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Team of the Week: Union

Union may be far removed at this point from its historic national championship in 2014, but things are back on the upswing in Schenectady...

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KHL Shifts Its All-Star Format

Despite its former claims of hockey excellence, the KHL quickly became the league of complete irrelevance. No longer are they attracting stars with wild contracts, no longer are they claiming to be a rival of the NHL, and I doubt we're going to see the KHL dig its way out of the political and socio-economical turmoil that its host country finds itself in, but anything could happen with better leadership. I say that while referencing both the country and the hockey league, but the main reason i...

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Sabres cruise to easy win over Oilers: Recap, Highlights, and Reaction

The Edmonton Oilers might not be a good hockey team. On Monday evening, they played the fourth of seven games on the road, falling 5-1 to the Buffalo Sabres. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. Spoiler alert: There wasn’t a lot of good for the Oilers. The Sabres opened the…

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Today In NHL History - Jaroslav Halak's Own Goal

On November 17th in 2010, St. Louis Blues backstop Jaroslav Halak botched a routine paddle play spotting his Central Division rival Detroit Red Wings an early 1-0 lead on the own goal eight minutes into the opening frame. The Slovak sensation's Steve Smith was credited to Detroit's Drew Miller, his first score of the season. The Winged Wheel added four unanswered markers in the final eight

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Why the Oilers should take Anaheim’s strong start seriously

The Anaheim Ducks are off to a scorching-hot start this season, with an 11-6-1 record. They look like a legitimate threat to the Edmonton Oilers in the Pacific Division race for the first time in nearly a decade. Is their early run of success sustainable, or are they just a young team overperforming? PDO measures…

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NHL Notebook: Adrian Kempe signs eight-year contract extension with Kings

Another one of the big-name potential unrestricted free agents was taken off the board. On Sunday, the Los Angeles Kings signed forward Adrian Kempe to an eight-year contract extension. The deal, worth a total of $85 million, will carry an AAV of $10.625 million through the 2033-34 season. At one point, Kempe was considered a hot…

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GDB 21.0: Oilers Want a Better Second Quarter (5 PM, SNW)

The Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks each play their 21st games of the season tonight, the most in the NHL, and after this coming Saturday’s game in Florida, the Oilers will be the only team to have played 24 games. They’ve had a busy schedule, and their first quarter was average. They went…

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Scenes From Morning Skate: Why Buffalo is must-win for Matt Savoie

The Edmonton Oilers face the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night at KeyBank Center, and this one’s personal. Not for the organization, not for the coaching staff, but for Matt Savoie—the young forward who gets to show his former team exactly what they traded away. Let’s be honest about the Ryan McLeod trade. When CEO/at-the-time acting…

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Pre-Scout: Refuse the temptation to take the Buffalo Sabres lightly

If there is a “trap” game for the Edmonton Oilers on this road trip, it’s this one on Monday night against the Buffalo Sabres.  Why? Because the Buffalo Sabres don’t exactly command your full attention. Their rebuild has been the stuff that scares owner and management groups from ever rebuilding, as they are tied with…

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The Edmonton Oilers and their Plus-Minus Problem

The man in the picture is Andrew Mangiapane, and I will get to why that is later. Remember when I mentioned that the Oilers have one of the worst goals against totals in the entire league so far this season? I thought it would be worth diving deeper into that. Right now, the Oilers have…

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Oilers Thoughts: Hyman’s hits, Howard’s AHL impact, goodbye Stecher, and more

The Edmonton Oilers are approaching the midpoint of their seven-game road trip, and with two wins in their last three games, that’s quite alright in the eyes of Oilers fans for a team that’s struggled with consistency this season and on the current trip. Zach Hyman’s return to the lineup gave the club a nice…

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Former Oiler could be best realistic option to solve goaltending woes

The Edmonton Oilers’ need for a new netminder tandem continues. There is a solution that doesn’t involve trading Stuart Skinner. Admittedly, the hometown goaltender has been okay this season, posting an .891 save percentage and 2.77 goals against average in 14 games. Among netminders with 14 or more games played,  Skinner’s 2.7 Goals Saved Above…

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Monday Mailbag: Do the Oilers do enough to protect Connor McDavid?

Good morning, everyone, and a happy Monday to you all. As per tradition, I’ve got a brand new mailbag set to go after taking your questions and sending them to the crew for their takes. This week, we’re discussing if the Oilers protect Connor McDavid enough, the tight NHL standings, Ken Holland vs. Stan Bowman,…

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NHL weekend rankings: These teams are who we thought they were (maybe)

The biggest story through the season’s first month or so was that nobody knew anything. OK, sure, there were a few teams that stuck to the script. The Avs were good. The Predators were bad. But in between, it was chaos. Teams that nobody thought would be all that good were dominating. Teams we thought would be terrible were competitive, or better. And so many presumed contenders were struggling that you could barely hear the goal horns over the sounds of all the windows slamming shut. It seeme...

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Eberly Giving Ohio State What it Needs in Net

Kristoffer Eberly never intended to put on a set of goalie pads when he started playing hockey at 7 years old. In his first season of youth hockey, back in his home state of Michigan in a house league, the team didn’t have a designated individual guarding the cage...

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The Rundown - Week 7

It's a quieter week than what we normally see as the Alberta Pandas, the Saskatachewan Huskies, and the Manitoba Bisons are all on a bye week for various university-related reasons, but we still had six teams seeking points to improve their chances at a playoff spot this season. Honestly, it's weird knowing that both Saskatchewan and Manitoba have four games in-hand on the Calgary Dinos within the same division, but I'm not in charge of the Canada West schedule. Let's check out the six teams t...

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Today In NHL History - Pettersson Injures Calvert

On November 16th in 2019, Colorado Avalanche winger Matt Calvert took an Elias Pettersson wrist shot to the head. Clearly bloodied and injured by the puck, Pettersson paused and alerted the referees in an effort to stop play.The officials ignored Pettersson's plea and twelve long seconds later Alex Edler scored, pulling the Vancouver Canucks within one goal with less than three minutes to

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Today In NHL History - Patrick Roy Dekes Gretzky

On November 16th in 1997, trailing by three goals with 3:30 remaining in the third period of a matinee at MSG, Colorado Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy elected to skate the puck up the ice stickhandling past Wayne Gretzky before crossing center ice where #33 was whistled by referee Paul Devorski.The unorthodox adventure greatly amused MSG color commentator and former

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Today In NHL History - First European Referee

On November 16th in 2010, Marcus Vinnerborg became the first European born referee to officiate a NHL game. The milestone was made in the Lone Star State during a midweek Pacific Division matchup between the Anaheim Ducks and Dallas Stars. Find full video highlights here. Director of Officiating Terry Gregson elected to add the overseas outsider to the NHL's zeal of zebra six months earlier

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