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Best Oil

As the season ends let’s take a look at the best Oilers of the season using the NHL Awards as a basis. Let me know what you think, and if you disagree, let us know who you would nominate instead.  I’ll…Read More

Things That Make You Go Hmmmm

There have been a few interesting events over the last few weeks. The old song by C+C Music Factory seems appropriate for many of them. Read | Share

The Depth of D

I started writing this article before the trade happened today, and now it feels slightly more relevant… It’s been a few days since Sutton was signed to an extension, and I still don’t know…Read More

Panel Thoughts

One of the things I got a kick out of Thursday night was the TSN panel. During the second intermission Darren Dreger was talking about which Oilers were most likely to be traded. During his discussion…Read More

Cat Got My Tongue

Yep it’s me with an article! Jeff promised that there would be surprises this week! In the two plus weeks since I last posted I’ve started writing three different articles, but never finished…Read More

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State of Affairs

Normally I try really hard not to criticize the decisions made by management and coaches. For one that…Read More

No Suspension

Word is out that Shanahan has decided that Petrell’s hit on Zidlicky does not merit a suspension.…Read More

All The Right Words

For weeks people (myself included) have been calling for Paajarvi to be sent to Oklahoma City, especially…Read More

What to Do?

Due to a confluence of events the rumours about Ales Hemsky have started to fly. First there’s his…Read More

Realignment Reality

The Board of Governors approved a new realignment setup to begin next season. The league will switch…Read More

Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst.

This phrase has been a bit of a mantra to me for a long time. Some have called me a pessimist, but to me a pessimist has no hope, and I always have hope, though I sometimes keep it hidden within myself.…Read More

Time for Change?

Every season has its ups and downs. This season has brought the biggest up (winning wise) for the Oilers since the race for a playoff in the spring of 2008 when Gags and Cogs were rookies. Now we’ve…Read More

And Now For Something Completely Different

Well maybe not that different… With nothing much to speak of that hasn’t already been said here or here or other places today, I thought I explain why I hate hockey pools. Now in reality I think…Read More

Sutton Suspended

Andy Sutton has been suspended for his third period hit on Gabriel Landeskog. I didn’t understand the penalty as I felt he kept his elbow in, and there no way this should be a suspension. To me this…Read More

Is the Bulin Wall Back?

What happened to Khabibulin? Last year he was just plain awful, there’s really no other way to describe it. Like many others I firmly believed that his play was going to continue to get worse, and after…Read More

Shocked!

I must admit I am shocked. My shock started yesterday when Taylor Chorney was placed on waivers. Due to the fact that Brule was placed on waivers last week I was significantly less surprised, but the…Read More

Are you ready for it?

I know I am! The regular season starts tomorrow and I can’t wait. Training camp and preseason is great, but I prefer the regular season, where every game matters (yes, even the games after we are guaranteed…Read More

Does It Really Matter?

Since September 11th when I read James Duthie’s article, and wrote my short 10 Years piece, I can’t get one of Duthie’s questions out of my head. The question was whether sports really mattered…Read More

Finally Over! (Almost Over! part 2)

Yes non-hockey season is finally over. The young stars tournament has started with a glorious 7-2 win, and training camp starts soon. Fortunately summer isn’t quite over yet either, although that…Read More

10 Years

I was going to post part two of my Almost Over! article today, but then I read this article by James Duthie on TSN that he originally wrote 10 years ago. I won’t say too much as this article says…Read More

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