The Edmonton Oilers are back on a winning streak in large part to Ales Hemsky finally returning to form. Hemsky stated before the season that his goal is to be a point per game player and up until today had not really played very well but with the 2 goals and an assist against the [...]
Goals by Shawn Horcoff, Sheldon Souray, and Lubomir Visnovsky lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 road win against the lame Ducks of Anaheim. The Oilers had a slow start in this game and were badly outplayed for the first period and half of the second but they managed to pull things together and at [...]
Dustin Penner scored his second goal of the game with 5.4 seconds left to give the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Although it was only the Oilers 1st game of the season it was a crucial victory as Edmonton’s goal this season is to win the Northwest division and these inter [...]
So training camp has ended, the players are healthy and ready to go. Guess what. The fans are too, its been a long summer without hockey and I for one am getting very excited with the season about to start. So I think its only right that I should stick my neck out and risk [...]
Hockey Talks has created a new Message Board for hockey fans that works a little different than most. The difference is that it is for the fans and moderated by the fans. What does that mean? Well it means that any forum rules are decided upon by the members not the admin, so it the [...]
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With the recent signing of Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers it appears that the Edmonton Oilers will be entering the season with 3 goaltenders. The 24 year old Drouin-Deslauriers signed a one way contract so Lowe will not send him to the AHL and risk losing him on waivers. Now some might think that 3 Goalies is a [...]
The Edmonton Oilers have signed center Shawn Horcoff to a 6yr 33 million dollar contract today. Horcoff is entering the final year of a 3yr contract this season and was to be an unrestricted free agent next July 1st. The extension will lock up the Oilers number one center until 2015 avoiding 6 seasons of [...]
Kevin Lowe is building a winning team in Edmonton and added a couple of more pieces today while shedding some baggage at the same time. Firstly he traded a disapointing Raffi Torres to the Colubus Blue Jackets for 21 year old Gilbert Brule, and followed that up by sending RFA Joni Pitkanen to the Carolina [...]
The Edmonton Oilers have traded Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene to the LA Kings for Ludomir Visnovsky. The Oilers have an abundance of young players looking to crack the line up and the trading of Stoll makes room to give someone a shot. The 26 year old Stoll is coming of a very disappointing season [...]
With the 22nd overall pick in the 2008 NHL entry draft the Edmonton Oilers have chosen center Jordan Eberle. The 5’10″, 174 lbs 18 year old played with Regina in the WHL last season scoring 42 goals and 33 assists for 75 points in 70 games. He may not be NHL ready for a couple [...]