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The Rundown - Week 14

There was a delay on this article thanks to Mother Nature interfering with the schedule set out by Canada West. Regina and Saskatchewan were forced to play the second game in their two-game set on Sunday as a winter storm swept into the rectangular province, and full credit to the two teams for not putting anyone at risk by travelling when it wasn't ideal. As such, this article was on pause when it came to being published until those teams got that final contest of the weekend in, but let's se...

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Sunday Scramble: The zig-zag Oilers get blown-out and Jarry vs. Skinner debate

As soon as some of my colleagues and fellow fans uttered the phrase, “Is this the best Edmonton Oilers goaltending since…” Tristan Jarry has looked suspicious. Sorry Bordzy.  We remember the Edmonton Oilers back-to-back shutouts from Jarry and Connor Ingram on January 17 and 18.  In the six games since, the Oilers’ have surrendered 27…

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Oilers place goaltender Calvin Pickard on NHL waivers

The Edmonton Oilers have made a decision in the goaltending department, placing netminder Calvin Pickard on NHL waivers Sunday, the club announced. Pickard, 33, found himself as the Oilers’ third-goaltender in recent weeks when Tristan Jarry returned from injury. He appeared in 16 games this season, posting a 5-6-2 record, a .871 save percentage and…

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What has gone wrong with the Andrew Mangiapane experiment in Edmonton?

Multiple top-nine forwards left the Edmonton Oilers organization this past summer, with names such as Connor Brown, Corey Perry, Viktor Arvidsson, Jeff Skinner, and more. It seemed that management decided to primarily bank on internal growth to offset those departures, particularly from prospects Matthew Savoie and Isaac Howard. The Oilers added only one notable, established…

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The Day After 56.0: Wild outclass Oilers and sweep season series

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the class of the Western Conference resides in the Central Division. The Minnesota Wild took care of business in Edmonton on Saturday night, handling the Oilers in a 7-3 win and completing a regular-season sweep in the process. After a tight opening frame that saw the two teams trade goals,…

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Roundup: Michigan State Spoils Penn State's Party

It was already a big enough weekend, with two of the top teams nationally squaring off in just another Big Ten weekend. But Penn State helped make it extra special, scheduling an outdoor game in famed Beaver Stadium in front of 75,000 people...

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Roundup: Providence Surge Continues With OT Win at Maine

The play of Providence freshman goalie Jack Parsons has been one of the better stories this year, and he won six straight entering the weekend since assuming the top job after the injury to senior Philip Svedeback...

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Scenes from Morning Skate: Oilers prep for tough game against Hughes’ Wild

The Edmonton Oilers play the Minnesota Wild tonight, and more importantly, they play Quinn Hughes. It’ll be the second time they see him in Wild threads, the first having come just eight days after the deal. And look at what’s happened to Minnesota since that trade. The Wild went from good to great the moment…

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A League-Imposed Break

I'll be fully honest in saying that I don't follow the CHL or its respective leagues likely as much as I did when the Winnipeg Ice were still a team. The Ice gave a reason to check in on the WHL and the other leagues under the CHL's umbrella, but I admittedly have not being doing that since they relocated to Wenatchee. Having spent the day in Brandon, it got me thinking that I should do more, and then social media got into the act tonight as several accounts posted the same clip from the OHL t...

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Top 100 Oilers: No. 50 — Stuart Skinner

Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Stuart Skinner comes in at No. 50 on our updated 2025 list. He was unranked on Brownlee’s original list. Born in Edmonton, Stuart Skinner nearly had the perfect story after the Oilers…

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Pre-Scout: Can the Oilers enact revenge on the Minnesota Wild?

Maybe Edmonton Oilers fans can resonate with this quote from Minnesota Wild coach Jon Hynes.  “The one thing I will say is that when you go through 82 games, they’re not all gonna be Picassos, right?” said Hynes.  Right you are, Mr. Hynes. Both teams would approach this ethos from different angles after their last…

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