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Top 100 Oilers: No. 62 — Marty McSorley

Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Marty McSorley comes in at No. 62 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 34 on Brownlee’s original list. You’d think that Marty McSorley played his whole career with the Edmonton…

3 months ago | 6 reads

Pagnotta: Don’t expect Oilers to make coaching change any time soon

It’s been tough sledding to start the 2025-26 season for the Edmonton Oilers. The team has sputtered out of the gate for their third consecutive season, despite spending all of the pre-season and training camp talking about how the exact outcome they’ve faced is what they wanted to avoid. They sit with a .500 record…

3 months ago | 7 reads

I have stumbled on incontrovertible proof that the hockey gods hate the loser point

 This post was originally going to be about something else. As often happens, I got sidetracked and went down a rabbit hole. And I’m glad I did, because I appear to have found something very important. I think I’ve discovered a relatively new but immutable law of the hockey universe, and I need to share it with you now because it could have crucial implications for the immediate future of two teams, starting as early as tonight. >> Read the full post at The Athletic (Want to read this ...

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3 months ago | 0 reads

Princeton's Daniells' 5-Goal Night is First Since 2011

Princeton forward Kal Daniells scored five goals in his team's 7-4 win over St. Lawrence at Baker Rink on Friday, become the first player in college hockey to achieve that feat since 2011...

3 months ago | 0 reads

Powers Signs New 5-Year Deal at Arizona State

Arizona State head coach Greg Powers has agreed to a new five-year contract with the school that takes him through 2030. The school also announced the position will be endowed, thanks to a philanthropic gift from a season ticket holder...

3 months ago | 0 reads

GDB 23.0: Oilers have become a predictable horror movie (5:30 PM MT, SN)

In most mid-tier horror movies, at some point in the movie, one of the characters enters a dark room or goes outside in the dark, and while watching, you say, “Don’t go in there!” But they do, and they get killed. It’s essentially the same process watching the Edmonton Oilers right now. The outcome has…

3 months ago | 7 reads

Scenes From Morning Skate: What should Oilers fans make of Tampa Bay?

The Edmonton Oilers face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night at Benchmark International Arena, and nobody really knows what to make of either team. Tampa’s made roster moves in the past couple of days, calling up players from AHL Syracuse to deal with injuries. But let’s be honest—Edmonton’s been shuffling their lineup constantly, too….

3 months ago | 3 reads