Ian WoodIan Wood

Staff Writer and Facebook Guy for OilOnWhyte.com. Diehard fan of the Oilers since 1990. Posts like Anson Carter scored goals, streaky. Likes: Long twitter rants, beating dead horses, Ales Hemsky, Gene Principe puns. Dislikes: Plus/Minus, "Intangibles", Cam Barker, Endless Rebuilds. Also follows the Esks, Pats, Packers, and Blue Jays. Come for the jokes, stay for the catharic rants after another Oilers loss.

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Is Jamie Benn Looking at a Suspension?

There was a lot to like in the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars tonight. 5 on 5 goals, not too many glaringly bad defensive plays, and some solid goaltending from Devan Dubnyk. Sadly…Read More

Toughness

It’s often said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Now, that saying has been mis-attributed to everyone from Albert Einstein to…Read More

Win and You’re In? We’ve Seen This Before

Having a rare Monday morning off from work, I proceeded to laze about: grab a coffee, turn on the news and fire up twitter to see if people had finally stopped talking about the Oscars; sadly they hadn’t.…Read More

Ales In Wonderland – Oilers Score 5 Unanswered, Beat Avalanche

It didn’t start out so great. Heavily out-shooting their opposition, but facing a 3-0 deficit late the in the 1st period, it was feeling like it’d be a game all too similar to the one against…Read More

Well, That Was Fun, Wasn’t It?

We’re only three games into the Oilers shortened NHL season, so it’s awfully pre-mature to draw conclusions about the team in such a short amount of time. That being said, there’s been…Read More

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How I’m Dealing With The Lockout – Watching the WHL

The lockout sucks, right? To be entirely honest, I really haven’t been effected much by the lockout,…Read More

What’s In a Number? #93 – Before The Nuge, There Was Ned

( ‘What’s In a Number?’ is a series on Oil On Whyte, taking a jersey number and looking…Read More

A Lazy, Entitled Swede Is Lighting Up The Swiss National League

Anyone remember this guy? No heart, lazy, too small and entitled? Linus Omark? Yeah, that’s the…Read More

“I think it’s wrong to hold us up for ransom.”

If you haven’t already heard, Edmonton City Council has unanimously voted in favour of ceasing…Read More

“Edmonton is not necessarily a great hockey market”

Daryl Katz finally did what is so very rare for Daryl Katz to do; speak to the media. Specifically he…Read More

What’s In a Number? #2 – The Russian Bear: BoBo

( ‘What’s In a Number?’ is a new series on Oil On Whyte, taking a jersey number and…Read More

The Edmonton Arena, Corporate Welfare & You, The Taxpayer

To be perfectly honest, I’ve been quite hesitant to put worth a post on the debacle that is the…Read More

Schultz, The Draft, and Free Agency

Welcome to the start of the Oilers 2012-2013 season. Oh sure, the actual games are still months away,…Read More

Taking The Fall – Farewell Tom Renney, Alas We Hardly Knew Ye

As you’ve no doubt heard through the twitterverse, blogosphere, or whatever fancy made-up-word…Read More

And Thus Ends Another Chapter

Last one out hit the lights. With the NHL Playoffs beginning tonight, and the draft lottery results now…Read More

This Has To Be The Last Year – No More Draft Dynasty

Commence the handing out of party hats and the tossing of confetti, the Oilers just won the lottery and…Read More

What The Final Twelve Games Mean

Not at whole hell of a lot. Post finished.     …okay wait, not only would that be lazier…Read More

The Loser Point Isn’t Just Pathetic, It’s Fraudulent.

We NHL fans all know one universal truth; not all games are created equal. That’s been the case…Read More

Banking on the Future – A Look at the Gilbert Trade

Hands up, all who saw that trade happening. After weeks of speculation, the much over-hyped trade deadline…Read More

Just How Valuable is a 1st Round Pick Anyway?

With any basement dwelling team, trade deadline talk already surrounds the usual suspects, aged veterans…Read More