I wasn’t surprised by the reaction of Oilers fans today when the news hit Jesse Puljujarvi was practicing on the McDavid line. Oilers fans have seen the big Finn alongside 97 in the past (84 minutes a year ago) but I get why there’s some excitement right now. In 2017-18, coach Todd McLellan has been…
With the grey cloud that’s hung over the Edmonton Oilers this season, the few standouts that have kept their year from falling into utter disrepair haven’t had enough light shone on their success.
Is it a coincidence that as I’m writing this week’s injury report, news has broken out of the Oilers dressing room that Cam Talbot is injured and is questionable for Thursday’s game against Toronto? Why us? Why me?
It’s been duly noted that sophomore right winger Jesse Puljujarvi took some line rushes alongside Connor McDavid and Milan Lucic when the Edmonton Oilers skated at Rogers Place this morning. That, as you’d expect, has some people, me included, wondering if Puljujarvi might be in the same spot when the Toronto Maple Leafs come calling…
The Oilers have only scored 12 goals on the power play this season. Only two teams — the Buffalo Sabres and Columbus Blue Jackets — have scored fewer at this point. Part of that has to do with how few power play opportunities the team has had, but the Oilers efficiency with the man advantage…
My friends, Cam Talbot may not be available for tomorrow’s game because of an upper body injury. This is not a drill.
This week on the Locker Room, we talk about Nation flags, last night’s win over the Coyotes, and whether or not the Oilers are finding their way out of the woods.
The Coyotes are bad. But the Oilers didn’t make them look bad last night. The two bottom teams in the Western Conference played a tightly-contested game that the Oilers edged out on a beautiful overtime goal by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
In a season that has seen many Oilers regress from the last, there is one guy who has taken a giant step forward — Darnell Nurse. The man they call Darryl has stepped up to the plate after some fans and media alike were questioning whether or not he could make the jump to become…
In his latest instalment of 31 Thoughts, Elliotte Friedman suggested that while RNH was the sexy name in Oiler rumours, perhaps the more realistic name is Pat Maroon. Well, he’s right.
