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SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN
After last night’s loss to a clearly superior St. Louis Blues team, the Edmonton Oilers have an 8.7% chance of making the playoffs, only 18 games to climb past 5 teams who are playing well and about...
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SMOOTH OPERATORS
It looks like the Edmonton Oilers are using the same template that won the Justin Schultz sweepstakes to win the day in the Dan DeKeyser lottery. According to various reports this afternoon, the club...
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ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THAT?
It’s been a long, long road for the trio of Nuge-Hall-Eberle and they’ve played a lot of hockey. Last night suggests there’s gas in the tank and some willingness to burn up the blacktop this spring....
View ArticleWILD HORSES
Here’s what we know: some time today Dan DeKeyser will emerge, and if he sees his shadow…..I kid. Dan DeKeyser is a much sought after undrafted college free agent and the Oilers are one of the teams...
View ArticleLITTLE DID HE KNOW….
Last night’s victory leaves Edmonton solidly in playoff contention (21.6% chance of making the post-season) and that won’t change between now and the deadline Wednesday aft. I believe the Oilers should...
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HERE COMES THE SUN
The Edmonton Oiler players have lived up to their end of the bargain, now it’s time for management to do their part–add smartly to a solid young team, and if possible acquire players who will stick...
View ArticleSTART AGAIN FROM ZERO
We’ve got all spring to look at this thing all different ways, but the bottom line is this: the Oilers have their jacks and kings, but need those 6′s and 7′s and 9′s in the right amount. How many...
View ArticleCHARACTER ACTOR TO TAKE THE FALL?
The problem is, you develop a past. Steve Tambellini spent a generation in middle management and that’s a place where your vision is less important than your ability to do the detail work. As a General...
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BRAND NEW DAY
I felt incredible relief with this morning’s news; we can return to talking about the importance of what you accomplish with the puck and about the importance of what you leave. We can discuss the...
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CLEANING WINDOWS
Craig MacTavish has a lot of good things on the roster he inherits from Steve Tambellini. Like him or not, ST’s ability to win the lottery came in pretty damn handy. The draft–especially this...
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NADIR’S RAIDERS
The dictionary defines nadir as “the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation” and Oiler fans know the feeling. The only real question is “which one?” Is it the 2009-10? Is it the 2011-12? Is...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY WORDS
We are here. This poor fellow represents the Edmonton Oilers fan today. Edmonton’s hockey owner (Daryl Katz) sent off a message to the fanbase that said: we hear you but aren’t going to try a quick fix...
View ArticleHEMSKY’S HOLLER
I wrote about this earlier at Oilers Nation and it’s been mentioned other places too. The Edmonton Oilers would be wise to hold on to Ales Hemsky, providing they can get him signed to a reasonable...
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LIFE IN CROYDON
Last night’s loss to the Calgary Flames is a bitter pill for all involved. Why? By the most generous estimates, this team is four years into the rebuild and remain capable of a game so bad it borders...
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BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KATZ
I often wonder what an Oilers fan would say to Daryl Katz, given a chance to sit down and have a coffee. I mean, aside from the “what the hell have you done!?!?!!” rage moment, what would we say? Mr....
View ArticleRE 13-14 KEVIN LOWE: SAINT DOMINIC’S PREVIEW
Kevin Lowe’s life is connected to Edmonton and the Oilers more closely than any of the other Boys on the Bus. It makes sense, he was the first to write a book about the era, he was the most involved in...
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BURKE’S SCREENSAVER
We are in the middle of the misinformation that will lead Oilers fans to conclusions based on things that aren’t true. That’s how we get discussions about Jordan Eberle being an ‘in the range’...
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NO MEMORIES HANGIN’ ROUND
So far this spring, the Edmonton Oilers have been involved in several rumors that have made it so MSM and beyond. It easy to forget those names during the long spring, and since we’re coming up on...
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BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
The news hit just before air and I barely had time to post the item (below) you’ve been commenting on today. Although it certainly didn’t come as a major surprise, the timing was curious—there’s a game...
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OILERS AT CAPITALS, G47 2014-15
Are we seeing the end of the line for the Hall—Nuge—Eberle line? Will MacT trade Hall this summer? Eberle? It seems only Nuge is safe, along with two men in junior (Nurse and Draisaitl) and a pick on...
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