What Will It Take For The NHL To “Make Whole” With The Fans?
As you might imagine, news of the lockout’s end has made most of us pretty excited. With the abbreviated NHL season getting ready to take off, there’s much to talk about. Who’s going…Read More
Hail Gagner, The NHL Lockout Is Over!
IT’S OVER. We’re going to have a season. A half season. 48 games or so. That’s not what we originally wanted. It’s probably not what the players wanted. I’m fairly sure…Read More
Happy New Year from Oil On Whyte
I’m not big on resolutions, disillusions, revolutions, or any kind of -ions, to be honest. Good riddance, 2012. Oh, we had some fun in 2012. At least, the first half. Sort of, I mean, if you…Read More
A Few Off The Top From 2012
Finally, 2012 is ready to be put to bed. It’s been a tough year for a lot of people. Tough for the Oilers, tough for their fans. Tough for the NHL in general. With that being said, it’s…Read More
Bettman: January 11th Is Drop Dead Date
As expected, Bettman confirms NHL Point of No Return: January 11. Good. — Chris Botta (@ChrisBottaNHL) December 31, 2012 It’s all coming to an end. Good or bad, we’ll know in about ten…Read More
Both Sides Meet, Will Meet Again Tomorrow
Please enjoy this video from by The Fan 590 in Toronto. Donald Fehr and company are seen about to…Read More
NHL And NHLPA To Give It One More Try
The NHL made an offer to the NHLPA last week. Both sides will meet in New York in about an hour to…Read More
Oil On Whyte’s Weekend Link Extravaganza
The World Junior Championships are here. And that’s good. It helps keep my mind off the you-know-what…Read More
Simple Things Are Best
When the holidays roll around, it usually is a good time for everyone to reflect on the year that has…Read More
Celebrating The Holidays With Oil On Whyte
At least we’ve got the World Juniors in a couple of days. Deck the halls and all of that. The…Read More
NHL Pushes Season To Brink, Cancels Games Until January 14th
This is it. There’s no more room to wiggle. Minutes ago, the NHL cancelled all games until January…Read More
October 2011 – Power Play Goals And The Rhythm Of Youth
 In lieu of the 2012-13 NHL season, please enjoy a sporadic waltz down memory lane, featuring some of…Read More
Oil On Whyte’s Weekend Link Extravaganza
Welcome to Oil On Whyte’s Weekend Link Extravaganza. The Extravaganza features links from around…Read More
Lockout Meetings Yield No New Progress, Worse Things Have Happened
#CBA meeting over.No progress. #NHL remains firm on “take it or leave it” last offer to #NHLPA. —…Read More
Why I Think We’ll See Significant Movement Towards A Deal Tomorrow
With the NHL cancelling games until January 1st, it’s looking more and more like a 48-game schedule…Read More
Oil On Whyte’s Weekend Link Extravaganza
It’s been quite the week. Have some of this… Tend The Farm : Nugent-Hopkins To World Juniors…Read More
More On “The Hill We Will Die On” – Why Is Max Contract Length So Important To The Owners?
Just a reminder: owners are outraged and refusing to negotiate because players won’t agree to prevent…Read More
Bettman: Deal Is “Off The Table”, Daly: Contract Term Limits “Hill We Will Die On”
It’s absolutely not good. We’ve gone from hopeful optimism, to confusion, back to square…Read More
UPDATE: Things Perhaps Aren’t As They Seem
Expect bad news soon. — Renaud Lavoie (@RenLavoieRDS) December 7, 2012 Hey boss. Remember last post…Read More
Everybody COOL OUT
Just got texted one four letter word by a source. Not good night folks. Be back with you after I take…Read More






















