The last time the Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup (1990) there were five rookies who played for them. Only two reached the 40-game mark, just one (Geoff Smith) would play the entire season for the ...

Jeff Skinner is quickly becoming my favourite new winger, and that’s a tough chore because Viktor Arvidsson is golden. Both veterans are so damn good at the hockey, in different ways, and it’s clear ...

That seems to be a solution worth monitoring, although the experts tell us to wait for 200 minutes before beginning to draw strong conclusions. While we are on the subject of small samples, the ...

This is the ‘rolling top 20’ Oilers prospects from the winter of 2016. All of Taylor Hall, Nuge, Nail Yakupov, Darnell Nurse, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid had already graduated (50 NHL games for ...

Alas, the gales of November did not come early. Kris Knoblauch and his coaching staff managed to hoist up the John B’s sail, and to see how the mainsail set. Not the powerful start all hoped for, but ...

Monday’s game was a mess from the start. McDavid was tripped (no call), hurt himself and was gone from the game early. The Blue Jackets scored on a nice tip (power-play goal, the Edmonton special ...

One September years ago there were several articles about KHL signee Bogdan Yakimov and his impressive physique. He was faster than thought, capable of impacting at a high level. Some articles implied ...

I think we all knew the Edmonton Oilers had that game in them, but it’s good to see it all the same. The coaching staff rolled four lines, 3.5 pairings and as an added bonus the club had to work ...

This is me with Mrs. Lowetide at the 1988 CKCK Christmas party. Mrs. Lowetide passed away, CKCK shut it doors, surely the tree is no longer around and I’m thankful the moustache is a distant bell. I ...

There is no point in hammering each other senseless about the impact of Connor McDavid’s injury. This team is bleeding goals through 10 games, and nine of those included the best player in the world.

I wrote about Leon Draisaitl yesterday and about his importance to the Oilers organization. The big man marched in to Nashville and flattened the Predators again. One never knows why these things ...