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When You Have Zero Shots In A Period, You Might Want To Have A Look At That
The Oilers dropped a key divisional game to Minnesota last night, this time by the score of 4-2. It wasn’t so much the fact they lost to Minnesota, it was the high fashion in which they did so. TANGENT Where…Read More
No Good Reason To Scratch Magnus Paajarvi
Magnus Paajarvi ended up scoring the game winning goal in Saturday Night’s five goal comeback against the Avalanche. Not bad for a guy who was scheduled to be a healthy scratch until ten minutes…Read More
Four Oilers Make Corey Pronman’s “Top 50 Under 23″ List
A few days ago Corey Pronman of Hockey Prospectus posted his Top 50 Under 23 list. The list consists of “players with more than 25 GP this past season or 50 NHL games…. A player also had to…Read More
Magnus And The Bottom Six, A Deep Sea Diving Adventure
Paajarvi arrived on scene in Edmonton at the same time as 2008 selection Jordan Eberle and 2010 first-overall selection Taylor Hall. For a short time, the combination of Hall, Omark, Paajarvi and Eberle…Read More
SABBATICAL IS OVER: BACK TO BUSINESS
A lot has gone on in Oil Country since my last post three and a half months ago. Back then the big story of the day was Linus Omark, and his implying he wanted a trade on twitter. Since then, we have drafted…Read More
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Oilers Release Preseason Schedule
Consisting of eight games, The Edmonton Oilers have released their 2012-13 preseason schedule. The Oilers…Read More
You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?
I’ll often engage in Twitter conversations about ‘the rebuild’, and the state of this…Read More
GAME DAY: Los Angeles @ Edmonton
Los Angeles Kings @ Edmonton Oilers 30 MAR 2012 – 7:30 PM MDT Your Game Preview is after the…Read More
The Top 10 Oiler Stories Of 2011-12: #10 – Magnus Paajarvi’s Sophomore Slump
I took this idea to Twitter a couple of days ago, wanting to gauge where people stood on what was important…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…Read More
Worthy Of More Than Two Minutes: Hartnell’s Knee On Paajarvi
WHY is this not more than a two minute penalty? Oh, Chappy. You crazy. This is Hartnell finishing his…Read More
GAME DAY: Colorado @ Edmonton
Colorado Avalanche @ Edmonton Oilers 17 FEB 2012 – 7:30 PM MDT Your Game Preview is after the…Read More
The Depth of D
I started writing this article before the trade happened today, and now it feels slightly more relevant… It’s…Read More
GAME DAY: Toronto @ Edmonton
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Edmonton Oilers 15 FEB 2012 – 8:00 PM MDT Your Game Preview is after…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
Sutton Staying in Edmonton? And Other Sunday Musings
A depth defenceman might be off the trading block; Nick Kypreos of Sportnet tweeted yesterday that the…Read More
GAME DAY: Edmonton @ Detroit
Edmonton Oilers @ Detroit Red Wings 08 FEB 2012 – 5:30 PM MDT Your Game Preview awaits after…Read More
Panel Thoughts
One of the things I got a kick out of Thursday night was the TSN panel. During the second intermission…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…Read More
GAME DAY: Anaheim @ Edmonton
Anaheim Ducks @ Edmonton Oilers 13 JAN 2012 – 7:30 MDT Your Game Preview is after the jump. …Read More
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