Ian 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.
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
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
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
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
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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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?’ is a series on Oil On Whyte, taking a jersey number and looking…Read More
Anyone remember this guy? No heart, lazy, too small and entitled? Linus Omark? Yeah, that’s the…Read More
If you haven’t already heard, Edmonton City Council has unanimously voted in favour of ceasing…Read More
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?’ is a new series on Oil On Whyte, taking a jersey number and…Read More
To be perfectly honest, I’ve been quite hesitant to put worth a post on the debacle that is the…Read More
Welcome to the start of the Oilers 2012-2013 season. Oh sure, the actual games are still months away,…Read More
As you’ve no doubt heard through the twitterverse, blogosphere, or whatever fancy made-up-word…Read More
Last one out hit the lights. With the NHL Playoffs beginning tonight, and the draft lottery results now…Read More
Commence the handing out of party hats and the tossing of confetti, the Oilers just won the lottery and…Read More
Not at whole hell of a lot. Post finished.
…okay wait, not only would that be lazier…Read More
We NHL fans all know one universal truth; not all games are created equal. That’s been the case…Read More
Hands up, all who saw that trade happening. After weeks of speculation, the much over-hyped trade deadline…Read More
With any basement dwelling team, trade deadline talk already surrounds the usual suspects, aged veterans…Read More