NAILING IT IN?
It’ll take a lot of indifferent play, breaking curfew many nights and daydreaming all the time. However, the Edmonton Oilers–if they really don’t try–might end up finishing 30th. AGAIN! The prize: the world’s most valuable Nail.
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Shocking Blue
Oscar Klefbom had a strong World Junior tournament and played another season in the pro Swedish Elite League. Klefbom even scored a couple of goals right at season’s end to eclipse last year’s boxcars. Now, the young man–regarded as the top blueline prospect in the Oilers system–will have to hurdle many, many older kids hoping…
GDB 67.0: Look, It’s A Meaningful Game!
It’s not a game with meaning in a good way, but it is a meaningful game all the same. The Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens will face off tonight in a battle of the second-worst: a regulation win for the Oilers would move them out of 29th and into a tie for 28th, and with…
Tracers: Oilers Rookies (06-10)
Big Matt Greene headlines a solid group of rookies that made their NHL debuts with the Oilers in the 5-year period after the lockout. Greene and a few others no longer play for the Oilers, but several are still productive NHLers. THE ROOKIES 05-06 The spring of 2006 was a wonderful time to be an…
TOM RENNEY: I’VE GOT QUESTIONS
Edmonton Oilers coach Tom Renney has a long resume that still includes a notation as holder of the all-time best winning percentage in the CHL, a .714 clip he compiled with the Kamloops Blazers on the way to two WHL titles and a Memorial Cup. Renney is smart. He’s driven. He’s honest.
Will The Oilers Take The Best Player Available At The Draft This Summer?
While virtually every club around espouses “best player available” as their draft strategy, there’s no doubt that the Oilers pay attention to the position played by the guys they’re drafting. If there was any doubt of that, the last episode of Oil Change should have removed it.
LINUS OMARK: LET’S GO, INDEED
"Lets go!!!!! #23isback"
GDB 66.0: Reflecting on Ray Whitney
I’m not old enough to have a real grasp of hockey history the way people like Lowetide and Bruce McCurdy do. One thing I do know is that ex-Oiler and ex-Shark Ray Whitney has his own special place in it.
Would You Take Dustin Penner Back?
Dustin Penner is having a horrible season with the Los Angeles Kings. Five goals and 13 points in 48 games isn’t the sort of production Dean Lombardi expected when he traded for him, and it isn’t going to earn Penner – in the final year of his contract – good dollars next season. Should the…
Tepid Applause for OKC Rookie Forwards
One of the ways we can see progress among young players–especially rookie pro’s–is checking progress in the season’s second half. The OKC Barons have played 58 of their 80 games and almost half of those since the Christmas break. Are the kids making progress?
GDB 65.0: Hall Will Play; Omark May Not
Despite some worries that Taylor Hall’s shoulder would keep him out of the lineup, Oilers head coach Tom Renney says that the young forward will be ready to play tonight when the Oilers take on the Anaheim Ducks. Whether or not Omark will dress is less clear.
Oilers Recall Linus Omark
The Edmonton Oilers announced the recall of Linus Omark from the American Hockey League’s Oklahoma City Barons this morning.