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Connor McDavid faced questions about the Olympic experience and whether he thought winning the Stanley Cup or Olympic gold medal would be this difficult before Wednesday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks. The Edmonton Oilers captain faced the media for the first time since returning to the team, upon confirmation of being in the lineup. He…
Here comes the cavalry. Connor McDavid was shot out of a cannon heading onto the ice at Wednesday’s morning skate, and will likely suit up tonight against the Anaheim Ducks. Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch wouldn’t confirm 100 per cent exactly, but all indications are that the captain will suit up. “It’s nice knowing…
You might recognize the player to the left if you're a Winnipeg Jets fan. That's CJ Suess who skated for both the Jets and the AHL's Manitoba Moose in his career before deciding to take his talents overseas to Germany this past season where he signed with the Dresden Eislöwen . There was no doubt that this was going to be a tough season for the Eislöwen as they had been promoted from the DEL2 last season to play in the Penny DEL this season against some of the German superpowers like Berlin, M...
The NHL returns from a three-week Olympic break tonight with eight games and the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks will be the nightcap. The race for home ice advantage and playoff spots in all four divisions will be electric with 23 teams vying for 16 playoff spots. Some of those 23 teams could opt to…
NHL hockey is back. For those like me who consumed as much Olympic hockey is possible, I’m bracing myself for a um… change in pace. Nonetheless, the Edmonton Oilers kick off the stretch run of their season late tonight, squaring off with an Anaheim Ducks team nipping at their heels in the Pacific Division standings….
A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
Adam Henrique has scored 20+ goals seven times. He’s scored at least 11 goals in each of his first 14 NHL seasons, but he struggled with only two goals in 43 games before a broken finger forced him to sit out the previous 15 games. Henrique will be activated from LTI after this morning’s skate…
With the Olympics in the rearview mirror, we’re back to… what was it again? That league with all the teams and the six-month season? Right, the NHL, that was it. The NHL is back. Feel the excitement. But while the Olympic tournament is over and some of us might be eager to move on , now might be a good time to wonder about whether the NHL could learn something from how the tournament was structured. No, I don’t mean using 3-on-3 overtime to settle championships – fans around the world seem to ...
Here’s a phrase we haven’t said for a while: it’s an Edmonton Oilers gameday. After three weeks between contests, the Oilers begin a massive roadtrip in western California on Wednesday night, beginning with the Anaheim Ducks. It’s a stretch of three games in four days against division opponents (Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose) who are all…
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The NCAA Tournament is almost here, and Boston College is sitting on the edge.Right now the Eagles are 12th in the NPI. While this is better than where BC ranked midway through the season, it’s still shaky ground and not high enough to guarantee an at-large bid with four games left in the regular season and the Hockey East Tournament.This means BC’s best chance at the NCAA Tournament is through...
With just two weekends left in the regular season, teams in Hockey East are getting ready for their final push before playoffs. But there’s something different this year: Hockey East is in danger of only having one team make the NCAA Tournament.But how did Hockey East get here?There’s a myth in college hockey: Don’t look at the NPI until January. While the standings will change considerably ...
It’s Tuesday afternoon, and there’s a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio set, which means the boys were back in the studio to recap the week that was. On today’s episode, the guys discussed Team Canada vs. Team Czechia, Connor McDavid’s success at the games, the State of the Nation survey results, and much more. We…
Leon Draisaitl said what he said: from top to bottom, the Edmonton Oilers have to be better in this last stretch of the regular season. The German Olympian spoke to team media for the first time after rejoining the team, skating in his first practice in Anaheim ahead of the Oilers’ clash with the Ducks…
I'm not American nor will I ever be one, but the citizens of the country connected to Canada had a lot to celebrate over the last few days with their men's and women's Olympic teams capturing gold medals at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. Americans should be proud of these men and women, but it seems one man was not as proud of the women as much as he was of the men after "joking" with the men's team via a phone call that "I do believe I probably would be impeached" if he didn't invite them to th...
Insight from the Jets team reporter.
The Edmonton Oilers sit just four points out of a tie for first place in the Pacific Division, but they’re also only four points above the playoff cut line. With only 24 games remaining in the regular season, the margins are thin, and every point matters. One of the biggest question marks down the stretch…
The Bakersfield Condors finished the week off playing only two games and winning one of them. The lineup didn’t see massive changes during the win on Wednesday versus the Coachella Valley Firebirds, but in the overtime loss to the Calgary Wranglers, the lineup saw a few changes. The first major change was that Cam Dineen…
Pair of players on the shelf.
The NHL returns from the Olympic break this week, and with it, full attention shifts back to the March 6 trade deadline. The Colorado Avalanche and Pittsburgh Penguins wasted no time getting active. Former Edmonton Oiler Brett Kulak is headed back to the Western Conference, as the Avalanche acquired the veteran defenceman from Pittsburgh in…
Latest from practice on the NHL club of Winnipeg ahead of a three-game road trip.
Ryan Hartman is an interesting player to keep an eye on ahead of the March 6th trade deadline. Every player or team we’ve looked at so far in this series has been on a team that will sell in the next couple of weeks. Hartman is not the case, as the Minnesota Wild are firmly…
First recall up to the Jets.
Latest from practice on the AHL club of Manitoba.
It’s been a while since we added anything to our fake trophy case. That’s where we store the Carson (for best sophomore season ), the Bourque (for best final season ), the Pollock (for best trade ) and the Thornton (for best debut with a new team ). Today, we’re unveiling a new fake trophy, for the best combination NHL and Olympic performance in the same season. Please ooh and awe at the shiny new Teemu Selanne Trophy. Selanne was a relatively easy choice for the honor of having the award name...