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Oilers Thoughts: The kids need consistency, Nurse needs Walman

Tuesday night against Utah was the first time in roughly nine games that I felt like the Oilers gave us a glimpse of their “A” game. We really haven’t seen them reach that level since their win over the Vancouver Canucks back on October 11. Since then, they’ve had three other victories, but none of…

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Top 100 Oilers: No. 66 — Pat Hughes

Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Pat Hughes comes in at No. 66 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 36 on Brownlee’s original list. For Edmonton Oilers fans of a certain vintage, the name Pat Hughes…

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This Week in College Hockey: Oct. 30, 2025

Last week, Tom Izzo, the longtime Michigan State basketball coach, took aim at the NCAA for granting eligibility to former G League players. For those unfamiliar, the G League functions much like the AHL in hockey — essentially the NBA’s minor-league system...

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Updates Made

This isn't going to be a profoundly-deep update for anyone who may be wanting them, but I've been doing a few updates on the ol' blog for things that needed some attention. Despite this blog getting close to the 6650-article mark, today will have no talk about the future of this site or what I may be planning to do. To be completely honest, I really haven't given it much thought, but I was clicking through a few of the menu options and I noticed that there were things that needed updating. Tha...

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Cannot Catch A Break

Everything was looking good for the Montreal Canadiens as they started the season. They had their star players under contract and willing to put in the effort to win games, they had a revamped blueline with all sorts of talents on it, and their goaltending was solid while being underrated. Head coach Martin St. Louis even smiled a few times during the preseason, but, all jokes aside, it seemed like the Canadiens had all their weapons armed and ready to go as they hunted down a playoff spot thi...

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NHL Notebook: Stars and Mammoth sign core players to eight-year extensions

The run of major NHL contract extensions continued this week as the Dallas Stars announced an eight-year deal with defenseman Thomas Harley worth an average annual value of $10.587 million. Harley, 24, was drafted 18th overall by the Stars in 2019 and has quickly developed into one of the league’s most reliable young blueliners. In…

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Today In NHL History - Richards Shatters Glass

On October 28th in 2010, Dallas Stars forward Brad Richards fired a blistering center ice slapshot over Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick and through the glass with three minutes remaining in the final frame. The Kings topped the Stars that night 5-2 before the then-smallest crowd in Dallas Stars history, announced as 11,306 but closer to 5,000, owing in part to fans staying home to

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The Day After 11.0: Have the Oilers found their groove?

Message sent. Message received. The Edmonton Oilers’ performance in the first period of Tuesday’s game against the Utah Mammoth was nothing short of unacceptable, and it was made well known. “We kind of needed a bit of a wake-up in between the first and second,” said Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. “Knobber coming in, talking about…

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Oilers Prospect Update: Dalyn Wakely leading the way for UMass-Lowell

It’s time again for another weekly update from around the pipeline. As usual, it was a busy weekend with all the NCAA and CHL players playing in multiple games. The European prospects have been quiet as of late, with Nikita Yevseyev’s scoring drying up and Amur Khabarovsk’s scoring numbers dipping since the start of the…

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Oilers score six in Mammoth home ice win: Recap, Highlights, and Reaction

Did the Edmonton Oilers ever need that win? On Tuesday evening, the Oilers returned home to host the surging Utah Mammoth, defeating them 6-3 to end the Mammoth’s seven-game winning streak. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one! Things didn’t start great for the Oilers. Midway through the first period, the…

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GDB 11.0: Oilers Face a Mammoth Test (7:30 PM MT, SN1)

The Utah Mammoth are 7-0 since unveiling their new mascot, Tusky, during their home opener against Calgary on October 15th. The Mammoth have outscored teams 32-17 during their franchise record seven-game winning streak, and they skate into Edmonton with arguably the most dangerous top-six in the NHL. Utah is the only team in the NHL…

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Scenes From Morning Skate: Darnell Nurse preaching process over panic

The start hasn’t been what anyone in Oil Country envisioned. But if there’s frustration brewing inside the Edmonton Oilers’ dressing room, Darnell Nurse isn’t showing it. The veteran defenceman has seen enough hockey to know that October stumbles don’t define results in January—and with a team that came within just a handful of games of…

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