Dany Heatley is probably the perfect candidate to play with Ales Hemsky and its just too good of an opportunity for the Oilers to let pass by. The Oilers are in desperate need of some top end scoring and have an abundance of skilled puck moving defensmen which just happens to be what the Ottawa [...]
So what went wrong this season with the Edmonton Oilers that seen them out of the playoffs for the 3rd consecutive season? Were they too small? Not physical enough? Not enough grit? Not hard to play against? No, those are the bullshit excuses the media experts throw around but there is nothing to back that [...]
Since the Edmonton Oilers have been eliminated from the playoffs every so called hockey expert I’ve heard has said that the Oilers have too many small forwards and need to add some size up front. Well most of those guys haven’t watched every game this season like I have so they don’t realize that on [...]
Its been 8 long painful seasons watching Craig Mactavish squash any offensive potential the Edmonton Oilers have shown and it has finally come to an end. There was a time when I thought Mactavish was doing a good job for the Oilers and was a premier NHL coach because he was making a low skilled [...]
With Edmonton’s shootout win in Chicago tonight they extend their winning streak to 3 games and put a little bit of breathing room between themselves and 9th place in the western conference. The Oilers have picked up points in 7 straight games and have only lost in regulation once in their last 10 games.
Dwayne Roloson [...]
Its about time, I was really starting to worry.
The Oilers are now in 7th place in the Western conference as they have defeated the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in a shootout. Roli basically put the team on his back and carried them back into a playoff position.
Game Notes:
As mentioned above Dwayne Roloson was spectacular, he [...]
The Edmonton Oilers have been completely ineffective the last couple of games in which they have been outscored 13-4 and in the immortal words of Owen Hart - enough is enough, its time for a change. Today in practice MacT changed the lines playing Horcoff with Cole and Pouliot, Hemsky with Cogliano and Nilsson, and [...]
Robbie Schremp is returned to the AHL: Robbie Schremp who was called up to replace an injured Robert Nilsson had an impressive 4 game stint with the Oilers picking up 3 assists in 4 games and maybe more importantly finishing with a +2 rating over that span. MacT was impressed with Schremp’s development and improved [...]
Ales Hemsky scored in the shootout and rookie Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers stopped 3 shots in the shootout to give the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers and finish their seasons longest road trip with 4 wins and 3 loses. Fernando Pisani and Erik Cole scored in regulation for the Oilers and Deslauriers [...]
Looking at last years numbers and seeing how close Edmonton had come to making the playoffs I think it is pretty clear what the key will be this season. Last season the Oilers finished with a 41-35-6 record for a total of 88 points and missed the playoffs by 3 points, but their record against [...]