37-year-old was battling the physical toll of a life in hockey and was coming off a 2009-10 season that saw him limited to 18 appearances due to back surgery.

Horcoff: Oilers leader, yes, but still overpaid

November 17, 2010

There will be more lopsided losses sustained by the young Oilers this year, though most will not be as heated as the Sean Avery-fuelled mayhem that became of the recent 8-2 loss to the Rangers.

Offensive help a boon for Hemsky

November 03, 2010

There’s a lot of weight coming off right-winger Ales Hemsky’s shoulders this year and it’s not just because they are surgically repaired.

Blue-line still a work in progress

October 27, 2010

It’s really too bad that one of the less heralded Oilers, defenceman Theo Peckham, is day-to-day with a hand injury.

Numbers not yet an issue for Oilers

October 20, 2010

When the years have flown by and the career numbers are beginning to plump up, Oilers fans will still have that opening image of Taylor Hall’s Edmonton debut to look back on.

Hall deserves to go No. 1

April 07, 2010

With nothing left to decide on the ice — the Edmonton Oilers will indeed finish as the worst team in the NHL this season — all eyes have shifted to a playoff battle between the Ontario League’s Windsor Spitfires and Plymouth Whalers.